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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 9,273 53.08% 8,197 46.92%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,468 14.13% 2,310 13.22%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,011 5.79% 585 3.35%
Management, except farm managers 624 3.57% 332 1.90%
Farmers & farm managers 178 1.02% 47 0.27%
Business & financial operations: 209 1.20% 206 1.18%
Business operations specialists 134 0.77% 103 0.59%
Financial specialists 75 0.43% 103 0.59%
Professional & related occupations: 1,457 8.34% 1,725 9.87%
Computer & mathematical 102 0.58% 39 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 175 1.00% 60 0.34%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 100 0.57% 36 0.21%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 75 0.43% 24 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 29 0.17% 25 0.14%
Community & social services 146 0.84% 130 0.74%
Legal 38 0.22% 35 0.20%
Education, training, & library 581 3.33% 776 4.44%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 100 0.57% 109 0.62%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 286 1.64% 551 3.15%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 208 1.19% 359 2.05%
Health technologists & technicians 78 0.45% 192 1.10%
Service occupations: 1,152 6.59% 1,983 11.35%
Healthcare support 20 0.11% 375 2.15%
Protective services: 178 1.02% 41 0.23%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 83 0.48% 12 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 95 0.54% 29 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 417 2.39% 797 4.56%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 426 2.44% 274 1.57%
Personal care & service 111 0.64% 496 2.84%
Sales & office occupations: 1,422 8.14% 2,780 15.91%
Sales & related occupations 910 5.21% 901 5.16%
Office & administrative support 512 2.93% 1,879 10.76%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 128 0.73% 35 0.20%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,622 9.28% 73 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 926 5.30% 35 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 131 0.75% 5 0.03%
Construction trades 780 4.46% 30 0.17%
Extraction 15 0.09% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 696 3.98% 38 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,481 14.20% 1,016 5.82%
Production 1,520 8.70% 795 4.55%
Transportation & material moving: 961 5.50% 221 1.27%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 29 0.17% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 2 0.01% 2 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 534 3.06% 92 0.53%
Rail, water & other transportation 40 0.23% 6 0.03%
Material moving 356 2.04% 121 0.69%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,273 53.08% 8,197 46.92%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 337 1.93% 98 0.56%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 315 1.80% 97 0.56%
Mining 22 0.13% 1 0.01%
Construction 1,053 6.03% 71 0.41%
Manufacturing 1,982 11.35% 975 5.58%
Wholesale trade 284 1.63% 81 0.46%
Retail trade 1,192 6.82% 1,025 5.87%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 588 3.37% 152 0.87%
Transportation & warehousing 463 2.65% 128 0.73%
Utilities 125 0.72% 24 0.14%
Information 149 0.85% 184 1.05%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 268 1.53% 280 1.60%
Finance & insurance 114 0.65% 204 1.17%
Real estate & rental & leasing 154 0.88% 76 0.44%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 376 2.15% 303 1.73%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 170 0.97% 168 0.96%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 206 1.18% 135 0.77%
Educational, health & social services: 1,724 9.87% 3,441 19.70%
Educational services 1,400 8.01% 1,944 11.13%
Health care & social assistance 324 1.85% 1,497 8.57%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 689 3.94% 971 5.56%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 228 1.31% 116 0.66%
Accommodation & food services 461 2.64% 855 4.89%
Other services (except public administration) 395 2.26% 354 2.03%
Public administration 236 1.35% 262 1.50%

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

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