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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 17,313 51.92% 16,031 48.08%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,385 13.15% 4,852 14.55%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,464 7.39% 1,376 4.13%
Management, except farm managers 1,477 4.43% 726 2.18%
Farmers & farm managers 588 1.76% 33 0.10%
Business & financial operations: 399 1.20% 617 1.85%
Business operations specialists 211 0.63% 305 0.91%
Financial specialists 188 0.56% 312 0.94%
Professional & related occupations: 1,921 5.76% 3,476 10.42%
Computer & mathematical 170 0.51% 68 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 353 1.06% 15 0.04%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 236 0.71% 4 0.01%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 117 0.35% 11 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 53 0.16% 57 0.17%
Community & social services 252 0.76% 358 1.07%
Legal 71 0.21% 44 0.13%
Education, training, & library 375 1.12% 1,322 3.96%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 292 0.88% 235 0.70%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 355 1.06% 1,377 4.13%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 242 0.73% 678 2.03%
Health technologists & technicians 113 0.34% 699 2.10%
Service occupations: 1,935 5.80% 3,638 10.91%
Healthcare support 71 0.21% 720 2.16%
Protective services: 430 1.29% 29 0.09%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 338 1.01% 17 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 92 0.28% 12 0.04%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 625 1.87% 1,523 4.57%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 721 2.16% 445 1.33%
Personal care & service 88 0.26% 921 2.76%
Sales & office occupations: 3,075 9.22% 6,063 18.18%
Sales & related occupations 2,134 6.40% 2,220 6.66%
Office & administrative support 941 2.82% 3,843 11.53%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 191 0.57% 31 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,810 8.43% 93 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 1,581 4.74% 50 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 112 0.34% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,450 4.35% 50 0.15%
Extraction 19 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,229 3.69% 43 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,917 14.75% 1,354 4.06%
Production 2,553 7.66% 983 2.95%
Transportation & material moving: 2,364 7.09% 371 1.11%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 44 0.13% 13 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 28 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,355 4.06% 152 0.46%
Rail, water & other transportation 105 0.31% 11 0.03%
Material moving 832 2.50% 195 0.58%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 17,313 51.92% 16,031 48.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 934 2.80% 123 0.37%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 853 2.56% 91 0.27%
Mining 81 0.24% 32 0.10%
Construction 1,724 5.17% 197 0.59%
Manufacturing 4,066 12.19% 1,459 4.38%
Wholesale trade 1,148 3.44% 337 1.01%
Retail trade 2,167 6.50% 2,425 7.27%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,225 3.67% 261 0.78%
Transportation & warehousing 1,064 3.19% 201 0.60%
Utilities 161 0.48% 60 0.18%
Information 470 1.41% 369 1.11%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 605 1.81% 1,278 3.83%
Finance & insurance 371 1.11% 1,028 3.08%
Real estate & rental & leasing 234 0.70% 250 0.75%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 793 2.38% 754 2.26%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 236 0.71% 347 1.04%
Management of companies & enterprises 5 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 552 1.66% 407 1.22%
Educational, health & social services: 1,611 4.83% 5,947 17.84%
Educational services 759 2.28% 2,023 6.07%
Health care & social assistance 852 2.56% 3,924 11.77%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,063 3.19% 1,617 4.85%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 234 0.70% 165 0.49%
Accommodation & food services 829 2.49% 1,452 4.35%
Other services (except public administration) 808 2.42% 885 2.65%
Public administration 699 2.10% 379 1.14%

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

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