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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 13,348 56.41% 10,315 43.59%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 3,577 15.12% 3,575 15.11%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,829 7.73% 1,258 5.32%
Management, except farm managers 1,332 5.63% 786 3.32%
Farmers & farm managers 202 0.85% 30 0.13%
Business & financial operations: 295 1.25% 442 1.87%
Business operations specialists 168 0.71% 204 0.86%
Financial specialists 127 0.54% 238 1.01%
Professional & related occupations: 1,748 7.39% 2,317 9.79%
Computer & mathematical 373 1.58% 145 0.61%
Architecture & engineering: 521 2.20% 65 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 400 1.69% 34 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 121 0.51% 31 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 107 0.45% 102 0.43%
Community & social services 114 0.48% 149 0.63%
Legal 42 0.18% 96 0.41%
Education, training, & library 253 1.07% 1,063 4.49%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 209 0.88% 190 0.80%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 129 0.55% 507 2.14%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 99 0.42% 295 1.25%
Health technologists & technicians 30 0.13% 212 0.90%
Service occupations: 1,560 6.59% 1,924 8.13%
Healthcare support 36 0.15% 440 1.86%
Protective services: 555 2.35% 101 0.43%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 473 2.00% 57 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 82 0.35% 44 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 399 1.69% 583 2.46%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 467 1.97% 204 0.86%
Personal care & service 103 0.44% 596 2.52%
Sales & office occupations: 2,052 8.67% 3,878 16.39%
Sales & related occupations 1,332 5.63% 1,283 5.42%
Office & administrative support 720 3.04% 2,595 10.97%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 921 3.89% 198 0.84%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,757 11.65% 77 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 1,566 6.62% 53 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 214 0.90% 3 0.01%
Construction trades 1,293 5.46% 40 0.17%
Extraction 59 0.25% 10 0.04%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,191 5.03% 24 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,481 10.48% 663 2.80%
Production 1,277 5.40% 450 1.90%
Transportation & material moving: 1,204 5.09% 213 0.90%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 8 0.03% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 7 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 673 2.84% 51 0.22%
Rail, water & other transportation 43 0.18% 3 0.01%
Material moving 473 2.00% 159 0.67%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 13,348 56.41% 10,315 43.59%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,218 5.15% 294 1.24%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,153 4.87% 292 1.23%
Mining 65 0.27% 2 0.01%
Construction 1,853 7.83% 252 1.06%
Manufacturing 2,340 9.89% 1,049 4.43%
Wholesale trade 915 3.87% 357 1.51%
Retail trade 1,595 6.74% 1,460 6.17%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 878 3.71% 182 0.77%
Transportation & warehousing 602 2.54% 140 0.59%
Utilities 276 1.17% 42 0.18%
Information 358 1.51% 211 0.89%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 356 1.50% 697 2.95%
Finance & insurance 213 0.90% 433 1.83%
Real estate & rental & leasing 143 0.60% 264 1.12%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 990 4.18% 737 3.11%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 513 2.17% 452 1.91%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 475 2.01% 285 1.20%
Educational, health & social services: 732 3.09% 3,123 13.20%
Educational services 439 1.86% 1,363 5.76%
Health care & social assistance 293 1.24% 1,760 7.44%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 687 2.90% 791 3.34%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 188 0.79% 215 0.91%
Accommodation & food services 499 2.11% 576 2.43%
Other services (except public administration) 646 2.73% 583 2.46%
Public administration 780 3.30% 579 2.45%

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

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