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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 39,485 51.21% 37,621 48.79%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 10,974 14.23% 11,963 15.52%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,361 6.95% 3,484 4.52%
Management, except farm managers 2,906 3.77% 1,638 2.12%
Farmers & farm managers 1,310 1.70% 386 0.50%
Business & financial operations: 1,145 1.48% 1,460 1.89%
Business operations specialists 543 0.70% 866 1.12%
Financial specialists 602 0.78% 594 0.77%
Professional & related occupations: 5,613 7.28% 8,479 11.00%
Computer & mathematical 727 0.94% 422 0.55%
Architecture & engineering: 1,347 1.75% 228 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 929 1.20% 69 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 418 0.54% 159 0.21%
Life, physical, & social science 175 0.23% 185 0.24%
Community & social services 441 0.57% 673 0.87%
Legal 269 0.35% 209 0.27%
Education, training, & library 1,220 1.58% 3,300 4.28%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 531 0.69% 587 0.76%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 903 1.17% 2,875 3.73%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 810 1.05% 1,803 2.34%
Health technologists & technicians 93 0.12% 1,072 1.39%
Service occupations: 4,482 5.81% 7,819 10.14%
Healthcare support 265 0.34% 2,256 2.93%
Protective services: 787 1.02% 196 0.25%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 512 0.66% 71 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 275 0.36% 125 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,614 2.09% 2,784 3.61%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,530 1.98% 841 1.09%
Personal care & service 286 0.37% 1,742 2.26%
Sales & office occupations: 7,188 9.32% 13,344 17.31%
Sales & related occupations 4,737 6.14% 4,392 5.70%
Office & administrative support 2,451 3.18% 8,952 11.61%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 563 0.73% 199 0.26%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,330 8.21% 270 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 3,510 4.55% 120 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 361 0.47% 5 0.01%
Construction trades 3,131 4.06% 115 0.15%
Extraction 18 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,820 3.66% 150 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 9,948 12.90% 4,026 5.22%
Production 5,249 6.81% 3,259 4.23%
Transportation & material moving: 4,699 6.09% 767 0.99%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 126 0.16% 20 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 20 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,213 2.87% 187 0.24%
Rail, water & other transportation 65 0.08% 62 0.08%
Material moving 2,275 2.95% 498 0.65%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 39,485 51.21% 37,621 48.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,921 2.49% 607 0.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,906 2.47% 602 0.78%
Mining 15 0.02% 5 0.01%
Construction 4,126 5.35% 408 0.53%
Manufacturing 8,216 10.66% 4,654 6.04%
Wholesale trade 2,058 2.67% 538 0.70%
Retail trade 6,249 8.10% 5,892 7.64%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,397 3.11% 673 0.87%
Transportation & warehousing 1,861 2.41% 452 0.59%
Utilities 536 0.70% 221 0.29%
Information 698 0.91% 794 1.03%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,447 1.88% 2,489 3.23%
Finance & insurance 922 1.20% 2,148 2.79%
Real estate & rental & leasing 525 0.68% 341 0.44%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,405 3.12% 1,998 2.59%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,342 1.74% 1,192 1.55%
Management of companies & enterprises 14 0.02% 7 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,049 1.36% 799 1.04%
Educational, health & social services: 4,372 5.67% 13,671 17.73%
Educational services 2,516 3.26% 5,031 6.52%
Health care & social assistance 1,856 2.41% 8,640 11.21%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,567 3.33% 3,365 4.36%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 408 0.53% 433 0.56%
Accommodation & food services 2,159 2.80% 2,932 3.80%
Other services (except public administration) 1,721 2.23% 1,513 1.96%
Public administration 1,308 1.70% 1,019 1.32%

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

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