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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 73,284 51.70% 68,452 48.30%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 23,713 16.73% 24,645 17.39%
Management, business, & financial operations: 8,747 6.17% 6,481 4.57%
Management, except farm managers 6,414 4.53% 3,943 2.78%
Farmers & farm managers 274 0.19% 92 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 2,059 1.45% 2,446 1.73%
Business operations specialists 1,289 0.91% 1,149 0.81%
Financial specialists 770 0.54% 1,297 0.92%
Professional & related occupations: 14,966 10.56% 18,164 12.82%
Computer & mathematical 1,991 1.40% 858 0.61%
Architecture & engineering: 4,230 2.98% 549 0.39%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,095 2.18% 411 0.29%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,135 0.80% 138 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 1,721 1.21% 1,181 0.83%
Community & social services 821 0.58% 1,339 0.94%
Legal 594 0.42% 635 0.45%
Education, training, & library 2,213 1.56% 7,177 5.06%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,703 1.20% 1,363 0.96%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,693 1.19% 5,062 3.57%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,204 0.85% 3,673 2.59%
Health technologists & technicians 489 0.35% 1,389 0.98%
Service occupations: 12,584 8.88% 15,751 11.11%
Healthcare support 444 0.31% 3,068 2.16%
Protective services: 3,036 2.14% 833 0.59%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,579 1.11% 320 0.23%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,457 1.03% 513 0.36%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,580 2.53% 5,158 3.64%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,198 2.26% 1,940 1.37%
Personal care & service 2,326 1.64% 4,752 3.35%
Sales & office occupations: 11,619 8.20% 23,434 16.53%
Sales & related occupations 6,798 4.80% 8,315 5.87%
Office & administrative support 4,821 3.40% 15,119 10.67%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 382 0.27% 149 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 12,283 8.67% 458 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 7,308 5.16% 236 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 856 0.60% 30 0.02%
Construction trades 6,372 4.50% 206 0.15%
Extraction 80 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,975 3.51% 222 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 12,703 8.96% 4,015 2.83%
Production 7,035 4.96% 2,747 1.94%
Transportation & material moving: 5,668 4.00% 1,268 0.89%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 134 0.09% 48 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 56 0.04% 8 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 3,022 2.13% 649 0.46%
Rail, water & other transportation 547 0.39% 74 0.05%
Material moving 1,909 1.35% 489 0.35%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 73,284 51.70% 68,452 48.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 842 0.59% 268 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 726 0.51% 268 0.19%
Mining 116 0.08% 0 0.00%
Construction 8,157 5.76% 807 0.57%
Manufacturing 15,616 11.02% 6,351 4.48%
Wholesale trade 2,401 1.69% 886 0.63%
Retail trade 7,852 5.54% 8,658 6.11%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,500 3.17% 1,695 1.20%
Transportation & warehousing 2,416 1.70% 1,219 0.86%
Utilities 2,084 1.47% 476 0.34%
Information 1,553 1.10% 1,731 1.22%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,217 1.56% 3,389 2.39%
Finance & insurance 1,340 0.95% 2,466 1.74%
Real estate & rental & leasing 877 0.62% 923 0.65%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,264 4.42% 4,579 3.23%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,064 2.87% 3,194 2.25%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 18 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,200 1.55% 1,367 0.96%
Educational, health & social services: 6,688 4.72% 22,395 15.80%
Educational services 3,886 2.74% 9,280 6.55%
Health care & social assistance 2,802 1.98% 13,115 9.25%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 10,498 7.41% 11,492 8.11%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 6,630 4.68% 6,622 4.67%
Accommodation & food services 3,868 2.73% 4,870 3.44%
Other services (except public administration) 2,568 1.81% 3,017 2.13%
Public administration 4,128 2.91% 3,184 2.25%

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

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