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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 12,951 56.56% 9,948 43.44%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,045 13.30% 3,110 13.58%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,710 7.47% 1,150 5.02%
Management, except farm managers 1,240 5.42% 754 3.29%
Farmers & farm managers 146 0.64% 35 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 324 1.41% 361 1.58%
Business operations specialists 191 0.83% 161 0.70%
Financial specialists 133 0.58% 200 0.87%
Professional & related occupations: 1,335 5.83% 1,960 8.56%
Computer & mathematical 143 0.62% 73 0.32%
Architecture & engineering: 327 1.43% 14 0.06%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 219 0.96% 14 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 108 0.47% 0 0.00%
Life, physical, & social science 76 0.33% 35 0.15%
Community & social services 82 0.36% 188 0.82%
Legal 76 0.33% 96 0.42%
Education, training, & library 341 1.49% 822 3.59%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 145 0.63% 191 0.83%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 145 0.63% 541 2.36%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 103 0.45% 349 1.52%
Health technologists & technicians 42 0.18% 192 0.84%
Service occupations: 1,416 6.18% 2,212 9.66%
Healthcare support 18 0.08% 348 1.52%
Protective services: 297 1.30% 61 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 258 1.13% 48 0.21%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 39 0.17% 13 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 510 2.23% 752 3.28%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 451 1.97% 612 2.67%
Personal care & service 140 0.61% 439 1.92%
Sales & office occupations: 2,056 8.98% 4,078 17.81%
Sales & related occupations 1,393 6.08% 1,401 6.12%
Office & administrative support 663 2.90% 2,677 11.69%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 189 0.83% 23 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,564 19.93% 120 0.52%
Construction & extraction: 3,550 15.50% 83 0.36%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 704 3.07% 3 0.01%
Construction trades 2,816 12.30% 80 0.35%
Extraction 30 0.13% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,014 4.43% 37 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,681 7.34% 405 1.77%
Production 567 2.48% 226 0.99%
Transportation & material moving: 1,114 4.86% 179 0.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 22 0.10% 7 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 42 0.18% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 710 3.10% 73 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 68 0.30% 18 0.08%
Material moving 272 1.19% 81 0.35%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,951 56.56% 9,948 43.44%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 449 1.96% 102 0.45%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 302 1.32% 93 0.41%
Mining 147 0.64% 9 0.04%
Construction 4,269 18.64% 405 1.77%
Manufacturing 505 2.21% 195 0.85%
Wholesale trade 563 2.46% 177 0.77%
Retail trade 1,498 6.54% 1,640 7.16%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 971 4.24% 286 1.25%
Transportation & warehousing 772 3.37% 246 1.07%
Utilities 199 0.87% 40 0.17%
Information 186 0.81% 235 1.03%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 521 2.28% 983 4.29%
Finance & insurance 188 0.82% 584 2.55%
Real estate & rental & leasing 333 1.45% 399 1.74%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,031 4.50% 998 4.36%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 638 2.79% 591 2.58%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 391 1.71% 407 1.78%
Educational, health & social services: 798 3.48% 2,731 11.93%
Educational services 523 2.28% 1,097 4.79%
Health care & social assistance 275 1.20% 1,634 7.14%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,125 4.91% 1,323 5.78%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 215 0.94% 169 0.74%
Accommodation & food services 910 3.97% 1,154 5.04%
Other services (except public administration) 455 1.99% 530 2.31%
Public administration 580 2.53% 343 1.50%

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

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