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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 47,172 51.83% 43,849 48.17%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 12,957 14.24% 14,952 16.43%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,428 7.06% 4,819 5.29%
Management, except farm managers 4,821 5.30% 2,780 3.05%
Farmers & farm managers 267 0.29% 60 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 1,340 1.47% 1,979 2.17%
Business operations specialists 753 0.83% 947 1.04%
Financial specialists 587 0.64% 1,032 1.13%
Professional & related occupations: 6,529 7.17% 10,133 11.13%
Computer & mathematical 903 0.99% 521 0.57%
Architecture & engineering: 1,815 1.99% 270 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,292 1.42% 101 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 523 0.57% 169 0.19%
Life, physical, & social science 497 0.55% 315 0.35%
Community & social services 390 0.43% 857 0.94%
Legal 257 0.28% 380 0.42%
Education, training, & library 1,039 1.14% 3,691 4.06%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 763 0.84% 703 0.77%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 865 0.95% 3,396 3.73%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 627 0.69% 2,217 2.44%
Health technologists & technicians 238 0.26% 1,179 1.30%
Service occupations: 4,594 5.05% 7,439 8.17%
Healthcare support 138 0.15% 2,203 2.42%
Protective services: 1,395 1.53% 358 0.39%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 987 1.08% 193 0.21%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 408 0.45% 165 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,461 1.61% 2,265 2.49%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,311 1.44% 1,087 1.19%
Personal care & service 289 0.32% 1,526 1.68%
Sales & office occupations: 7,504 8.24% 15,807 17.37%
Sales & related occupations 4,428 4.86% 4,774 5.24%
Office & administrative support 3,076 3.38% 11,033 12.12%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 147 0.16% 45 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,005 8.79% 213 0.23%
Construction & extraction: 4,330 4.76% 65 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 476 0.52% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 3,838 4.22% 65 0.07%
Extraction 16 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,675 4.04% 148 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 13,965 15.34% 5,393 5.93%
Production 9,265 10.18% 4,279 4.70%
Transportation & material moving: 4,700 5.16% 1,114 1.22%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 217 0.24% 34 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 65 0.07% 3 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,318 2.55% 322 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 165 0.18% 20 0.02%
Material moving 1,935 2.13% 735 0.81%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 47,172 51.83% 43,849 48.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 518 0.57% 173 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 476 0.52% 173 0.19%
Mining 42 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 4,729 5.20% 468 0.51%
Manufacturing 17,387 19.10% 8,623 9.47%
Wholesale trade 2,120 2.33% 975 1.07%
Retail trade 4,983 5.47% 5,312 5.84%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,226 3.54% 1,113 1.22%
Transportation & warehousing 2,655 2.92% 909 1.00%
Utilities 571 0.63% 204 0.22%
Information 781 0.86% 842 0.93%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,391 1.53% 2,699 2.97%
Finance & insurance 877 0.96% 2,132 2.34%
Real estate & rental & leasing 514 0.56% 567 0.62%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,844 3.12% 3,208 3.52%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,365 1.50% 1,661 1.82%
Management of companies & enterprises 44 0.05% 97 0.11%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,435 1.58% 1,450 1.59%
Educational, health & social services: 3,341 3.67% 14,254 15.66%
Educational services 1,757 1.93% 4,752 5.22%
Health care & social assistance 1,584 1.74% 9,502 10.44%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,266 2.49% 2,774 3.05%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 506 0.56% 429 0.47%
Accommodation & food services 1,760 1.93% 2,345 2.58%
Other services (except public administration) 1,779 1.95% 1,881 2.07%
Public administration 1,807 1.99% 1,527 1.68%

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

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