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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 220,630 51.78% 205,441 48.22%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 79,281 18.61% 84,919 19.93%
Management, business, & financial operations: 34,225 8.03% 25,473 5.98%
Management, except farm managers 22,433 5.27% 13,982 3.28%
Farmers & farm managers 1,223 0.29% 288 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 10,569 2.48% 11,203 2.63%
Business operations specialists 5,154 1.21% 6,004 1.41%
Financial specialists 5,415 1.27% 5,199 1.22%
Professional & related occupations: 45,056 10.57% 59,446 13.95%
Computer & mathematical 7,962 1.87% 4,059 0.95%
Architecture & engineering: 9,304 2.18% 1,201 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 7,422 1.74% 853 0.20%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,882 0.44% 348 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 3,377 0.79% 2,022 0.47%
Community & social services 3,038 0.71% 5,964 1.40%
Legal 3,572 0.84% 3,216 0.75%
Education, training, & library 8,099 1.90% 21,266 4.99%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,739 0.88% 3,505 0.82%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 5,965 1.40% 18,213 4.27%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 4,646 1.09% 13,073 3.07%
Health technologists & technicians 1,319 0.31% 5,140 1.21%
Service occupations: 28,152 6.61% 32,492 7.63%
Healthcare support 1,670 0.39% 8,118 1.91%
Protective services: 7,180 1.69% 1,259 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 4,823 1.13% 593 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,357 0.55% 666 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 9,070 2.13% 11,085 2.60%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 7,838 1.84% 3,645 0.86%
Personal care & service 2,394 0.56% 8,385 1.97%
Sales & office occupations: 42,055 9.87% 77,001 18.07%
Sales & related occupations 22,516 5.28% 20,094 4.72%
Office & administrative support 19,539 4.59% 56,907 13.36%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,038 0.24% 254 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 31,477 7.39% 1,236 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 17,463 4.10% 548 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,304 0.54% 105 0.02%
Construction trades 15,030 3.53% 443 0.10%
Extraction 129 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 14,014 3.29% 688 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 38,627 9.07% 9,539 2.24%
Production 18,376 4.31% 6,067 1.42%
Transportation & material moving: 20,251 4.75% 3,472 0.81%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 678 0.16% 165 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 251 0.06% 22 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 11,151 2.62% 1,612 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,214 0.28% 138 0.03%
Material moving 6,957 1.63% 1,535 0.36%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 220,630 51.78% 205,441 48.22%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,600 0.61% 729 0.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,403 0.56% 680 0.16%
Mining 197 0.05% 49 0.01%
Construction 21,161 4.97% 2,669 0.63%
Manufacturing 27,841 6.53% 8,857 2.08%
Wholesale trade 9,648 2.26% 2,975 0.70%
Retail trade 26,076 6.12% 22,358 5.25%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 14,564 3.42% 4,146 0.97%
Transportation & warehousing 11,729 2.75% 3,591 0.84%
Utilities 2,835 0.67% 555 0.13%
Information 6,173 1.45% 5,774 1.36%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 12,643 2.97% 18,090 4.25%
Finance & insurance 9,075 2.13% 15,757 3.70%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,568 0.84% 2,333 0.55%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 21,414 5.03% 15,746 3.70%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 15,468 3.63% 11,191 2.63%
Management of companies & enterprises 35 0.01% 32 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 5,911 1.39% 4,523 1.06%
Educational, health & social services: 29,435 6.91% 75,944 17.82%
Educational services 15,664 3.68% 31,606 7.42%
Health care & social assistance 13,771 3.23% 44,338 10.41%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 14,463 3.39% 14,373 3.37%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,343 0.78% 2,549 0.60%
Accommodation & food services 11,120 2.61% 11,824 2.78%
Other services (except public administration) 9,967 2.34% 9,924 2.33%
Public administration 24,645 5.78% 23,856 5.60%

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

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