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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 25,450 50.62% 24,830 49.38%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,590 17.08% 9,002 17.90%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,321 8.59% 2,802 5.57%
Management, except farm managers 2,458 4.89% 1,361 2.71%
Farmers & farm managers 889 1.77% 119 0.24%
Business & financial operations: 974 1.94% 1,322 2.63%
Business operations specialists 361 0.72% 511 1.02%
Financial specialists 613 1.22% 811 1.61%
Professional & related occupations: 4,269 8.49% 6,200 12.33%
Computer & mathematical 817 1.62% 558 1.11%
Architecture & engineering: 834 1.66% 51 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 527 1.05% 18 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 307 0.61% 33 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 281 0.56% 125 0.25%
Community & social services 436 0.87% 588 1.17%
Legal 237 0.47% 231 0.46%
Education, training, & library 514 1.02% 1,758 3.50%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 421 0.84% 430 0.86%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 729 1.45% 2,459 4.89%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 497 0.99% 1,727 3.43%
Health technologists & technicians 232 0.46% 732 1.46%
Service occupations: 2,927 5.82% 5,352 10.64%
Healthcare support 170 0.34% 1,260 2.51%
Protective services: 581 1.16% 82 0.16%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 481 0.96% 63 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 100 0.20% 19 0.04%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 970 1.93% 1,697 3.38%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 979 1.95% 713 1.42%
Personal care & service 227 0.45% 1,600 3.18%
Sales & office occupations: 4,744 9.44% 9,378 18.65%
Sales & related occupations 3,227 6.42% 2,756 5.48%
Office & administrative support 1,517 3.02% 6,622 13.17%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 270 0.54% 92 0.18%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,568 9.09% 160 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 2,687 5.34% 59 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 326 0.65% 3 0.01%
Construction trades 2,302 4.58% 56 0.11%
Extraction 59 0.12% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,881 3.74% 101 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,351 8.65% 846 1.68%
Production 1,966 3.91% 564 1.12%
Transportation & material moving: 2,385 4.74% 282 0.56%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 47 0.09% 13 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 71 0.14% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,163 2.31% 89 0.18%
Rail, water & other transportation 272 0.54% 22 0.04%
Material moving 832 1.65% 158 0.31%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 25,450 50.62% 24,830 49.38%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,529 3.04% 258 0.51%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,242 2.47% 231 0.46%
Mining 287 0.57% 27 0.05%
Construction 3,014 5.99% 263 0.52%
Manufacturing 1,894 3.77% 657 1.31%
Wholesale trade 1,283 2.55% 331 0.66%
Retail trade 3,317 6.60% 3,150 6.26%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,716 5.40% 786 1.56%
Transportation & warehousing 1,661 3.30% 421 0.84%
Utilities 1,055 2.10% 365 0.73%
Information 903 1.80% 826 1.64%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,187 2.36% 2,105 4.19%
Finance & insurance 905 1.80% 1,785 3.55%
Real estate & rental & leasing 282 0.56% 320 0.64%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,942 3.86% 1,377 2.74%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,249 2.48% 895 1.78%
Management of companies & enterprises 13 0.03% 23 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 680 1.35% 459 0.91%
Educational, health & social services: 2,459 4.89% 9,196 18.29%
Educational services 1,074 2.14% 2,639 5.25%
Health care & social assistance 1,385 2.75% 6,557 13.04%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,831 3.64% 2,486 4.94%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 424 0.84% 475 0.94%
Accommodation & food services 1,407 2.80% 2,011 4.00%
Other services (except public administration) 1,430 2.84% 1,184 2.35%
Public administration 1,945 3.87% 2,211 4.40%

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

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