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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 12,964 52.08% 11,930 47.92%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,155 20.71% 5,210 20.93%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,325 9.34% 1,493 6.00%
Management, except farm managers 1,838 7.38% 915 3.68%
Farmers & farm managers 6 0.02% 8 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 481 1.93% 570 2.29%
Business operations specialists 234 0.94% 322 1.29%
Financial specialists 247 0.99% 248 1.00%
Professional & related occupations: 2,830 11.37% 3,717 14.93%
Computer & mathematical 555 2.23% 133 0.53%
Architecture & engineering: 468 1.88% 62 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 375 1.51% 33 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 93 0.37% 29 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 183 0.74% 126 0.51%
Community & social services 154 0.62% 339 1.36%
Legal 200 0.80% 138 0.55%
Education, training, & library 510 2.05% 1,422 5.71%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 317 1.27% 323 1.30%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 443 1.78% 1,174 4.72%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 366 1.47% 822 3.30%
Health technologists & technicians 77 0.31% 352 1.41%
Service occupations: 1,550 6.23% 1,904 7.65%
Healthcare support 94 0.38% 468 1.88%
Protective services: 360 1.45% 40 0.16%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 191 0.77% 14 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 169 0.68% 26 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 443 1.78% 614 2.47%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 547 2.20% 224 0.90%
Personal care & service 106 0.43% 558 2.24%
Sales & office occupations: 2,244 9.01% 3,946 15.85%
Sales & related occupations 1,395 5.60% 1,115 4.48%
Office & administrative support 849 3.41% 2,831 11.37%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 90 0.36% 19 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 1,982 7.96% 82 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 1,324 5.32% 63 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 169 0.68% 7 0.03%
Construction trades 1,144 4.60% 56 0.22%
Extraction 11 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 658 2.64% 19 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,943 7.81% 769 3.09%
Production 1,263 5.07% 636 2.55%
Transportation & material moving: 680 2.73% 133 0.53%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 14 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 356 1.43% 50 0.20%
Rail, water & other transportation 73 0.29% 10 0.04%
Material moving 237 0.95% 73 0.29%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 12,964 52.08% 11,930 47.92%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 107 0.43% 8 0.03%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 107 0.43% 8 0.03%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 1,575 6.33% 96 0.39%
Manufacturing 2,457 9.87% 1,034 4.15%
Wholesale trade 614 2.47% 234 0.94%
Retail trade 1,369 5.50% 1,178 4.73%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 481 1.93% 175 0.70%
Transportation & warehousing 365 1.47% 161 0.65%
Utilities 116 0.47% 14 0.06%
Information 364 1.46% 259 1.04%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 697 2.80% 1,031 4.14%
Finance & insurance 551 2.21% 791 3.18%
Real estate & rental & leasing 146 0.59% 240 0.96%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,383 5.56% 1,015 4.08%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,004 4.03% 753 3.02%
Management of companies & enterprises 22 0.09% 14 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 357 1.43% 248 1.00%
Educational, health & social services: 1,977 7.94% 5,106 20.51%
Educational services 1,021 4.10% 2,238 8.99%
Health care & social assistance 956 3.84% 2,868 11.52%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 913 3.67% 941 3.78%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 313 1.26% 217 0.87%
Accommodation & food services 600 2.41% 724 2.91%
Other services (except public administration) 523 2.10% 497 2.00%
Public administration 504 2.02% 356 1.43%

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

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