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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 15,141 51.81% 14,082 48.19%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,691 12.63% 4,533 15.51%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,949 6.67% 1,231 4.21%
Management, except farm managers 1,121 3.84% 648 2.22%
Farmers & farm managers 394 1.35% 83 0.28%
Business & financial operations: 434 1.49% 500 1.71%
Business operations specialists 264 0.90% 244 0.83%
Financial specialists 170 0.58% 256 0.88%
Professional & related occupations: 1,742 5.96% 3,302 11.30%
Computer & mathematical 111 0.38% 85 0.29%
Architecture & engineering: 360 1.23% 36 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 252 0.86% 18 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 108 0.37% 18 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 60 0.21% 28 0.10%
Community & social services 202 0.69% 365 1.25%
Legal 89 0.30% 40 0.14%
Education, training, & library 467 1.60% 1,376 4.71%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 146 0.50% 129 0.44%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 307 1.05% 1,243 4.25%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 238 0.81% 678 2.32%
Health technologists & technicians 69 0.24% 565 1.93%
Service occupations: 2,230 7.63% 2,938 10.05%
Healthcare support 171 0.59% 908 3.11%
Protective services: 652 2.23% 134 0.46%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 503 1.72% 24 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 149 0.51% 110 0.38%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 594 2.03% 965 3.30%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 640 2.19% 347 1.19%
Personal care & service 173 0.59% 584 2.00%
Sales & office occupations: 2,529 8.65% 5,271 18.04%
Sales & related occupations 1,295 4.43% 1,516 5.19%
Office & administrative support 1,234 4.22% 3,755 12.85%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 232 0.79% 44 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,428 8.31% 130 0.44%
Construction & extraction: 1,306 4.47% 33 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 182 0.62% 2 0.01%
Construction trades 1,118 3.83% 31 0.11%
Extraction 6 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,122 3.84% 97 0.33%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,031 13.79% 1,166 3.99%
Production 2,501 8.56% 846 2.89%
Transportation & material moving: 1,530 5.24% 320 1.10%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 31 0.11% 10 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 10 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 779 2.67% 122 0.42%
Rail, water & other transportation 25 0.09% 8 0.03%
Material moving 685 2.34% 180 0.62%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 15,141 51.81% 14,082 48.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 716 2.45% 138 0.47%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 673 2.30% 138 0.47%
Mining 43 0.15% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,503 5.14% 109 0.37%
Manufacturing 3,555 12.17% 1,334 4.56%
Wholesale trade 516 1.77% 222 0.76%
Retail trade 1,885 6.45% 1,681 5.75%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 850 2.91% 170 0.58%
Transportation & warehousing 741 2.54% 157 0.54%
Utilities 109 0.37% 13 0.04%
Information 269 0.92% 294 1.01%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 603 2.06% 1,578 5.40%
Finance & insurance 466 1.59% 1,438 4.92%
Real estate & rental & leasing 137 0.47% 140 0.48%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 735 2.52% 609 2.08%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 364 1.25% 393 1.34%
Management of companies & enterprises 1 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 370 1.27% 216 0.74%
Educational, health & social services: 1,703 5.83% 5,685 19.45%
Educational services 868 2.97% 2,040 6.98%
Health care & social assistance 835 2.86% 3,645 12.47%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 945 3.23% 1,055 3.61%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 197 0.67% 92 0.31%
Accommodation & food services 748 2.56% 963 3.30%
Other services (except public administration) 864 2.96% 657 2.25%
Public administration 997 3.41% 550 1.88%

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

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