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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 117,091 54.31% 98,487 45.69%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 27,999 12.99% 30,563 14.18%
Management, business, & financial operations: 12,725 5.90% 8,000 3.71%
Management, except farm managers 8,701 4.04% 4,818 2.23%
Farmers & farm managers 1,216 0.56% 200 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 2,808 1.30% 2,982 1.38%
Business operations specialists 1,636 0.76% 1,490 0.69%
Financial specialists 1,172 0.54% 1,492 0.69%
Professional & related occupations: 15,274 7.09% 22,563 10.47%
Computer & mathematical 1,533 0.71% 652 0.30%
Architecture & engineering: 3,199 1.48% 495 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,145 0.99% 294 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,054 0.49% 201 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 1,249 0.58% 672 0.31%
Community & social services 1,533 0.71% 1,596 0.74%
Legal 629 0.29% 620 0.29%
Education, training, & library 2,609 1.21% 8,249 3.83%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,362 0.63% 1,305 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,160 1.47% 8,974 4.16%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,345 1.09% 5,520 2.56%
Health technologists & technicians 815 0.38% 3,454 1.60%
Service occupations: 12,070 5.60% 18,209 8.45%
Healthcare support 558 0.26% 3,406 1.58%
Protective services: 2,513 1.17% 466 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,627 0.75% 202 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 886 0.41% 264 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,218 1.96% 7,265 3.37%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,075 1.89% 2,944 1.37%
Personal care & service 706 0.33% 4,128 1.91%
Sales & office occupations: 19,247 8.93% 36,747 17.05%
Sales & related occupations 11,937 5.54% 13,964 6.48%
Office & administrative support 7,310 3.39% 22,783 10.57%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 890 0.41% 275 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 23,142 10.73% 798 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 13,402 6.22% 419 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,662 0.77% 47 0.02%
Construction trades 11,534 5.35% 359 0.17%
Extraction 206 0.10% 13 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 9,740 4.52% 379 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 33,743 15.65% 11,895 5.52%
Production 21,160 9.82% 9,336 4.33%
Transportation & material moving: 12,583 5.84% 2,559 1.19%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 353 0.16% 44 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 116 0.05% 10 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 6,517 3.02% 865 0.40%
Rail, water & other transportation 624 0.29% 88 0.04%
Material moving 4,973 2.31% 1,552 0.72%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 117,091 54.31% 98,487 45.69%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,830 1.31% 601 0.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,165 1.00% 477 0.22%
Mining 665 0.31% 124 0.06%
Construction 15,092 7.00% 1,550 0.72%
Manufacturing 33,396 15.49% 14,095 6.54%
Wholesale trade 5,155 2.39% 2,122 0.98%
Retail trade 13,898 6.45% 15,218 7.06%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 7,610 3.53% 1,988 0.92%
Transportation & warehousing 6,149 2.85% 1,581 0.73%
Utilities 1,461 0.68% 407 0.19%
Information 2,335 1.08% 2,146 1.00%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,710 1.72% 5,848 2.71%
Finance & insurance 2,187 1.01% 4,480 2.08%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,523 0.71% 1,368 0.63%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,906 3.20% 6,192 2.87%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,037 1.41% 2,759 1.28%
Management of companies & enterprises 14 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,855 1.79% 3,433 1.59%
Educational, health & social services: 9,999 4.64% 31,821 14.76%
Educational services 4,875 2.26% 11,956 5.55%
Health care & social assistance 5,124 2.38% 19,865 9.21%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 7,238 3.36% 9,053 4.20%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,268 0.59% 862 0.40%
Accommodation & food services 5,970 2.77% 8,191 3.80%
Other services (except public administration) 5,272 2.45% 5,046 2.34%
Public administration 3,650 1.69% 2,807 1.30%

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

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