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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 32,852 51.13% 31,403 48.87%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 13,970 21.74% 13,845 21.55%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,514 7.03% 2,822 4.39%
Management, except farm managers 2,848 4.43% 1,740 2.71%
Farmers & farm managers 545 0.85% 96 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 1,121 1.74% 986 1.53%
Business operations specialists 520 0.81% 559 0.87%
Financial specialists 601 0.94% 427 0.66%
Professional & related occupations: 9,456 14.72% 11,023 17.16%
Computer & mathematical 1,245 1.94% 513 0.80%
Architecture & engineering: 967 1.50% 215 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 708 1.10% 98 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 259 0.40% 117 0.18%
Life, physical, & social science 890 1.39% 718 1.12%
Community & social services 443 0.69% 752 1.17%
Legal 256 0.40% 159 0.25%
Education, training, & library 3,027 4.71% 3,911 6.09%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 709 1.10% 784 1.22%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,919 2.99% 3,971 6.18%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,495 2.33% 2,824 4.39%
Health technologists & technicians 424 0.66% 1,147 1.79%
Service occupations: 4,348 6.77% 5,593 8.70%
Healthcare support 206 0.32% 973 1.51%
Protective services: 669 1.04% 233 0.36%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 389 0.61% 103 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 280 0.44% 130 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,934 3.01% 2,156 3.36%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,108 1.72% 766 1.19%
Personal care & service 431 0.67% 1,465 2.28%
Sales & office occupations: 6,362 9.90% 10,410 16.20%
Sales & related occupations 3,620 5.63% 3,217 5.01%
Office & administrative support 2,742 4.27% 7,193 11.19%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 130 0.20% 51 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,697 5.75% 162 0.25%
Construction & extraction: 2,207 3.43% 46 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 266 0.41% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,931 3.01% 46 0.07%
Extraction 10 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,490 2.32% 116 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,345 6.76% 1,342 2.09%
Production 2,059 3.20% 1,015 1.58%
Transportation & material moving: 2,286 3.56% 327 0.51%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 47 0.07% 2 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 15 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,096 1.71% 114 0.18%
Rail, water & other transportation 88 0.14% 29 0.05%
Material moving 1,040 1.62% 182 0.28%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 32,852 51.13% 31,403 48.87%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 767 1.19% 161 0.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 726 1.13% 161 0.25%
Mining 41 0.06% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,674 4.16% 251 0.39%
Manufacturing 3,354 5.22% 1,475 2.30%
Wholesale trade 847 1.32% 375 0.58%
Retail trade 3,803 5.92% 3,497 5.44%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,436 2.23% 351 0.55%
Transportation & warehousing 1,163 1.81% 320 0.50%
Utilities 273 0.42% 31 0.05%
Information 1,629 2.54% 1,340 2.09%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,487 2.31% 1,515 2.36%
Finance & insurance 974 1.52% 1,122 1.75%
Real estate & rental & leasing 513 0.80% 393 0.61%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,259 3.52% 1,667 2.59%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,604 2.50% 1,278 1.99%
Management of companies & enterprises 4 0.01% 4 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 651 1.01% 385 0.60%
Educational, health & social services: 9,802 15.25% 16,306 25.38%
Educational services 6,087 9.47% 7,636 11.88%
Health care & social assistance 3,715 5.78% 8,670 13.49%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,802 4.36% 2,640 4.11%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 426 0.66% 345 0.54%
Accommodation & food services 2,376 3.70% 2,295 3.57%
Other services (except public administration) 1,117 1.74% 1,178 1.83%
Public administration 875 1.36% 647 1.01%

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

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