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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 12,001 51.28% 11,403 48.72%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,443 14.71% 3,624 15.48%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,706 7.29% 924 3.95%
Management, except farm managers 867 3.70% 568 2.43%
Farmers & farm managers 526 2.25% 55 0.24%
Business & financial operations: 313 1.34% 301 1.29%
Business operations specialists 161 0.69% 143 0.61%
Financial specialists 152 0.65% 158 0.68%
Professional & related occupations: 1,737 7.42% 2,700 11.54%
Computer & mathematical 142 0.61% 51 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 245 1.05% 20 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 131 0.56% 8 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 114 0.49% 12 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 86 0.37% 73 0.31%
Community & social services 167 0.71% 257 1.10%
Legal 76 0.32% 88 0.38%
Education, training, & library 460 1.97% 953 4.07%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 186 0.79% 206 0.88%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 375 1.60% 1,052 4.49%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 315 1.35% 736 3.14%
Health technologists & technicians 60 0.26% 316 1.35%
Service occupations: 1,262 5.39% 2,580 11.02%
Healthcare support 54 0.23% 486 2.08%
Protective services: 154 0.66% 67 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 117 0.50% 19 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 37 0.16% 48 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 505 2.16% 1,064 4.55%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 410 1.75% 260 1.11%
Personal care & service 139 0.59% 703 3.00%
Sales & office occupations: 2,364 10.10% 4,147 17.72%
Sales & related occupations 1,623 6.93% 1,591 6.80%
Office & administrative support 741 3.17% 2,556 10.92%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 278 1.19% 30 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,138 9.14% 41 0.18%
Construction & extraction: 1,170 5.00% 6 0.03%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 121 0.52% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,026 4.38% 6 0.03%
Extraction 23 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 968 4.14% 35 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,516 10.75% 981 4.19%
Production 1,498 6.40% 826 3.53%
Transportation & material moving: 1,018 4.35% 155 0.66%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 34 0.15% 7 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 5 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 632 2.70% 62 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 33 0.14% 1 0.00%
Material moving 314 1.34% 85 0.36%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,001 51.28% 11,403 48.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 902 3.85% 123 0.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 872 3.73% 123 0.53%
Mining 30 0.13% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,304 5.57% 94 0.40%
Manufacturing 2,243 9.58% 1,176 5.02%
Wholesale trade 655 2.80% 134 0.57%
Retail trade 1,693 7.23% 1,800 7.69%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 577 2.47% 112 0.48%
Transportation & warehousing 438 1.87% 93 0.40%
Utilities 139 0.59% 19 0.08%
Information 254 1.09% 296 1.26%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 451 1.93% 619 2.64%
Finance & insurance 313 1.34% 484 2.07%
Real estate & rental & leasing 138 0.59% 135 0.58%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 529 2.26% 448 1.91%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 260 1.11% 253 1.08%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 6 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 269 1.15% 189 0.81%
Educational, health & social services: 1,395 5.96% 4,367 18.66%
Educational services 783 3.35% 1,613 6.89%
Health care & social assistance 612 2.61% 2,754 11.77%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 992 4.24% 1,343 5.74%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 196 0.84% 116 0.50%
Accommodation & food services 796 3.40% 1,227 5.24%
Other services (except public administration) 666 2.85% 481 2.06%
Public administration 340 1.45% 410 1.75%

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

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