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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 99,478 51.55% 93,491 48.45%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 24,031 12.45% 28,021 14.52%
Management, business, & financial operations: 9,895 5.13% 8,507 4.41%
Management, except farm managers 6,910 3.58% 5,076 2.63%
Farmers & farm managers 143 0.07% 30 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 2,842 1.47% 3,401 1.76%
Business operations specialists 1,520 0.79% 1,572 0.81%
Financial specialists 1,322 0.69% 1,829 0.95%
Professional & related occupations: 14,136 7.33% 19,514 10.11%
Computer & mathematical 1,628 0.84% 1,038 0.54%
Architecture & engineering: 4,293 2.22% 646 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,419 1.77% 433 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 874 0.45% 213 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 441 0.23% 365 0.19%
Community & social services 1,218 0.63% 1,551 0.80%
Legal 418 0.22% 434 0.22%
Education, training, & library 2,336 1.21% 7,206 3.73%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,686 0.87% 1,231 0.64%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,116 1.10% 7,043 3.65%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,667 0.86% 4,430 2.30%
Health technologists & technicians 449 0.23% 2,613 1.35%
Service occupations: 11,039 5.72% 20,826 10.79%
Healthcare support 388 0.20% 4,560 2.36%
Protective services: 2,354 1.22% 753 0.39%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,314 0.68% 275 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,040 0.54% 478 0.25%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,711 1.92% 6,777 3.51%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,692 1.91% 2,886 1.50%
Personal care & service 894 0.46% 5,850 3.03%
Sales & office occupations: 15,047 7.80% 31,849 16.50%
Sales & related occupations 10,021 5.19% 11,741 6.08%
Office & administrative support 5,026 2.60% 20,108 10.42%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 179 0.09% 87 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 19,609 10.16% 931 0.48%
Construction & extraction: 11,109 5.76% 328 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,183 0.61% 52 0.03%
Construction trades 9,887 5.12% 276 0.14%
Extraction 39 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 8,500 4.40% 603 0.31%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 29,573 15.33% 11,777 6.10%
Production 18,661 9.67% 9,198 4.77%
Transportation & material moving: 10,912 5.65% 2,579 1.34%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 280 0.15% 118 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 46 0.02% 6 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 5,588 2.90% 1,005 0.52%
Rail, water & other transportation 371 0.19% 142 0.07%
Material moving 4,627 2.40% 1,308 0.68%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 99,478 51.55% 93,491 48.45%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 411 0.21% 177 0.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 326 0.17% 175 0.09%
Mining 85 0.04% 2 0.00%
Construction 11,086 5.74% 1,029 0.53%
Manufacturing 33,356 17.29% 13,085 6.78%
Wholesale trade 4,119 2.13% 1,459 0.76%
Retail trade 11,621 6.02% 13,141 6.81%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,877 2.53% 1,850 0.96%
Transportation & warehousing 4,190 2.17% 1,664 0.86%
Utilities 687 0.36% 186 0.10%
Information 2,176 1.13% 1,843 0.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,452 1.79% 5,670 2.94%
Finance & insurance 1,951 1.01% 4,234 2.19%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,501 0.78% 1,436 0.74%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,891 3.57% 6,454 3.34%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,334 1.73% 3,525 1.83%
Management of companies & enterprises 12 0.01% 21 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,545 1.84% 2,908 1.51%
Educational, health & social services: 8,534 4.42% 32,223 16.70%
Educational services 4,564 2.37% 12,000 6.22%
Health care & social assistance 3,970 2.06% 20,223 10.48%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 5,843 3.03% 8,744 4.53%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,101 0.57% 1,014 0.53%
Accommodation & food services 4,742 2.46% 7,730 4.01%
Other services (except public administration) 4,596 2.38% 5,156 2.67%
Public administration 2,516 1.30% 2,660 1.38%

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

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