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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 25,855 54.18% 21,862 45.82%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,185 12.96% 6,192 12.98%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,398 5.03% 1,680 3.52%
Management, except farm managers 1,524 3.19% 1,031 2.16%
Farmers & farm managers 383 0.80% 21 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 491 1.03% 628 1.32%
Business operations specialists 217 0.45% 355 0.74%
Financial specialists 274 0.57% 273 0.57%
Professional & related occupations: 3,787 7.94% 4,512 9.46%
Computer & mathematical 454 0.95% 213 0.45%
Architecture & engineering: 1,792 3.76% 205 0.43%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,525 3.20% 124 0.26%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 267 0.56% 81 0.17%
Life, physical, & social science 121 0.25% 58 0.12%
Community & social services 254 0.53% 267 0.56%
Legal 89 0.19% 44 0.09%
Education, training, & library 535 1.12% 1,596 3.34%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 203 0.43% 285 0.60%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 339 0.71% 1,844 3.86%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 274 0.57% 1,149 2.41%
Health technologists & technicians 65 0.14% 695 1.46%
Service occupations: 2,800 5.87% 4,670 9.79%
Healthcare support 66 0.14% 1,007 2.11%
Protective services: 533 1.12% 152 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 401 0.84% 85 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 132 0.28% 67 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,010 2.12% 1,766 3.70%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 992 2.08% 564 1.18%
Personal care & service 199 0.42% 1,181 2.48%
Sales & office occupations: 3,035 6.36% 6,779 14.21%
Sales & related occupations 1,888 3.96% 2,389 5.01%
Office & administrative support 1,147 2.40% 4,390 9.20%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 160 0.34% 55 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,663 9.77% 380 0.80%
Construction & extraction: 2,307 4.83% 150 0.31%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 176 0.37% 13 0.03%
Construction trades 2,118 4.44% 137 0.29%
Extraction 13 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,356 4.94% 230 0.48%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 9,012 18.89% 3,786 7.93%
Production 6,354 13.32% 3,204 6.71%
Transportation & material moving: 2,658 5.57% 582 1.22%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 60 0.13% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 16 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,120 2.35% 206 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 111 0.23% 28 0.06%
Material moving 1,351 2.83% 348 0.73%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 25,855 54.18% 21,862 45.82%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 614 1.29% 148 0.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 577 1.21% 139 0.29%
Mining 37 0.08% 9 0.02%
Construction 2,252 4.72% 284 0.60%
Manufacturing 11,242 23.56% 4,677 9.80%
Wholesale trade 666 1.40% 283 0.59%
Retail trade 2,612 5.47% 2,894 6.06%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,196 2.51% 378 0.79%
Transportation & warehousing 971 2.03% 313 0.66%
Utilities 225 0.47% 65 0.14%
Information 463 0.97% 510 1.07%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 626 1.31% 1,207 2.53%
Finance & insurance 334 0.70% 895 1.88%
Real estate & rental & leasing 292 0.61% 312 0.65%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,155 2.42% 819 1.72%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 520 1.09% 407 0.85%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 629 1.32% 412 0.86%
Educational, health & social services: 1,539 3.23% 6,855 14.37%
Educational services 910 1.91% 2,358 4.94%
Health care & social assistance 629 1.32% 4,497 9.42%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,448 3.03% 2,005 4.20%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 187 0.39% 242 0.51%
Accommodation & food services 1,261 2.64% 1,763 3.69%
Other services (except public administration) 1,116 2.34% 1,125 2.36%
Public administration 926 1.94% 677 1.42%

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

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