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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 53,186 52.26% 48,594 47.74%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 13,760 13.52% 15,542 15.27%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,332 6.22% 4,587 4.51%
Management, except farm managers 4,658 4.58% 2,422 2.38%
Farmers & farm managers 446 0.44% 64 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 1,228 1.21% 2,101 2.06%
Business operations specialists 617 0.61% 929 0.91%
Financial specialists 611 0.60% 1,172 1.15%
Professional & related occupations: 7,428 7.30% 10,955 10.76%
Computer & mathematical 940 0.92% 475 0.47%
Architecture & engineering: 2,313 2.27% 412 0.40%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,778 1.75% 215 0.21%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 535 0.53% 197 0.19%
Life, physical, & social science 303 0.30% 314 0.31%
Community & social services 740 0.73% 987 0.97%
Legal 218 0.21% 300 0.29%
Education, training, & library 1,288 1.27% 4,308 4.23%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 754 0.74% 595 0.58%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 872 0.86% 3,564 3.50%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 661 0.65% 2,279 2.24%
Health technologists & technicians 211 0.21% 1,285 1.26%
Service occupations: 5,479 5.38% 8,712 8.56%
Healthcare support 196 0.19% 2,260 2.22%
Protective services: 1,343 1.32% 257 0.25%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 885 0.87% 135 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 458 0.45% 122 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,414 1.39% 3,009 2.96%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,061 2.02% 1,301 1.28%
Personal care & service 465 0.46% 1,885 1.85%
Sales & office occupations: 9,106 8.95% 18,178 17.86%
Sales & related occupations 5,064 4.98% 5,785 5.68%
Office & administrative support 4,042 3.97% 12,393 12.18%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 487 0.48% 153 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 10,368 10.19% 351 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 5,821 5.72% 154 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 761 0.75% 12 0.01%
Construction trades 5,003 4.92% 142 0.14%
Extraction 57 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,547 4.47% 197 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 13,986 13.74% 5,658 5.56%
Production 8,593 8.44% 4,573 4.49%
Transportation & material moving: 5,393 5.30% 1,085 1.07%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 103 0.10% 6 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 50 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,837 2.79% 499 0.49%
Rail, water & other transportation 224 0.22% 13 0.01%
Material moving 2,179 2.14% 567 0.56%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 53,186 52.26% 48,594 47.74%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,038 1.02% 222 0.22%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 922 0.91% 222 0.22%
Mining 116 0.11% 0 0.00%
Construction 7,010 6.89% 837 0.82%
Manufacturing 15,063 14.80% 6,953 6.83%
Wholesale trade 2,759 2.71% 1,124 1.10%
Retail trade 5,886 5.78% 6,744 6.63%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,893 3.82% 1,162 1.14%
Transportation & warehousing 2,973 2.92% 964 0.95%
Utilities 920 0.90% 198 0.19%
Information 1,158 1.14% 828 0.81%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,779 1.75% 3,975 3.91%
Finance & insurance 1,239 1.22% 3,270 3.21%
Real estate & rental & leasing 540 0.53% 705 0.69%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,309 3.25% 3,056 3.00%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,826 1.79% 1,789 1.76%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 5 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,483 1.46% 1,262 1.24%
Educational, health & social services: 4,161 4.09% 16,300 16.01%
Educational services 2,315 2.27% 6,664 6.55%
Health care & social assistance 1,846 1.81% 9,636 9.47%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,530 2.49% 3,604 3.54%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 575 0.56% 384 0.38%
Accommodation & food services 1,955 1.92% 3,220 3.16%
Other services (except public administration) 2,795 2.75% 2,477 2.43%
Public administration 1,805 1.77% 1,312 1.29%

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

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