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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 261,428 52.15% 239,830 47.85%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 73,818 14.73% 82,489 16.46%
Management, business, & financial operations: 35,743 7.13% 28,213 5.63%
Management, except farm managers 25,973 5.18% 16,246 3.24%
Farmers & farm managers 842 0.17% 164 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 8,928 1.78% 11,803 2.35%
Business operations specialists 4,439 0.89% 5,918 1.18%
Financial specialists 4,489 0.90% 5,885 1.17%
Professional & related occupations: 38,075 7.60% 54,276 10.83%
Computer & mathematical 6,792 1.35% 2,940 0.59%
Architecture & engineering: 6,960 1.39% 979 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4,819 0.96% 560 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,141 0.43% 419 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 1,817 0.36% 1,308 0.26%
Community & social services 3,384 0.68% 4,564 0.91%
Legal 2,832 0.56% 2,381 0.48%
Education, training, & library 5,797 1.16% 18,790 3.75%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 4,164 0.83% 3,741 0.75%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 6,329 1.26% 19,573 3.90%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 4,929 0.98% 13,078 2.61%
Health technologists & technicians 1,400 0.28% 6,495 1.30%
Service occupations: 29,031 5.79% 40,682 8.12%
Healthcare support 996 0.20% 8,340 1.66%
Protective services: 6,408 1.28% 1,654 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,927 0.78% 730 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,481 0.49% 924 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 10,016 2.00% 14,097 2.81%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 8,773 1.75% 6,028 1.20%
Personal care & service 2,838 0.57% 10,563 2.11%
Sales & office occupations: 47,506 9.48% 92,250 18.40%
Sales & related occupations 27,888 5.56% 27,274 5.44%
Office & administrative support 19,618 3.91% 64,976 12.96%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 934 0.19% 337 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 44,117 8.80% 1,950 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 25,272 5.04% 768 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,884 0.58% 91 0.02%
Construction trades 22,217 4.43% 668 0.13%
Extraction 171 0.03% 9 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 18,845 3.76% 1,182 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 66,022 13.17% 22,122 4.41%
Production 34,965 6.98% 15,105 3.01%
Transportation & material moving: 31,057 6.20% 7,017 1.40%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,221 0.24% 435 0.09%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,216 0.24% 87 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 12,820 2.56% 2,080 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,889 0.38% 175 0.03%
Material moving 13,911 2.78% 4,240 0.85%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 261,428 52.15% 239,830 47.85%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,510 0.50% 606 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,929 0.38% 498 0.10%
Mining 581 0.12% 108 0.02%
Construction 29,380 5.86% 3,721 0.74%
Manufacturing 56,121 11.20% 22,705 4.53%
Wholesale trade 13,789 2.75% 6,103 1.22%
Retail trade 28,548 5.70% 28,140 5.61%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 25,055 5.00% 10,569 2.11%
Transportation & warehousing 21,638 4.32% 9,392 1.87%
Utilities 3,417 0.68% 1,177 0.23%
Information 6,606 1.32% 6,090 1.21%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 14,092 2.81% 23,218 4.63%
Finance & insurance 9,610 1.92% 19,318 3.85%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4,482 0.89% 3,900 0.78%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 21,396 4.27% 18,337 3.66%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 12,195 2.43% 11,162 2.23%
Management of companies & enterprises 253 0.05% 384 0.08%
Administrative & support & waste management services 8,948 1.79% 6,791 1.35%
Educational, health & social services: 22,183 4.43% 75,677 15.10%
Educational services 9,873 1.97% 27,353 5.46%
Health care & social assistance 12,310 2.46% 48,324 9.64%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 19,164 3.82% 21,576 4.30%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 5,021 1.00% 4,206 0.84%
Accommodation & food services 14,143 2.82% 17,370 3.47%
Other services (except public administration) 13,282 2.65% 13,103 2.61%
Public administration 9,302 1.86% 9,985 1.99%

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

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