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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 8,412 52.77% 7,529 47.23%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,831 11.49% 2,159 13.54%
Management, business, & financial operations: 976 6.12% 572 3.59%
Management, except farm managers 484 3.04% 267 1.67%
Farmers & farm managers 343 2.15% 34 0.21%
Business & financial operations: 149 0.93% 271 1.70%
Business operations specialists 67 0.42% 113 0.71%
Financial specialists 82 0.51% 158 0.99%
Professional & related occupations: 855 5.36% 1,587 9.96%
Computer & mathematical 120 0.75% 72 0.45%
Architecture & engineering: 141 0.88% 17 0.11%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 62 0.39% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 79 0.50% 17 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 37 0.23% 21 0.13%
Community & social services 120 0.75% 128 0.80%
Legal 81 0.51% 39 0.24%
Education, training, & library 172 1.08% 685 4.30%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 43 0.27% 61 0.38%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 141 0.88% 564 3.54%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 99 0.62% 345 2.16%
Health technologists & technicians 42 0.26% 219 1.37%
Service occupations: 893 5.60% 1,727 10.83%
Healthcare support 31 0.19% 355 2.23%
Protective services: 296 1.86% 29 0.18%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 235 1.47% 23 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 61 0.38% 6 0.04%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 241 1.51% 625 3.92%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 301 1.89% 271 1.70%
Personal care & service 24 0.15% 447 2.80%
Sales & office occupations: 1,115 6.99% 2,972 18.64%
Sales & related occupations 581 3.64% 776 4.87%
Office & administrative support 534 3.35% 2,196 13.78%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 216 1.35% 20 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,841 11.55% 51 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 917 5.75% 21 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 110 0.69% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 739 4.64% 21 0.13%
Extraction 68 0.43% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 924 5.80% 30 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,516 15.78% 600 3.76%
Production 1,317 8.26% 410 2.57%
Transportation & material moving: 1,199 7.52% 190 1.19%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 35 0.22% 8 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 12 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 576 3.61% 113 0.71%
Rail, water & other transportation 45 0.28% 12 0.08%
Material moving 531 3.33% 57 0.36%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,412 52.77% 7,529 47.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 740 4.64% 72 0.45%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 611 3.83% 70 0.44%
Mining 129 0.81% 2 0.01%
Construction 1,003 6.29% 85 0.53%
Manufacturing 1,664 10.44% 468 2.94%
Wholesale trade 406 2.55% 93 0.58%
Retail trade 832 5.22% 888 5.57%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 888 5.57% 203 1.27%
Transportation & warehousing 664 4.17% 174 1.09%
Utilities 224 1.41% 29 0.18%
Information 175 1.10% 131 0.82%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 284 1.78% 649 4.07%
Finance & insurance 208 1.30% 556 3.49%
Real estate & rental & leasing 76 0.48% 93 0.58%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 381 2.39% 449 2.82%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 211 1.32% 251 1.57%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 170 1.07% 198 1.24%
Educational, health & social services: 586 3.68% 2,751 17.26%
Educational services 306 1.92% 1,006 6.31%
Health care & social assistance 280 1.76% 1,745 10.95%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 375 2.35% 686 4.30%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 81 0.51% 60 0.38%
Accommodation & food services 294 1.84% 626 3.93%
Other services (except public administration) 431 2.70% 401 2.52%
Public administration 647 4.06% 653 4.10%

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

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