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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 101,688 56.46% 78,433 43.54%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 22,049 12.24% 25,280 14.04%
Management, business, & financial operations: 9,218 5.12% 5,889 3.27%
Management, except farm managers 6,509 3.61% 3,865 2.15%
Farmers & farm managers 873 0.48% 102 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 1,836 1.02% 1,922 1.07%
Business operations specialists 932 0.52% 890 0.49%
Financial specialists 904 0.50% 1,032 0.57%
Professional & related occupations: 12,831 7.12% 19,391 10.77%
Computer & mathematical 593 0.33% 171 0.09%
Architecture & engineering: 1,208 0.67% 172 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 738 0.41% 82 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 470 0.26% 90 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 380 0.21% 152 0.08%
Community & social services 1,186 0.66% 1,780 0.99%
Legal 775 0.43% 487 0.27%
Education, training, & library 4,955 2.75% 11,622 6.45%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,302 0.72% 757 0.42%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,432 1.35% 4,250 2.36%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,662 0.92% 2,686 1.49%
Health technologists & technicians 770 0.43% 1,564 0.87%
Service occupations: 14,037 7.79% 19,272 10.70%
Healthcare support 760 0.42% 5,189 2.88%
Protective services: 3,381 1.88% 617 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,276 1.26% 278 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,105 0.61% 339 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,323 2.40% 5,242 2.91%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,859 2.70% 3,768 2.09%
Personal care & service 714 0.40% 4,456 2.47%
Sales & office occupations: 19,633 10.90% 26,178 14.53%
Sales & related occupations 12,103 6.72% 10,360 5.75%
Office & administrative support 7,530 4.18% 15,818 8.78%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 3,712 2.06% 1,532 0.85%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 22,041 12.24% 378 0.21%
Construction & extraction: 15,136 8.40% 212 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,547 0.86% 37 0.02%
Construction trades 13,215 7.34% 175 0.10%
Extraction 374 0.21% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,905 3.83% 166 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 20,216 11.22% 5,793 3.22%
Production 7,672 4.26% 4,276 2.37%
Transportation & material moving: 12,544 6.96% 1,517 0.84%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 181 0.10% 12 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 85 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 7,208 4.00% 458 0.25%
Rail, water & other transportation 427 0.24% 0 0.00%
Material moving 4,643 2.58% 1,047 0.58%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 101,688 56.46% 78,433 43.54%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 6,095 3.38% 1,380 0.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 4,806 2.67% 1,333 0.74%
Mining 1,289 0.72% 47 0.03%
Construction 15,989 8.88% 1,019 0.57%
Manufacturing 8,749 4.86% 4,600 2.55%
Wholesale trade 6,330 3.51% 2,533 1.41%
Retail trade 13,844 7.69% 10,471 5.81%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 7,786 4.32% 1,215 0.67%
Transportation & warehousing 6,482 3.60% 1,069 0.59%
Utilities 1,304 0.72% 146 0.08%
Information 1,777 0.99% 1,207 0.67%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,938 1.63% 3,770 2.09%
Finance & insurance 1,557 0.86% 2,900 1.61%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,381 0.77% 870 0.48%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,663 3.70% 4,283 2.38%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,617 1.45% 2,467 1.37%
Management of companies & enterprises 20 0.01% 8 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,026 2.24% 1,808 1.00%
Educational, health & social services: 13,633 7.57% 33,713 18.72%
Educational services 9,081 5.04% 17,612 9.78%
Health care & social assistance 4,552 2.53% 16,101 8.94%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 6,874 3.82% 6,685 3.71%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,020 0.57% 546 0.30%
Accommodation & food services 5,854 3.25% 6,139 3.41%
Other services (except public administration) 5,901 3.28% 4,414 2.45%
Public administration 5,109 2.84% 3,143 1.74%

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

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