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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 87,267 52.59% 78,656 47.41%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 26,630 16.05% 27,768 16.74%
Management, business, & financial operations: 11,608 7.00% 7,614 4.59%
Management, except farm managers 7,680 4.63% 4,444 2.68%
Farmers & farm managers 1,235 0.74% 100 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 2,693 1.62% 3,070 1.85%
Business operations specialists 1,206 0.73% 1,402 0.84%
Financial specialists 1,487 0.90% 1,668 1.01%
Professional & related occupations: 15,022 9.05% 20,154 12.15%
Computer & mathematical 3,163 1.91% 1,275 0.77%
Architecture & engineering: 4,006 2.41% 440 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,217 1.94% 292 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 789 0.48% 148 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 749 0.45% 474 0.29%
Community & social services 1,086 0.65% 1,460 0.88%
Legal 662 0.40% 514 0.31%
Education, training, & library 2,257 1.36% 7,172 4.32%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,346 0.81% 1,478 0.89%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,753 1.06% 7,341 4.42%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,434 0.86% 4,925 2.97%
Health technologists & technicians 319 0.19% 2,416 1.46%
Service occupations: 10,526 6.34% 15,248 9.19%
Healthcare support 264 0.16% 3,327 2.01%
Protective services: 2,452 1.48% 405 0.24%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,553 0.94% 158 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 899 0.54% 247 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,475 2.09% 5,629 3.39%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,349 2.02% 2,257 1.36%
Personal care & service 986 0.59% 3,630 2.19%
Sales & office occupations: 14,438 8.70% 30,351 18.29%
Sales & related occupations 8,346 5.03% 9,196 5.54%
Office & administrative support 6,092 3.67% 21,155 12.75%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 396 0.24% 84 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 13,843 8.34% 507 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 7,822 4.71% 268 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 815 0.49% 21 0.01%
Construction trades 6,978 4.21% 247 0.15%
Extraction 29 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,021 3.63% 239 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 21,434 12.92% 4,698 2.83%
Production 12,422 7.49% 3,253 1.96%
Transportation & material moving: 9,012 5.43% 1,445 0.87%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 231 0.14% 34 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 105 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,687 2.82% 595 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 449 0.27% 83 0.05%
Material moving 3,540 2.13% 733 0.44%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 87,267 52.59% 78,656 47.41%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,886 1.14% 339 0.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,802 1.09% 339 0.20%
Mining 84 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 8,785 5.29% 1,056 0.64%
Manufacturing 24,102 14.53% 7,148 4.31%
Wholesale trade 3,797 2.29% 1,497 0.90%
Retail trade 9,428 5.68% 9,780 5.89%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,305 3.20% 2,288 1.38%
Transportation & warehousing 4,242 2.56% 1,861 1.12%
Utilities 1,063 0.64% 427 0.26%
Information 1,770 1.07% 1,739 1.05%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,714 2.24% 6,679 4.03%
Finance & insurance 2,610 1.57% 5,457 3.29%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,104 0.67% 1,222 0.74%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 7,417 4.47% 6,703 4.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,034 2.43% 4,102 2.47%
Management of companies & enterprises 38 0.02% 26 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,345 2.02% 2,575 1.55%
Educational, health & social services: 7,957 4.80% 28,105 16.94%
Educational services 4,313 2.60% 10,123 6.10%
Health care & social assistance 3,644 2.20% 17,982 10.84%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 5,876 3.54% 7,109 4.28%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,481 0.89% 1,363 0.82%
Accommodation & food services 4,395 2.65% 5,746 3.46%
Other services (except public administration) 4,001 2.41% 3,997 2.41%
Public administration 3,229 1.95% 2,216 1.34%

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

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