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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 89,240 54.21% 75,385 45.79%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 36,821 22.37% 29,678 18.03%
Management, business, & financial operations: 13,267 8.06% 9,492 5.77%
Management, except farm managers 9,355 5.68% 5,289 3.21%
Farmers & farm managers 413 0.25% 69 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 3,499 2.13% 4,134 2.51%
Business operations specialists 2,226 1.35% 2,132 1.30%
Financial specialists 1,273 0.77% 2,002 1.22%
Professional & related occupations: 23,554 14.31% 20,186 12.26%
Computer & mathematical 6,153 3.74% 2,748 1.67%
Architecture & engineering: 9,251 5.62% 1,456 0.88%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 7,707 4.68% 1,042 0.63%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,544 0.94% 414 0.25%
Life, physical, & social science 1,366 0.83% 529 0.32%
Community & social services 963 0.58% 1,095 0.67%
Legal 612 0.37% 464 0.28%
Education, training, & library 2,226 1.35% 7,237 4.40%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,435 0.87% 1,401 0.85%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,548 0.94% 5,256 3.19%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,066 0.65% 3,401 2.07%
Health technologists & technicians 482 0.29% 1,855 1.13%
Service occupations: 8,824 5.36% 11,582 7.04%
Healthcare support 251 0.15% 2,013 1.22%
Protective services: 2,331 1.42% 539 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,383 0.84% 101 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 948 0.58% 438 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,846 1.73% 4,118 2.50%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,736 1.66% 1,921 1.17%
Personal care & service 660 0.40% 2,991 1.82%
Sales & office occupations: 12,964 7.87% 25,738 15.63%
Sales & related occupations 8,047 4.89% 9,206 5.59%
Office & administrative support 4,917 2.99% 16,532 10.04%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 392 0.24% 99 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 13,267 8.06% 866 0.53%
Construction & extraction: 7,728 4.69% 341 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 886 0.54% 25 0.02%
Construction trades 6,809 4.14% 310 0.19%
Extraction 33 0.02% 6 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,539 3.36% 525 0.32%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 16,972 10.31% 7,422 4.51%
Production 10,047 6.10% 5,931 3.60%
Transportation & material moving: 6,925 4.21% 1,491 0.91%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 177 0.11% 62 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 140 0.09% 4 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 3,571 2.17% 722 0.44%
Rail, water & other transportation 194 0.12% 20 0.01%
Material moving 2,843 1.73% 683 0.41%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 89,240 54.21% 75,385 45.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 924 0.56% 196 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 845 0.51% 190 0.12%
Mining 79 0.05% 6 0.00%
Construction 9,401 5.71% 1,164 0.71%
Manufacturing 21,902 13.30% 11,330 6.88%
Wholesale trade 3,211 1.95% 1,358 0.82%
Retail trade 8,597 5.22% 9,108 5.53%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,139 2.51% 1,279 0.78%
Transportation & warehousing 2,871 1.74% 1,056 0.64%
Utilities 1,268 0.77% 223 0.14%
Information 2,277 1.38% 1,623 0.99%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,883 1.75% 3,961 2.41%
Finance & insurance 1,496 0.91% 2,660 1.62%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,387 0.84% 1,301 0.79%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 11,693 7.10% 7,127 4.33%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 8,913 5.41% 5,211 3.17%
Management of companies & enterprises 5 0.00% 19 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,775 1.69% 1,897 1.15%
Educational, health & social services: 6,493 3.94% 21,765 13.22%
Educational services 3,896 2.37% 9,296 5.65%
Health care & social assistance 2,597 1.58% 12,469 7.57%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 5,634 3.42% 6,586 4.00%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,116 0.68% 1,086 0.66%
Accommodation & food services 4,518 2.74% 5,500 3.34%
Other services (except public administration) 3,759 2.28% 3,746 2.28%
Public administration 8,327 5.06% 6,142 3.73%

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

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