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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 128,317 51.77% 119,562 48.23%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 37,096 14.97% 43,433 17.52%
Management, business, & financial operations: 16,457 6.64% 13,455 5.43%
Management, except farm managers 12,438 5.02% 8,094 3.27%
Farmers & farm managers 251 0.10% 59 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 3,768 1.52% 5,302 2.14%
Business operations specialists 1,987 0.80% 2,485 1.00%
Financial specialists 1,781 0.72% 2,817 1.14%
Professional & related occupations: 20,639 8.33% 29,978 12.09%
Computer & mathematical 2,304 0.93% 982 0.40%
Architecture & engineering: 4,944 1.99% 717 0.29%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,418 1.38% 452 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,526 0.62% 265 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 1,737 0.70% 1,077 0.43%
Community & social services 1,488 0.60% 2,386 0.96%
Legal 1,137 0.46% 1,362 0.55%
Education, training, & library 3,276 1.32% 10,733 4.33%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,886 0.76% 1,861 0.75%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,867 1.56% 10,860 4.38%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,160 1.27% 7,308 2.95%
Health technologists & technicians 707 0.29% 3,552 1.43%
Service occupations: 17,438 7.03% 22,681 9.15%
Healthcare support 454 0.18% 4,067 1.64%
Protective services: 4,341 1.75% 1,115 0.45%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,067 1.24% 629 0.25%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,274 0.51% 486 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 6,147 2.48% 7,990 3.22%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,024 2.03% 4,328 1.75%
Personal care & service 1,472 0.59% 5,181 2.09%
Sales & office occupations: 21,782 8.79% 43,401 17.51%
Sales & related occupations 14,153 5.71% 16,221 6.54%
Office & administrative support 7,629 3.08% 27,180 10.97%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 836 0.34% 306 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 27,060 10.92% 1,386 0.56%
Construction & extraction: 16,451 6.64% 875 0.35%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,421 0.98% 119 0.05%
Construction trades 13,972 5.64% 756 0.30%
Extraction 58 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 10,609 4.28% 511 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 24,105 9.72% 8,355 3.37%
Production 11,497 4.64% 6,176 2.49%
Transportation & material moving: 12,608 5.09% 2,179 0.88%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 446 0.18% 163 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 459 0.19% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 6,435 2.60% 842 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 734 0.30% 208 0.08%
Material moving 4,534 1.83% 966 0.39%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 128,317 51.77% 119,562 48.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,261 0.51% 407 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,158 0.47% 390 0.16%
Mining 103 0.04% 17 0.01%
Construction 20,055 8.09% 2,634 1.06%
Manufacturing 17,609 7.10% 8,134 3.28%
Wholesale trade 5,658 2.28% 2,108 0.85%
Retail trade 14,497 5.85% 16,577 6.69%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 10,559 4.26% 3,839 1.55%
Transportation & warehousing 8,288 3.34% 3,071 1.24%
Utilities 2,271 0.92% 768 0.31%
Information 2,584 1.04% 2,329 0.94%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 5,492 2.22% 8,338 3.36%
Finance & insurance 2,898 1.17% 5,106 2.06%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,594 1.05% 3,232 1.30%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 11,921 4.81% 9,985 4.03%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 6,877 2.77% 6,148 2.48%
Management of companies & enterprises 20 0.01% 57 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 5,024 2.03% 3,780 1.52%
Educational, health & social services: 12,201 4.92% 39,477 15.93%
Educational services 5,801 2.34% 15,305 6.17%
Health care & social assistance 6,400 2.58% 24,172 9.75%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 11,600 4.68% 13,354 5.39%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,564 1.03% 2,045 0.82%
Accommodation & food services 9,036 3.65% 11,309 4.56%
Other services (except public administration) 6,220 2.51% 5,902 2.38%
Public administration 8,660 3.49% 6,478 2.61%

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

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