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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 82,535 51.41% 78,019 48.59%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 20,115 12.53% 23,581 14.69%
Management, business, & financial operations: 9,717 6.05% 7,182 4.47%
Management, except farm managers 7,071 4.40% 4,780 2.98%
Farmers & farm managers 262 0.16% 63 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 2,384 1.48% 2,339 1.46%
Business operations specialists 1,064 0.66% 1,133 0.71%
Financial specialists 1,320 0.82% 1,206 0.75%
Professional & related occupations: 10,398 6.48% 16,399 10.21%
Computer & mathematical 1,483 0.92% 626 0.39%
Architecture & engineering: 1,576 0.98% 111 0.07%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,091 0.68% 65 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 485 0.30% 46 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 462 0.29% 320 0.20%
Community & social services 984 0.61% 1,485 0.92%
Legal 850 0.53% 654 0.41%
Education, training, & library 2,124 1.32% 6,435 4.01%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,056 0.66% 1,042 0.65%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,863 1.16% 5,726 3.57%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,513 0.94% 3,927 2.45%
Health technologists & technicians 350 0.22% 1,799 1.12%
Service occupations: 22,798 14.20% 21,747 13.54%
Healthcare support 483 0.30% 2,571 1.60%
Protective services: 4,827 3.01% 1,041 0.65%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,748 1.71% 301 0.19%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,079 1.29% 740 0.46%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 7,289 4.54% 7,868 4.90%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,291 2.67% 3,193 1.99%
Personal care & service 5,908 3.68% 7,074 4.41%
Sales & office occupations: 13,676 8.52% 28,637 17.84%
Sales & related occupations 9,300 5.79% 10,603 6.60%
Office & administrative support 4,376 2.73% 18,034 11.23%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 789 0.49% 95 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 14,571 9.08% 397 0.25%
Construction & extraction: 9,434 5.88% 224 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,253 0.78% 34 0.02%
Construction trades 8,145 5.07% 190 0.12%
Extraction 36 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,137 3.20% 173 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,586 6.59% 3,562 2.22%
Production 3,955 2.46% 2,122 1.32%
Transportation & material moving: 6,631 4.13% 1,440 0.90%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 238 0.15% 39 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 148 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 3,672 2.29% 783 0.49%
Rail, water & other transportation 841 0.52% 171 0.11%
Material moving 1,732 1.08% 447 0.28%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 82,535 51.41% 78,019 48.59%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,080 0.67% 183 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,049 0.65% 183 0.11%
Mining 31 0.02% 0 0.00%
Construction 10,388 6.47% 1,253 0.78%
Manufacturing 4,571 2.85% 1,970 1.23%
Wholesale trade 2,664 1.66% 1,011 0.63%
Retail trade 8,726 5.43% 9,447 5.88%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,841 3.02% 1,915 1.19%
Transportation & warehousing 3,695 2.30% 1,443 0.90%
Utilities 1,146 0.71% 472 0.29%
Information 1,682 1.05% 1,237 0.77%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,419 2.13% 4,430 2.76%
Finance & insurance 1,623 1.01% 2,751 1.71%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,796 1.12% 1,679 1.05%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,136 3.82% 4,800 2.99%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,454 2.15% 3,317 2.07%
Management of companies & enterprises 7 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,675 1.67% 1,483 0.92%
Educational, health & social services: 7,050 4.39% 22,514 14.02%
Educational services 3,553 2.21% 8,971 5.59%
Health care & social assistance 3,497 2.18% 13,543 8.44%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 22,425 13.97% 22,367 13.93%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 12,395 7.72% 11,768 7.33%
Accommodation & food services 10,030 6.25% 10,599 6.60%
Other services (except public administration) 3,555 2.21% 3,160 1.97%
Public administration 5,998 3.74% 3,732 2.32%

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

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