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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 26,751 53.04% 23,685 46.96%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,894 15.65% 8,379 16.61%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,157 6.26% 2,494 4.94%
Management, except farm managers 2,287 4.53% 1,423 2.82%
Farmers & farm managers 170 0.34% 21 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 700 1.39% 1,050 2.08%
Business operations specialists 286 0.57% 365 0.72%
Financial specialists 414 0.82% 685 1.36%
Professional & related occupations: 4,737 9.39% 5,885 11.67%
Computer & mathematical 509 1.01% 178 0.35%
Architecture & engineering: 499 0.99% 108 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 374 0.74% 45 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 125 0.25% 63 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 580 1.15% 249 0.49%
Community & social services 335 0.66% 682 1.35%
Legal 274 0.54% 299 0.59%
Education, training, & library 1,222 2.42% 2,073 4.11%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 680 1.35% 607 1.20%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 638 1.26% 1,689 3.35%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 451 0.89% 1,154 2.29%
Health technologists & technicians 187 0.37% 535 1.06%
Service occupations: 3,891 7.71% 5,157 10.22%
Healthcare support 145 0.29% 642 1.27%
Protective services: 544 1.08% 130 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 390 0.77% 88 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 154 0.31% 42 0.08%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,628 3.23% 2,145 4.25%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,095 2.17% 743 1.47%
Personal care & service 479 0.95% 1,497 2.97%
Sales & office occupations: 5,495 10.89% 8,791 17.43%
Sales & related occupations 3,774 7.48% 2,940 5.83%
Office & administrative support 1,721 3.41% 5,851 11.60%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 389 0.77% 69 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,731 9.38% 153 0.30%
Construction & extraction: 2,726 5.40% 88 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 239 0.47% 26 0.05%
Construction trades 2,471 4.90% 62 0.12%
Extraction 16 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,005 3.98% 65 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,351 8.63% 1,136 2.25%
Production 1,783 3.54% 753 1.49%
Transportation & material moving: 2,568 5.09% 383 0.76%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 63 0.12% 11 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 40 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,404 2.78% 209 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 217 0.43% 25 0.05%
Material moving 844 1.67% 138 0.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 26,751 53.04% 23,685 46.96%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,072 2.13% 340 0.67%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,046 2.07% 340 0.67%
Mining 26 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 3,055 6.06% 289 0.57%
Manufacturing 2,731 5.41% 776 1.54%
Wholesale trade 1,193 2.37% 263 0.52%
Retail trade 3,793 7.52% 3,601 7.14%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,948 3.86% 732 1.45%
Transportation & warehousing 1,791 3.55% 695 1.38%
Utilities 157 0.31% 37 0.07%
Information 753 1.49% 522 1.03%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,305 2.59% 1,711 3.39%
Finance & insurance 711 1.41% 1,358 2.69%
Real estate & rental & leasing 594 1.18% 353 0.70%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,318 4.60% 1,998 3.96%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,527 3.03% 1,317 2.61%
Management of companies & enterprises 11 0.02% 10 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 780 1.55% 671 1.33%
Educational, health & social services: 3,629 7.20% 8,367 16.59%
Educational services 2,338 4.64% 3,594 7.13%
Health care & social assistance 1,291 2.56% 4,773 9.46%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,731 5.41% 2,952 5.85%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 554 1.10% 587 1.16%
Accommodation & food services 2,177 4.32% 2,365 4.69%
Other services (except public administration) 1,390 2.76% 1,349 2.67%
Public administration 833 1.65% 785 1.56%

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

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