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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 249,243 53.84% 213,676 46.16%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 66,649 14.40% 67,549 14.59%
Management, business, & financial operations: 32,113 6.94% 20,871 4.51%
Management, except farm managers 24,445 5.28% 12,329 2.66%
Farmers & farm managers 577 0.12% 96 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 7,091 1.53% 8,446 1.82%
Business operations specialists 3,752 0.81% 4,123 0.89%
Financial specialists 3,339 0.72% 4,323 0.93%
Professional & related occupations: 34,536 7.46% 46,678 10.08%
Computer & mathematical 4,937 1.07% 2,338 0.51%
Architecture & engineering: 10,276 2.22% 1,782 0.38%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 7,643 1.65% 994 0.21%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,633 0.57% 788 0.17%
Life, physical, & social science 1,811 0.39% 1,226 0.26%
Community & social services 3,102 0.67% 3,471 0.75%
Legal 1,188 0.26% 1,640 0.35%
Education, training, & library 5,118 1.11% 17,735 3.83%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,260 0.70% 3,237 0.70%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,844 1.05% 15,249 3.29%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,882 0.84% 9,473 2.05%
Health technologists & technicians 962 0.21% 5,776 1.25%
Service occupations: 24,334 5.26% 36,697 7.93%
Healthcare support 539 0.12% 6,910 1.49%
Protective services: 5,162 1.12% 1,395 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,169 0.68% 555 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,993 0.43% 840 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 8,001 1.73% 13,273 2.87%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 8,778 1.90% 6,276 1.36%
Personal care & service 1,854 0.40% 8,843 1.91%
Sales & office occupations: 41,132 8.89% 74,803 16.16%
Sales & related occupations 25,414 5.49% 26,348 5.69%
Office & administrative support 15,718 3.40% 48,455 10.47%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,101 0.24% 359 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 49,012 10.59% 2,187 0.47%
Construction & extraction: 27,000 5.83% 858 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 3,487 0.75% 126 0.03%
Construction trades 23,382 5.05% 732 0.16%
Extraction 131 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 22,012 4.76% 1,329 0.29%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 67,015 14.48% 32,081 6.93%
Production 42,775 9.24% 27,283 5.89%
Transportation & material moving: 24,240 5.24% 4,798 1.04%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 545 0.12% 140 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 337 0.07% 36 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 11,053 2.39% 1,394 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 662 0.14% 139 0.03%
Material moving 11,643 2.52% 3,089 0.67%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 249,243 53.84% 213,676 46.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,947 0.42% 465 0.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,727 0.37% 445 0.10%
Mining 220 0.05% 20 0.00%
Construction 32,814 7.09% 3,864 0.83%
Manufacturing 77,130 16.66% 40,197 8.68%
Wholesale trade 12,820 2.77% 5,669 1.22%
Retail trade 26,340 5.69% 28,371 6.13%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 15,617 3.37% 4,436 0.96%
Transportation & warehousing 11,623 2.51% 3,528 0.76%
Utilities 3,994 0.86% 908 0.20%
Information 5,811 1.26% 5,659 1.22%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 8,795 1.90% 13,801 2.98%
Finance & insurance 5,240 1.13% 10,098 2.18%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,555 0.77% 3,703 0.80%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 18,649 4.03% 14,340 3.10%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 9,843 2.13% 8,379 1.81%
Management of companies & enterprises 123 0.03% 100 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 8,683 1.88% 5,861 1.27%
Educational, health & social services: 17,910 3.87% 62,553 13.51%
Educational services 10,262 2.22% 26,500 5.72%
Health care & social assistance 7,648 1.65% 36,053 7.79%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 13,566 2.93% 18,753 4.05%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,624 0.57% 2,185 0.47%
Accommodation & food services 10,942 2.36% 16,568 3.58%
Other services (except public administration) 11,731 2.53% 10,554 2.28%
Public administration 6,113 1.32% 5,014 1.08%

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

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