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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 23,574 48.09% 25,446 51.91%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,123 10.45% 7,651 15.61%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,458 5.01% 2,030 4.14%
Management, except farm managers 1,647 3.36% 1,257 2.56%
Farmers & farm managers 163 0.33% 65 0.13%
Business & financial operations: 648 1.32% 708 1.44%
Business operations specialists 384 0.78% 430 0.88%
Financial specialists 264 0.54% 278 0.57%
Professional & related occupations: 2,665 5.44% 5,621 11.47%
Computer & mathematical 270 0.55% 129 0.26%
Architecture & engineering: 341 0.70% 67 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 158 0.32% 47 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 183 0.37% 20 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 123 0.25% 61 0.12%
Community & social services 361 0.74% 474 0.97%
Legal 61 0.12% 179 0.37%
Education, training, & library 640 1.31% 2,544 5.19%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 163 0.33% 365 0.74%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 706 1.44% 1,802 3.68%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 469 0.96% 897 1.83%
Health technologists & technicians 237 0.48% 905 1.85%
Service occupations: 3,496 7.13% 5,940 12.12%
Healthcare support 224 0.46% 1,075 2.19%
Protective services: 1,061 2.16% 258 0.53%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 805 1.64% 119 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 256 0.52% 139 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 951 1.94% 2,262 4.61%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 867 1.77% 783 1.60%
Personal care & service 393 0.80% 1,562 3.19%
Sales & office occupations: 3,877 7.91% 9,838 20.07%
Sales & related occupations 2,362 4.82% 4,109 8.38%
Office & administrative support 1,515 3.09% 5,729 11.69%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 527 1.08% 72 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,629 13.52% 292 0.60%
Construction & extraction: 4,012 8.18% 183 0.37%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 544 1.11% 23 0.05%
Construction trades 3,427 6.99% 151 0.31%
Extraction 41 0.08% 9 0.02%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,617 5.34% 109 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,922 8.00% 1,653 3.37%
Production 1,575 3.21% 1,055 2.15%
Transportation & material moving: 2,347 4.79% 598 1.22%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 56 0.11% 26 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 39 0.08% 9 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 1,429 2.92% 300 0.61%
Rail, water & other transportation 45 0.09% 9 0.02%
Material moving 778 1.59% 254 0.52%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 23,574 48.09% 25,446 51.91%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 817 1.67% 179 0.37%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 799 1.63% 179 0.37%
Mining 18 0.04% 0 0.00%
Construction 4,546 9.27% 476 0.97%
Manufacturing 1,686 3.44% 996 2.03%
Wholesale trade 729 1.49% 214 0.44%
Retail trade 3,237 6.60% 4,259 8.69%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,683 3.43% 570 1.16%
Transportation & warehousing 1,348 2.75% 481 0.98%
Utilities 335 0.68% 89 0.18%
Information 531 1.08% 862 1.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 739 1.51% 1,495 3.05%
Finance & insurance 409 0.83% 863 1.76%
Real estate & rental & leasing 330 0.67% 632 1.29%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,268 2.59% 1,956 3.99%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 496 1.01% 830 1.69%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 14 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 772 1.57% 1,112 2.27%
Educational, health & social services: 2,246 4.58% 8,619 17.58%
Educational services 1,024 2.09% 3,335 6.80%
Health care & social assistance 1,222 2.49% 5,284 10.78%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,690 3.45% 3,100 6.32%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 386 0.79% 337 0.69%
Accommodation & food services 1,304 2.66% 2,763 5.64%
Other services (except public administration) 1,411 2.88% 1,153 2.35%
Public administration 2,991 6.10% 1,567 3.20%

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

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