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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 51,814 53.10% 45,763 46.90%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 11,959 12.26% 13,599 13.94%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,728 6.90% 4,753 4.87%
Management, except farm managers 5,004 5.13% 2,962 3.04%
Farmers & farm managers 324 0.33% 36 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 1,400 1.43% 1,755 1.80%
Business operations specialists 626 0.64% 857 0.88%
Financial specialists 774 0.79% 898 0.92%
Professional & related occupations: 5,231 5.36% 8,846 9.07%
Computer & mathematical 304 0.31% 186 0.19%
Architecture & engineering: 887 0.91% 167 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 443 0.45% 64 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 444 0.46% 103 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 202 0.21% 148 0.15%
Community & social services 549 0.56% 770 0.79%
Legal 382 0.39% 576 0.59%
Education, training, & library 795 0.81% 3,319 3.40%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,111 1.14% 842 0.86%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,001 1.03% 2,838 2.91%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 780 0.80% 1,795 1.84%
Health technologists & technicians 221 0.23% 1,043 1.07%
Service occupations: 9,666 9.91% 9,923 10.17%
Healthcare support 55 0.06% 1,044 1.07%
Protective services: 1,776 1.82% 177 0.18%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,091 1.12% 108 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 685 0.70% 69 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,672 3.76% 5,030 5.15%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,835 2.91% 1,832 1.88%
Personal care & service 1,328 1.36% 1,840 1.89%
Sales & office occupations: 10,283 10.54% 18,830 19.30%
Sales & related occupations 7,229 7.41% 8,576 8.79%
Office & administrative support 3,054 3.13% 10,254 10.51%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 448 0.46% 75 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 12,354 12.66% 573 0.59%
Construction & extraction: 8,275 8.48% 402 0.41%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,241 1.27% 69 0.07%
Construction trades 7,024 7.20% 326 0.33%
Extraction 10 0.01% 7 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,079 4.18% 171 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,104 7.28% 2,763 2.83%
Production 2,908 2.98% 2,078 2.13%
Transportation & material moving: 4,196 4.30% 685 0.70%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 155 0.16% 27 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 32 0.03% 12 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,522 2.58% 384 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 122 0.13% 27 0.03%
Material moving 1,365 1.40% 235 0.24%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 51,814 53.10% 45,763 46.90%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 905 0.93% 189 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 836 0.86% 176 0.18%
Mining 69 0.07% 13 0.01%
Construction 9,874 10.12% 1,272 1.30%
Manufacturing 4,395 4.50% 2,504 2.57%
Wholesale trade 1,699 1.74% 515 0.53%
Retail trade 7,175 7.35% 8,120 8.32%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,463 2.52% 698 0.72%
Transportation & warehousing 1,743 1.79% 517 0.53%
Utilities 720 0.74% 181 0.19%
Information 1,282 1.31% 1,246 1.28%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,478 3.56% 4,727 4.84%
Finance & insurance 1,367 1.40% 2,821 2.89%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,111 2.16% 1,906 1.95%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,522 3.61% 2,744 2.81%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,557 1.60% 1,692 1.73%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 16 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,965 2.01% 1,036 1.06%
Educational, health & social services: 2,968 3.04% 10,922 11.19%
Educational services 1,618 1.66% 4,698 4.81%
Health care & social assistance 1,350 1.38% 6,224 6.38%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 9,994 10.24% 9,608 9.85%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,154 3.23% 1,710 1.75%
Accommodation & food services 6,840 7.01% 7,898 8.09%
Other services (except public administration) 2,145 2.20% 2,010 2.06%
Public administration 1,914 1.96% 1,208 1.24%

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

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