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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 20,988 54.57% 17,476 45.43%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,065 13.17% 5,913 15.37%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,235 5.81% 1,664 4.33%
Management, except farm managers 1,479 3.85% 1,034 2.69%
Farmers & farm managers 205 0.53% 28 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 551 1.43% 602 1.57%
Business operations specialists 274 0.71% 289 0.75%
Financial specialists 277 0.72% 313 0.81%
Professional & related occupations: 2,830 7.36% 4,249 11.05%
Computer & mathematical 274 0.71% 59 0.15%
Architecture & engineering: 782 2.03% 88 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 526 1.37% 44 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 256 0.67% 44 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 215 0.56% 52 0.14%
Community & social services 250 0.65% 356 0.93%
Legal 151 0.39% 88 0.23%
Education, training, & library 425 1.10% 1,978 5.14%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 174 0.45% 189 0.49%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 559 1.45% 1,439 3.74%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 491 1.28% 845 2.20%
Health technologists & technicians 68 0.18% 594 1.54%
Service occupations: 2,262 5.88% 3,541 9.21%
Healthcare support 55 0.14% 622 1.62%
Protective services: 443 1.15% 102 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 303 0.79% 51 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 140 0.36% 51 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 704 1.83% 1,261 3.28%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 903 2.35% 630 1.64%
Personal care & service 157 0.41% 926 2.41%
Sales & office occupations: 3,492 9.08% 7,061 18.36%
Sales & related occupations 2,399 6.24% 2,668 6.94%
Office & administrative support 1,093 2.84% 4,393 11.42%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 141 0.37% 23 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,053 13.14% 105 0.27%
Construction & extraction: 3,088 8.03% 67 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 553 1.44% 3 0.01%
Construction trades 2,293 5.96% 64 0.17%
Extraction 242 0.63% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,965 5.11% 38 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,975 12.93% 833 2.17%
Production 2,859 7.43% 578 1.50%
Transportation & material moving: 2,116 5.50% 255 0.66%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 69 0.18% 19 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 9 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,050 2.73% 127 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 182 0.47% 14 0.04%
Material moving 806 2.10% 95 0.25%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 20,988 54.57% 17,476 45.43%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,509 3.92% 233 0.61%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 315 0.82% 87 0.23%
Mining 1,194 3.10% 146 0.38%
Construction 2,885 7.50% 426 1.11%
Manufacturing 4,487 11.67% 800 2.08%
Wholesale trade 1,076 2.80% 351 0.91%
Retail trade 2,682 6.97% 2,873 7.47%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,323 3.44% 290 0.75%
Transportation & warehousing 871 2.26% 169 0.44%
Utilities 452 1.18% 121 0.31%
Information 326 0.85% 481 1.25%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 872 2.27% 1,151 2.99%
Finance & insurance 469 1.22% 880 2.29%
Real estate & rental & leasing 403 1.05% 271 0.70%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,313 3.41% 992 2.58%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 589 1.53% 594 1.54%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 11 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 724 1.88% 387 1.01%
Educational, health & social services: 1,618 4.21% 6,833 17.76%
Educational services 800 2.08% 3,062 7.96%
Health care & social assistance 818 2.13% 3,771 9.80%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,173 3.05% 1,474 3.83%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 210 0.55% 130 0.34%
Accommodation & food services 963 2.50% 1,344 3.49%
Other services (except public administration) 963 2.50% 872 2.27%
Public administration 761 1.98% 700 1.82%

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

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