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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 54,905 50.06% 54,775 49.94%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 14,240 12.98% 18,034 16.44%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,830 6.23% 6,047 5.51%
Management, except farm managers 4,930 4.49% 3,562 3.25%
Farmers & farm managers 90 0.08% 45 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 1,810 1.65% 2,440 2.22%
Business operations specialists 892 0.81% 1,388 1.27%
Financial specialists 918 0.84% 1,052 0.96%
Professional & related occupations: 7,410 6.76% 11,987 10.93%
Computer & mathematical 1,307 1.19% 820 0.75%
Architecture & engineering: 880 0.80% 146 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 506 0.46% 86 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 374 0.34% 60 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 435 0.40% 278 0.25%
Community & social services 643 0.59% 867 0.79%
Legal 322 0.29% 243 0.22%
Education, training, & library 1,494 1.36% 5,071 4.62%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 759 0.69% 773 0.70%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,570 1.43% 3,789 3.45%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,179 1.07% 2,346 2.14%
Health technologists & technicians 391 0.36% 1,443 1.32%
Service occupations: 6,893 6.28% 10,688 9.74%
Healthcare support 235 0.21% 1,865 1.70%
Protective services: 1,845 1.68% 531 0.48%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,370 1.25% 304 0.28%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 475 0.43% 227 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,044 1.86% 4,047 3.69%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,218 2.02% 1,797 1.64%
Personal care & service 551 0.50% 2,448 2.23%
Sales & office occupations: 9,091 8.29% 19,990 18.23%
Sales & related occupations 5,025 4.58% 6,916 6.31%
Office & administrative support 4,066 3.71% 13,074 11.92%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 282 0.26% 115 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 10,633 9.69% 485 0.44%
Construction & extraction: 6,076 5.54% 195 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 712 0.65% 29 0.03%
Construction trades 5,317 4.85% 166 0.15%
Extraction 47 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,557 4.15% 290 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 13,766 12.55% 5,463 4.98%
Production 7,588 6.92% 4,433 4.04%
Transportation & material moving: 6,178 5.63% 1,030 0.94%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 203 0.19% 14 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 127 0.12% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 3,047 2.78% 389 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 211 0.19% 19 0.02%
Material moving 2,590 2.36% 608 0.55%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 54,905 50.06% 54,775 49.94%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 577 0.53% 160 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 516 0.47% 153 0.14%
Mining 61 0.06% 7 0.01%
Construction 6,634 6.05% 622 0.57%
Manufacturing 11,846 10.80% 6,003 5.47%
Wholesale trade 1,921 1.75% 539 0.49%
Retail trade 5,750 5.24% 6,797 6.20%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,287 3.00% 881 0.80%
Transportation & warehousing 2,745 2.50% 792 0.72%
Utilities 542 0.49% 89 0.08%
Information 1,598 1.46% 1,532 1.40%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,246 3.87% 6,965 6.35%
Finance & insurance 3,189 2.91% 5,902 5.38%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,057 0.96% 1,063 0.97%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,516 3.21% 3,032 2.76%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,467 1.34% 1,740 1.59%
Management of companies & enterprises 67 0.06% 93 0.08%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,982 1.81% 1,199 1.09%
Educational, health & social services: 4,837 4.41% 17,307 15.78%
Educational services 2,268 2.07% 7,052 6.43%
Health care & social assistance 2,569 2.34% 10,255 9.35%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,785 3.45% 5,481 5.00%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 695 0.63% 623 0.57%
Accommodation & food services 3,090 2.82% 4,858 4.43%
Other services (except public administration) 2,970 2.71% 2,795 2.55%
Public administration 3,938 3.59% 2,661 2.43%

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

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