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INDUSTRY & OCCUPATION

Not only has the makeup of the American workforce evolved over the past fifty years as more and more women have sought jobs outside the home, but work itself has changed as the service sector has grown and employment in manufacturing has declined.

Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 43,188 57.34% 32,133 42.66%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,631 12.79% 9,654 12.82%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,044 6.70% 2,651 3.52%
Management, except farm managers 2,471 3.28% 1,581 2.10%
Farmers & farm managers 1,871 2.48% 112 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 702 0.93% 958 1.27%
Business operations specialists 396 0.53% 503 0.67%
Financial specialists 306 0.41% 455 0.60%
Professional & related occupations: 4,587 6.09% 7,003 9.30%
Computer & mathematical 487 0.65% 140 0.19%
Architecture & engineering: 634 0.84% 111 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 342 0.45% 69 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 292 0.39% 42 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 171 0.23% 121 0.16%
Community & social services 504 0.67% 681 0.90%
Legal 196 0.26% 227 0.30%
Education, training, & library 1,491 1.98% 3,640 4.83%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 489 0.65% 332 0.44%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 615 0.82% 1,751 2.32%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 418 0.55% 997 1.32%
Health technologists & technicians 197 0.26% 754 1.00%
Service occupations: 4,931 6.55% 6,945 9.22%
Healthcare support 145 0.19% 1,447 1.92%
Protective services: 1,078 1.43% 184 0.24%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 811 1.08% 110 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 267 0.35% 74 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,225 1.63% 2,436 3.23%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,057 2.73% 984 1.31%
Personal care & service 426 0.57% 1,894 2.51%
Sales & office occupations: 5,584 7.41% 10,976 14.57%
Sales & related occupations 3,180 4.22% 3,371 4.48%
Office & administrative support 2,404 3.19% 7,605 10.10%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 5,248 6.97% 1,281 1.70%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,661 10.17% 285 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 4,056 5.38% 53 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 581 0.77% 11 0.01%
Construction trades 3,456 4.59% 42 0.06%
Extraction 19 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,605 4.79% 232 0.31%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,133 13.45% 2,992 3.97%
Production 4,550 6.04% 2,137 2.84%
Transportation & material moving: 5,583 7.41% 855 1.14%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 134 0.18% 40 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 30 0.04% 7 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 3,038 4.03% 393 0.52%
Rail, water & other transportation 93 0.12% 3 0.00%
Material moving 2,288 3.04% 412 0.55%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 43,188 57.34% 32,133 42.66%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 7,904 10.49% 1,474 1.96%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 7,860 10.44% 1,466 1.95%
Mining 44 0.06% 8 0.01%
Construction 4,695 6.23% 386 0.51%
Manufacturing 6,835 9.07% 2,946 3.91%
Wholesale trade 2,435 3.23% 948 1.26%
Retail trade 4,220 5.60% 3,851 5.11%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,024 4.01% 596 0.79%
Transportation & warehousing 2,451 3.25% 434 0.58%
Utilities 573 0.76% 162 0.22%
Information 931 1.24% 1,103 1.46%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 837 1.11% 1,696 2.25%
Finance & insurance 382 0.51% 1,194 1.59%
Real estate & rental & leasing 455 0.60% 502 0.67%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,730 3.62% 1,817 2.41%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 897 1.19% 968 1.29%
Management of companies & enterprises 7 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,826 2.42% 849 1.13%
Educational, health & social services: 3,659 4.86% 11,637 15.45%
Educational services 2,193 2.91% 5,555 7.38%
Health care & social assistance 1,466 1.95% 6,082 8.07%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,272 3.02% 2,886 3.83%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 605 0.80% 338 0.45%
Accommodation & food services 1,667 2.21% 2,548 3.38%
Other services (except public administration) 1,737 2.31% 1,504 2.00%
Public administration 1,909 2.53% 1,289 1.71%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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