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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 17,782 52.56% 16,047 47.44%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,948 11.67% 4,452 13.16%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,832 5.42% 1,332 3.94%
Management, except farm managers 1,260 3.72% 893 2.64%
Farmers & farm managers 233 0.69% 36 0.11%
Business & financial operations: 339 1.00% 403 1.19%
Business operations specialists 213 0.63% 246 0.73%
Financial specialists 126 0.37% 157 0.46%
Professional & related occupations: 2,116 6.25% 3,120 9.22%
Computer & mathematical 174 0.51% 34 0.10%
Architecture & engineering: 451 1.33% 44 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 299 0.88% 4 0.01%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 152 0.45% 40 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 123 0.36% 61 0.18%
Community & social services 185 0.55% 325 0.96%
Legal 69 0.20% 47 0.14%
Education, training, & library 497 1.47% 1,269 3.75%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 281 0.83% 162 0.48%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 336 0.99% 1,178 3.48%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 284 0.84% 652 1.93%
Health technologists & technicians 52 0.15% 526 1.55%
Service occupations: 1,716 5.07% 3,453 10.21%
Healthcare support 128 0.38% 635 1.88%
Protective services: 398 1.18% 61 0.18%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 258 0.76% 17 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 140 0.41% 44 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 438 1.29% 1,555 4.60%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 617 1.82% 495 1.46%
Personal care & service 135 0.40% 707 2.09%
Sales & office occupations: 2,616 7.73% 5,764 17.04%
Sales & related occupations 1,547 4.57% 2,094 6.19%
Office & administrative support 1,069 3.16% 3,670 10.85%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 115 0.34% 35 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,087 9.13% 108 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 1,614 4.77% 57 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 181 0.54% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,422 4.20% 57 0.17%
Extraction 11 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,473 4.35% 51 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,300 18.62% 2,235 6.61%
Production 3,987 11.79% 1,725 5.10%
Transportation & material moving: 2,313 6.84% 510 1.51%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 80 0.24% 6 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 27 0.08% 12 0.04%
Motor vehicle operators 1,134 3.35% 174 0.51%
Rail, water & other transportation 39 0.12% 9 0.03%
Material moving 1,033 3.05% 309 0.91%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 17,782 52.56% 16,047 47.44%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 386 1.14% 95 0.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 382 1.13% 95 0.28%
Mining 4 0.01% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,681 4.97% 218 0.64%
Manufacturing 6,241 18.45% 2,498 7.38%
Wholesale trade 661 1.95% 385 1.14%
Retail trade 1,962 5.80% 2,312 6.83%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,100 3.25% 299 0.88%
Transportation & warehousing 888 2.62% 216 0.64%
Utilities 212 0.63% 83 0.25%
Information 465 1.37% 257 0.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 472 1.40% 920 2.72%
Finance & insurance 255 0.75% 744 2.20%
Real estate & rental & leasing 217 0.64% 176 0.52%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 738 2.18% 630 1.86%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 294 0.87% 280 0.83%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 444 1.31% 350 1.03%
Educational, health & social services: 1,813 5.36% 5,495 16.24%
Educational services 965 2.85% 2,181 6.45%
Health care & social assistance 848 2.51% 3,314 9.80%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 995 2.94% 1,761 5.21%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 242 0.72% 91 0.27%
Accommodation & food services 753 2.23% 1,670 4.94%
Other services (except public administration) 805 2.38% 758 2.24%
Public administration 463 1.37% 419 1.24%

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

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