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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 9,925 54.46% 8,298 45.54%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 1,597 8.76% 1,980 10.87%
Management, business, & financial operations: 919 5.04% 562 3.08%
Management, except farm managers 545 2.99% 274 1.50%
Farmers & farm managers 197 1.08% 80 0.44%
Business & financial operations: 177 0.97% 208 1.14%
Business operations specialists 105 0.58% 124 0.68%
Financial specialists 72 0.40% 84 0.46%
Professional & related occupations: 678 3.72% 1,418 7.78%
Computer & mathematical 48 0.26% 33 0.18%
Architecture & engineering: 164 0.90% 29 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 60 0.33% 7 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 104 0.57% 22 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 25 0.14% 13 0.07%
Community & social services 101 0.55% 106 0.58%
Legal 22 0.12% 5 0.03%
Education, training, & library 138 0.76% 650 3.57%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 100 0.55% 46 0.25%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 80 0.44% 536 2.94%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 46 0.25% 332 1.82%
Health technologists & technicians 34 0.19% 204 1.12%
Service occupations: 727 3.99% 1,141 6.26%
Healthcare support 28 0.15% 305 1.67%
Protective services: 203 1.11% 14 0.08%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 96 0.53% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 107 0.59% 14 0.08%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 162 0.89% 427 2.34%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 290 1.59% 152 0.83%
Personal care & service 44 0.24% 243 1.33%
Sales & office occupations: 1,049 5.76% 2,553 14.01%
Sales & related occupations 608 3.34% 787 4.32%
Office & administrative support 441 2.42% 1,766 9.69%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 124 0.68% 53 0.29%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,706 9.36% 86 0.47%
Construction & extraction: 918 5.04% 26 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 148 0.81% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 747 4.10% 21 0.12%
Extraction 23 0.13% 5 0.03%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 788 4.32% 60 0.33%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,722 25.91% 2,485 13.64%
Production 3,094 16.98% 2,321 12.74%
Transportation & material moving: 1,628 8.93% 164 0.90%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 25 0.14% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 965 5.30% 15 0.08%
Rail, water & other transportation 15 0.08% 7 0.04%
Material moving 623 3.42% 142 0.78%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 9,925 54.46% 8,298 45.54%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 338 1.85% 155 0.85%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 326 1.79% 150 0.82%
Mining 12 0.07% 5 0.03%
Construction 1,021 5.60% 125 0.69%
Manufacturing 4,593 25.20% 3,165 17.37%
Wholesale trade 362 1.99% 121 0.66%
Retail trade 843 4.63% 894 4.91%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 820 4.50% 183 1.00%
Transportation & warehousing 729 4.00% 140 0.77%
Utilities 91 0.50% 43 0.24%
Information 74 0.41% 29 0.16%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 151 0.83% 322 1.77%
Finance & insurance 102 0.56% 300 1.65%
Real estate & rental & leasing 49 0.27% 22 0.12%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 379 2.08% 260 1.43%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 94 0.52% 149 0.82%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 285 1.56% 111 0.61%
Educational, health & social services: 361 1.98% 2,111 11.58%
Educational services 196 1.08% 804 4.41%
Health care & social assistance 165 0.91% 1,307 7.17%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 333 1.83% 540 2.96%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 101 0.55% 67 0.37%
Accommodation & food services 232 1.27% 473 2.60%
Other services (except public administration) 411 2.26% 198 1.09%
Public administration 239 1.31% 195 1.07%

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

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