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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 22,779 51.32% 21,605 48.68%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,709 15.12% 7,401 16.67%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,165 7.13% 2,243 5.05%
Management, except farm managers 2,094 4.72% 1,251 2.82%
Farmers & farm managers 292 0.66% 70 0.16%
Business & financial operations: 779 1.76% 922 2.08%
Business operations specialists 338 0.76% 375 0.84%
Financial specialists 441 0.99% 547 1.23%
Professional & related occupations: 3,544 7.98% 5,158 11.62%
Computer & mathematical 295 0.66% 123 0.28%
Architecture & engineering: 596 1.34% 125 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 405 0.91% 53 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 191 0.43% 72 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 176 0.40% 118 0.27%
Community & social services 441 0.99% 400 0.90%
Legal 251 0.57% 171 0.39%
Education, training, & library 755 1.70% 2,001 4.51%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 304 0.68% 298 0.67%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 726 1.64% 1,922 4.33%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 486 1.09% 1,281 2.89%
Health technologists & technicians 240 0.54% 641 1.44%
Service occupations: 3,146 7.09% 4,304 9.70%
Healthcare support 98 0.22% 701 1.58%
Protective services: 622 1.40% 175 0.39%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 407 0.92% 56 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 215 0.48% 119 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,169 2.63% 1,501 3.38%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,085 2.44% 726 1.64%
Personal care & service 172 0.39% 1,201 2.71%
Sales & office occupations: 4,484 10.10% 8,203 18.48%
Sales & related occupations 2,878 6.48% 2,749 6.19%
Office & administrative support 1,606 3.62% 5,454 12.29%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 343 0.77% 45 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,252 9.58% 138 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 2,611 5.88% 71 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 356 0.80% 8 0.02%
Construction trades 2,214 4.99% 51 0.11%
Extraction 41 0.09% 12 0.03%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,641 3.70% 67 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,845 8.66% 1,514 3.41%
Production 1,822 4.11% 1,143 2.58%
Transportation & material moving: 2,023 4.56% 371 0.84%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 51 0.11% 13 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 78 0.18% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,012 2.28% 81 0.18%
Rail, water & other transportation 104 0.23% 25 0.06%
Material moving 778 1.75% 252 0.57%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 22,779 51.32% 21,605 48.68%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 795 1.79% 228 0.51%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 694 1.56% 183 0.41%
Mining 101 0.23% 45 0.10%
Construction 2,992 6.74% 283 0.64%
Manufacturing 2,405 5.42% 1,672 3.77%
Wholesale trade 1,032 2.33% 345 0.78%
Retail trade 3,195 7.20% 3,151 7.10%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,399 3.15% 458 1.03%
Transportation & warehousing 1,099 2.48% 363 0.82%
Utilities 300 0.68% 95 0.21%
Information 573 1.29% 425 0.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,232 2.78% 2,074 4.67%
Finance & insurance 922 2.08% 1,801 4.06%
Real estate & rental & leasing 310 0.70% 273 0.62%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,671 3.76% 1,340 3.02%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 881 1.98% 734 1.65%
Management of companies & enterprises 18 0.04% 6 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 772 1.74% 600 1.35%
Educational, health & social services: 2,499 5.63% 7,178 16.17%
Educational services 1,128 2.54% 2,516 5.67%
Health care & social assistance 1,371 3.09% 4,662 10.50%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,139 4.82% 2,395 5.40%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 466 1.05% 371 0.84%
Accommodation & food services 1,673 3.77% 2,024 4.56%
Other services (except public administration) 1,428 3.22% 1,228 2.77%
Public administration 1,419 3.20% 828 1.87%

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

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