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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 177,450 53.80% 152,392 46.20%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 54,537 16.53% 52,654 15.96%
Management, business, & financial operations: 23,698 7.18% 16,319 4.95%
Management, except farm managers 17,318 5.25% 9,742 2.95%
Farmers & farm managers 707 0.21% 146 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 5,673 1.72% 6,431 1.95%
Business operations specialists 3,069 0.93% 2,912 0.88%
Financial specialists 2,604 0.79% 3,519 1.07%
Professional & related occupations: 30,839 9.35% 36,335 11.02%
Computer & mathematical 4,157 1.26% 1,638 0.50%
Architecture & engineering: 7,291 2.21% 883 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,670 1.72% 551 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,621 0.49% 332 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 2,757 0.84% 1,134 0.34%
Community & social services 2,062 0.63% 2,740 0.83%
Legal 1,453 0.44% 1,495 0.45%
Education, training, & library 4,937 1.50% 13,153 3.99%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,455 1.05% 2,736 0.83%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,727 1.43% 12,556 3.81%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,555 1.08% 7,597 2.30%
Health technologists & technicians 1,172 0.36% 4,959 1.50%
Service occupations: 21,451 6.50% 27,921 8.46%
Healthcare support 671 0.20% 4,920 1.49%
Protective services: 4,435 1.34% 923 0.28%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,853 0.86% 438 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,582 0.48% 485 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 7,907 2.40% 10,535 3.19%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 6,539 1.98% 4,971 1.51%
Personal care & service 1,899 0.58% 6,572 1.99%
Sales & office occupations: 33,688 10.21% 58,300 17.68%
Sales & related occupations 21,325 6.47% 20,813 6.31%
Office & administrative support 12,363 3.75% 37,487 11.37%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 761 0.23% 235 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 31,532 9.56% 1,061 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 18,739 5.68% 538 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,479 0.75% 60 0.02%
Construction trades 16,150 4.90% 478 0.14%
Extraction 110 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 12,793 3.88% 523 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 35,481 10.76% 12,221 3.71%
Production 18,636 5.65% 9,457 2.87%
Transportation & material moving: 16,845 5.11% 2,764 0.84%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 511 0.15% 85 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 314 0.10% 10 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 8,525 2.58% 887 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 771 0.23% 129 0.04%
Material moving 6,724 2.04% 1,653 0.50%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 177,450 53.80% 152,392 46.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,949 0.59% 402 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,518 0.46% 357 0.11%
Mining 431 0.13% 45 0.01%
Construction 21,593 6.55% 2,390 0.72%
Manufacturing 29,917 9.07% 13,758 4.17%
Wholesale trade 9,480 2.87% 3,502 1.06%
Retail trade 22,087 6.70% 22,184 6.73%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 12,894 3.91% 4,037 1.22%
Transportation & warehousing 9,509 2.88% 2,817 0.85%
Utilities 3,385 1.03% 1,220 0.37%
Information 3,937 1.19% 3,151 0.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 7,883 2.39% 10,691 3.24%
Finance & insurance 4,570 1.39% 7,805 2.37%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,313 1.00% 2,886 0.87%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 20,403 6.19% 14,467 4.39%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 13,171 3.99% 9,248 2.80%
Management of companies & enterprises 43 0.01% 122 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 7,189 2.18% 5,097 1.55%
Educational, health & social services: 17,603 5.34% 48,666 14.75%
Educational services 9,451 2.87% 18,742 5.68%
Health care & social assistance 8,152 2.47% 29,924 9.07%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 14,951 4.53% 16,129 4.89%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,127 0.95% 2,006 0.61%
Accommodation & food services 11,824 3.58% 14,123 4.28%
Other services (except public administration) 7,884 2.39% 8,013 2.43%
Public administration 6,869 2.08% 5,002 1.52%

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

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