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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 66,769 51.24% 63,544 48.76%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 24,082 18.48% 25,782 19.78%
Management, business, & financial operations: 11,425 8.77% 9,012 6.92%
Management, except farm managers 7,956 6.11% 4,777 3.67%
Farmers & farm managers 115 0.09% 52 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 3,354 2.57% 4,183 3.21%
Business operations specialists 1,785 1.37% 2,516 1.93%
Financial specialists 1,569 1.20% 1,667 1.28%
Professional & related occupations: 12,657 9.71% 16,770 12.87%
Computer & mathematical 2,056 1.58% 888 0.68%
Architecture & engineering: 2,213 1.70% 371 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,658 1.27% 244 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 555 0.43% 127 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 732 0.56% 596 0.46%
Community & social services 1,070 0.82% 1,866 1.43%
Legal 1,076 0.83% 925 0.71%
Education, training, & library 2,246 1.72% 5,483 4.21%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,446 1.11% 1,404 1.08%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,818 1.40% 5,237 4.02%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,440 1.11% 3,775 2.90%
Health technologists & technicians 378 0.29% 1,462 1.12%
Service occupations: 7,311 5.61% 10,847 8.32%
Healthcare support 367 0.28% 2,222 1.71%
Protective services: 1,435 1.10% 204 0.16%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 885 0.68% 92 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 550 0.42% 112 0.09%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,036 2.33% 3,728 2.86%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,873 1.44% 1,405 1.08%
Personal care & service 600 0.46% 3,288 2.52%
Sales & office occupations: 14,207 10.90% 23,296 17.88%
Sales & related occupations 8,469 6.50% 7,995 6.14%
Office & administrative support 5,738 4.40% 15,301 11.74%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 513 0.39% 107 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,907 6.84% 370 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 5,538 4.25% 171 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 681 0.52% 16 0.01%
Construction trades 4,829 3.71% 150 0.12%
Extraction 28 0.02% 5 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,369 2.59% 199 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 11,749 9.02% 3,142 2.41%
Production 5,958 4.57% 2,287 1.76%
Transportation & material moving: 5,791 4.44% 855 0.66%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 271 0.21% 42 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 113 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 3,046 2.34% 309 0.24%
Rail, water & other transportation 464 0.36% 66 0.05%
Material moving 1,897 1.46% 438 0.34%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 66,769 51.24% 63,544 48.76%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 855 0.66% 146 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 762 0.58% 141 0.11%
Mining 93 0.07% 5 0.00%
Construction 6,269 4.81% 729 0.56%
Manufacturing 9,380 7.20% 3,573 2.74%
Wholesale trade 4,164 3.20% 1,431 1.10%
Retail trade 9,975 7.65% 9,087 6.97%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,133 3.17% 1,090 0.84%
Transportation & warehousing 3,678 2.82% 993 0.76%
Utilities 455 0.35% 97 0.07%
Information 2,426 1.86% 2,299 1.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 5,110 3.92% 8,329 6.39%
Finance & insurance 3,689 2.83% 7,168 5.50%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,421 1.09% 1,161 0.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 7,014 5.38% 5,774 4.43%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,924 3.78% 3,609 2.77%
Management of companies & enterprises 74 0.06% 133 0.10%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,016 1.55% 2,032 1.56%
Educational, health & social services: 7,481 5.74% 20,896 16.04%
Educational services 3,556 2.73% 7,736 5.94%
Health care & social assistance 3,925 3.01% 13,160 10.10%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,645 3.56% 5,171 3.97%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 814 0.62% 846 0.65%
Accommodation & food services 3,831 2.94% 4,325 3.32%
Other services (except public administration) 2,545 1.95% 3,398 2.61%
Public administration 2,772 2.13% 1,621 1.24%

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

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