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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 8,230 54.25% 6,940 45.75%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 2,068 13.63% 1,855 12.23%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,276 8.41% 638 4.21%
Management, except farm managers 720 4.75% 401 2.64%
Farmers & farm managers 375 2.47% 40 0.26%
Business & financial operations: 181 1.19% 197 1.30%
Business operations specialists 95 0.63% 82 0.54%
Financial specialists 86 0.57% 115 0.76%
Professional & related occupations: 792 5.22% 1,217 8.02%
Computer & mathematical 32 0.21% 32 0.21%
Architecture & engineering: 147 0.97% 23 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 88 0.58% 2 0.01%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 59 0.39% 21 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 60 0.40% 10 0.07%
Community & social services 98 0.65% 79 0.52%
Legal 49 0.32% 77 0.51%
Education, training, & library 231 1.52% 548 3.61%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 51 0.34% 90 0.59%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 124 0.82% 358 2.36%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 113 0.74% 246 1.62%
Health technologists & technicians 11 0.07% 112 0.74%
Service occupations: 954 6.29% 1,765 11.63%
Healthcare support 44 0.29% 292 1.92%
Protective services: 185 1.22% 64 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 151 1.00% 31 0.20%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 34 0.22% 33 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 299 1.97% 537 3.54%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 331 2.18% 378 2.49%
Personal care & service 95 0.63% 494 3.26%
Sales & office occupations: 966 6.37% 2,700 17.80%
Sales & related occupations 691 4.56% 871 5.74%
Office & administrative support 275 1.81% 1,829 12.06%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 234 1.54% 35 0.23%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 2,450 16.15% 115 0.76%
Construction & extraction: 1,778 11.72% 97 0.64%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 296 1.95% 12 0.08%
Construction trades 1,442 9.51% 85 0.56%
Extraction 40 0.26% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 672 4.43% 18 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 1,558 10.27% 470 3.10%
Production 739 4.87% 317 2.09%
Transportation & material moving: 819 5.40% 153 1.01%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 19 0.13% 20 0.13%
Aircraft & traffic control 33 0.22% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 415 2.74% 37 0.24%
Rail, water & other transportation 42 0.28% 4 0.03%
Material moving 310 2.04% 92 0.61%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 8,230 54.25% 6,940 45.75%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 759 5.00% 151 1.00%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 668 4.40% 148 0.98%
Mining 91 0.60% 3 0.02%
Construction 2,012 13.26% 262 1.73%
Manufacturing 833 5.49% 443 2.92%
Wholesale trade 312 2.06% 67 0.44%
Retail trade 932 6.14% 1,136 7.49%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 604 3.98% 168 1.11%
Transportation & warehousing 311 2.05% 110 0.73%
Utilities 293 1.93% 58 0.38%
Information 89 0.59% 105 0.69%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 279 1.84% 394 2.60%
Finance & insurance 94 0.62% 249 1.64%
Real estate & rental & leasing 185 1.22% 145 0.96%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 498 3.28% 627 4.13%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 273 1.80% 372 2.45%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 225 1.48% 255 1.68%
Educational, health & social services: 539 3.55% 1,816 11.97%
Educational services 263 1.73% 660 4.35%
Health care & social assistance 276 1.82% 1,156 7.62%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 572 3.77% 939 6.19%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 177 1.17% 103 0.68%
Accommodation & food services 395 2.60% 836 5.51%
Other services (except public administration) 426 2.81% 506 3.34%
Public administration 375 2.47% 326 2.15%

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

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