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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 268,723 51.82% 249,895 48.18%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 77,000 14.85% 87,481 16.87%
Management, business, & financial operations: 39,221 7.56% 29,314 5.65%
Management, except farm managers 28,624 5.52% 16,985 3.28%
Farmers & farm managers 1,002 0.19% 70 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 9,595 1.85% 12,259 2.36%
Business operations specialists 4,351 0.84% 5,268 1.02%
Financial specialists 5,244 1.01% 6,991 1.35%
Professional & related occupations: 37,779 7.28% 58,167 11.22%
Computer & mathematical 7,379 1.42% 3,471 0.67%
Architecture & engineering: 6,036 1.16% 870 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4,142 0.80% 542 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,894 0.37% 328 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 2,032 0.39% 1,467 0.28%
Community & social services 3,531 0.68% 4,311 0.83%
Legal 2,569 0.50% 2,304 0.44%
Education, training, & library 5,964 1.15% 21,123 4.07%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,897 0.75% 4,014 0.77%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 6,371 1.23% 20,607 3.97%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 5,132 0.99% 13,388 2.58%
Health technologists & technicians 1,239 0.24% 7,219 1.39%
Service occupations: 33,022 6.37% 40,213 7.75%
Healthcare support 1,117 0.22% 7,307 1.41%
Protective services: 9,622 1.86% 3,181 0.61%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 5,791 1.12% 1,426 0.27%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 3,831 0.74% 1,755 0.34%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 9,690 1.87% 12,594 2.43%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 9,089 1.75% 6,979 1.35%
Personal care & service 3,504 0.68% 10,152 1.96%
Sales & office occupations: 54,433 10.50% 99,442 19.17%
Sales & related occupations 31,062 5.99% 30,292 5.84%
Office & administrative support 23,371 4.51% 69,150 13.33%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 995 0.19% 209 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 43,947 8.47% 2,073 0.40%
Construction & extraction: 24,032 4.63% 870 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 3,032 0.58% 93 0.02%
Construction trades 20,948 4.04% 777 0.15%
Extraction 52 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 19,915 3.84% 1,203 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 59,326 11.44% 20,477 3.95%
Production 22,126 4.27% 12,678 2.44%
Transportation & material moving: 37,200 7.17% 7,799 1.50%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,525 0.29% 465 0.09%
Aircraft & traffic control 2,597 0.50% 206 0.04%
Motor vehicle operators 15,037 2.90% 1,900 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,497 0.29% 252 0.05%
Material moving 16,544 3.19% 4,976 0.96%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 268,723 51.82% 249,895 48.18%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,266 0.44% 399 0.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,094 0.40% 391 0.08%
Mining 172 0.03% 8 0.00%
Construction 29,192 5.63% 3,348 0.65%
Manufacturing 37,876 7.30% 20,183 3.89%
Wholesale trade 16,947 3.27% 8,893 1.71%
Retail trade 30,205 5.82% 29,392 5.67%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 41,230 7.95% 19,509 3.76%
Transportation & warehousing 38,176 7.36% 18,529 3.57%
Utilities 3,054 0.59% 980 0.19%
Information 5,541 1.07% 5,480 1.06%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 13,378 2.58% 19,890 3.84%
Finance & insurance 8,856 1.71% 15,266 2.94%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4,522 0.87% 4,624 0.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 24,826 4.79% 19,649 3.79%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 12,316 2.37% 10,673 2.06%
Management of companies & enterprises 212 0.04% 241 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 12,298 2.37% 8,735 1.68%
Educational, health & social services: 22,499 4.34% 75,108 14.48%
Educational services 9,991 1.93% 28,210 5.44%
Health care & social assistance 12,508 2.41% 46,898 9.04%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 19,135 3.69% 22,261 4.29%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 6,148 1.19% 6,262 1.21%
Accommodation & food services 12,987 2.50% 15,999 3.08%
Other services (except public administration) 13,006 2.51% 13,713 2.64%
Public administration 12,622 2.43% 12,070 2.33%

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

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