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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 29,418 50.81% 28,477 49.19%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,392 12.77% 9,124 15.76%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,692 6.38% 3,117 5.38%
Management, except farm managers 2,529 4.37% 1,540 2.66%
Farmers & farm managers 361 0.62% 81 0.14%
Business & financial operations: 802 1.39% 1,496 2.58%
Business operations specialists 420 0.73% 705 1.22%
Financial specialists 382 0.66% 791 1.37%
Professional & related occupations: 3,700 6.39% 6,007 10.38%
Computer & mathematical 477 0.82% 246 0.42%
Architecture & engineering: 676 1.17% 103 0.18%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 416 0.72% 66 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 260 0.45% 37 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 281 0.49% 225 0.39%
Community & social services 369 0.64% 773 1.34%
Legal 144 0.25% 259 0.45%
Education, training, & library 807 1.39% 2,387 4.12%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 306 0.53% 243 0.42%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 640 1.11% 1,771 3.06%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 451 0.78% 1,238 2.14%
Health technologists & technicians 189 0.33% 533 0.92%
Service occupations: 4,223 7.29% 5,615 9.70%
Healthcare support 95 0.16% 891 1.54%
Protective services: 1,483 2.56% 330 0.57%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 948 1.64% 140 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 535 0.92% 190 0.33%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,022 1.77% 1,979 3.42%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,188 2.05% 780 1.35%
Personal care & service 435 0.75% 1,635 2.82%
Sales & office occupations: 4,682 8.09% 10,872 18.78%
Sales & related occupations 2,642 4.56% 3,525 6.09%
Office & administrative support 2,040 3.52% 7,347 12.69%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 295 0.51% 90 0.16%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,449 11.14% 268 0.46%
Construction & extraction: 3,582 6.19% 107 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 501 0.87% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 3,074 5.31% 107 0.18%
Extraction 7 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,867 4.95% 161 0.28%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,377 11.01% 2,508 4.33%
Production 3,126 5.40% 1,541 2.66%
Transportation & material moving: 3,251 5.62% 967 1.67%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 71 0.12% 35 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 165 0.28% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,684 2.91% 400 0.69%
Rail, water & other transportation 124 0.21% 30 0.05%
Material moving 1,207 2.08% 502 0.87%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 29,418 50.81% 28,477 49.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 737 1.27% 197 0.34%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 707 1.22% 197 0.34%
Mining 30 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 4,516 7.80% 534 0.92%
Manufacturing 4,941 8.53% 2,137 3.69%
Wholesale trade 1,033 1.78% 577 1.00%
Retail trade 3,418 5.90% 3,964 6.85%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,207 3.81% 889 1.54%
Transportation & warehousing 1,896 3.27% 815 1.41%
Utilities 311 0.54% 74 0.13%
Information 306 0.53% 609 1.05%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,224 2.11% 2,453 4.24%
Finance & insurance 892 1.54% 2,156 3.72%
Real estate & rental & leasing 332 0.57% 297 0.51%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,899 3.28% 1,909 3.30%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 703 1.21% 946 1.63%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 10 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,196 2.07% 953 1.65%
Educational, health & social services: 2,675 4.62% 8,504 14.69%
Educational services 1,599 2.76% 3,421 5.91%
Health care & social assistance 1,076 1.86% 5,083 8.78%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,866 3.22% 2,726 4.71%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 733 1.27% 839 1.45%
Accommodation & food services 1,133 1.96% 1,887 3.26%
Other services (except public administration) 1,162 2.01% 1,150 1.99%
Public administration 3,434 5.93% 2,828 4.88%

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

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