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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 34,035 54.88% 27,981 45.12%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,509 12.11% 8,251 13.30%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,519 5.67% 2,218 3.58%
Management, except farm managers 2,579 4.16% 1,280 2.06%
Farmers & farm managers 246 0.40% 22 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 694 1.12% 916 1.48%
Business operations specialists 300 0.48% 417 0.67%
Financial specialists 394 0.64% 499 0.80%
Professional & related occupations: 3,990 6.43% 6,033 9.73%
Computer & mathematical 314 0.51% 102 0.16%
Architecture & engineering: 866 1.40% 96 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 676 1.09% 28 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 190 0.31% 68 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 266 0.43% 108 0.17%
Community & social services 427 0.69% 451 0.73%
Legal 175 0.28% 183 0.30%
Education, training, & library 811 1.31% 2,428 3.92%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 322 0.52% 332 0.54%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 809 1.30% 2,333 3.76%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 654 1.05% 1,306 2.11%
Health technologists & technicians 155 0.25% 1,027 1.66%
Service occupations: 3,499 5.64% 5,102 8.23%
Healthcare support 59 0.10% 1,049 1.69%
Protective services: 785 1.27% 114 0.18%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 525 0.85% 58 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 260 0.42% 56 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,149 1.85% 1,979 3.19%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,287 2.08% 672 1.08%
Personal care & service 219 0.35% 1,288 2.08%
Sales & office occupations: 5,372 8.66% 10,681 17.22%
Sales & related occupations 3,115 5.02% 4,370 7.05%
Office & administrative support 2,257 3.64% 6,311 10.18%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 350 0.56% 42 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,283 11.74% 194 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 4,542 7.32% 162 0.26%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 425 0.69% 15 0.02%
Construction trades 4,104 6.62% 147 0.24%
Extraction 13 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,741 4.42% 32 0.05%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,022 16.16% 3,711 5.98%
Production 5,974 9.63% 2,996 4.83%
Transportation & material moving: 4,048 6.53% 715 1.15%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 96 0.15% 2 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 17 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,622 2.62% 263 0.42%
Rail, water & other transportation 267 0.43% 13 0.02%
Material moving 2,046 3.30% 437 0.70%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 34,035 54.88% 27,981 45.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 825 1.33% 113 0.18%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 727 1.17% 94 0.15%
Mining 98 0.16% 19 0.03%
Construction 4,529 7.30% 466 0.75%
Manufacturing 9,304 15.00% 4,056 6.54%
Wholesale trade 1,629 2.63% 792 1.28%
Retail trade 3,830 6.18% 4,526 7.30%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,386 5.46% 703 1.13%
Transportation & warehousing 1,412 2.28% 361 0.58%
Utilities 1,974 3.18% 342 0.55%
Information 457 0.74% 349 0.56%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 949 1.53% 1,662 2.68%
Finance & insurance 569 0.92% 1,362 2.20%
Real estate & rental & leasing 380 0.61% 300 0.48%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,611 2.60% 1,297 2.09%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 793 1.28% 910 1.47%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 818 1.32% 387 0.62%
Educational, health & social services: 2,535 4.09% 8,850 14.27%
Educational services 1,411 2.28% 3,495 5.64%
Health care & social assistance 1,124 1.81% 5,355 8.63%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,784 2.88% 2,498 4.03%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 295 0.48% 243 0.39%
Accommodation & food services 1,489 2.40% 2,255 3.64%
Other services (except public administration) 1,873 3.02% 1,743 2.81%
Public administration 1,323 2.13% 926 1.49%

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

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