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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 47,323 55.19% 38,423 44.81%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 16,557 19.31% 13,392 15.62%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,188 8.38% 3,953 4.61%
Management, except farm managers 4,697 5.48% 2,380 2.78%
Farmers & farm managers 1,011 1.18% 118 0.14%
Business & financial operations: 1,480 1.73% 1,455 1.70%
Business operations specialists 978 1.14% 728 0.85%
Financial specialists 502 0.59% 727 0.85%
Professional & related occupations: 9,369 10.93% 9,439 11.01%
Computer & mathematical 918 1.07% 516 0.60%
Architecture & engineering: 3,305 3.85% 419 0.49%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,801 3.27% 286 0.33%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 504 0.59% 133 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 1,664 1.94% 681 0.79%
Community & social services 547 0.64% 760 0.89%
Legal 226 0.26% 341 0.40%
Education, training, & library 1,204 1.40% 3,673 4.28%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 607 0.71% 696 0.81%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 898 1.05% 2,353 2.74%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 696 0.81% 1,533 1.79%
Health technologists & technicians 202 0.24% 820 0.96%
Service occupations: 5,339 6.23% 7,131 8.32%
Healthcare support 147 0.17% 1,197 1.40%
Protective services: 1,140 1.33% 321 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 762 0.89% 116 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 378 0.44% 205 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,672 1.95% 2,165 2.52%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,991 2.32% 1,038 1.21%
Personal care & service 389 0.45% 2,410 2.81%
Sales & office occupations: 6,136 7.16% 13,636 15.90%
Sales & related occupations 3,881 4.53% 4,302 5.02%
Office & administrative support 2,255 2.63% 9,334 10.89%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 3,026 3.53% 1,040 1.21%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,145 9.50% 315 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 4,770 5.56% 185 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 606 0.71% 7 0.01%
Construction trades 4,124 4.81% 178 0.21%
Extraction 40 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,375 3.94% 130 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,120 9.47% 2,909 3.39%
Production 3,630 4.23% 1,725 2.01%
Transportation & material moving: 4,490 5.24% 1,184 1.38%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 107 0.12% 81 0.09%
Aircraft & traffic control 66 0.08% 14 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 2,040 2.38% 393 0.46%
Rail, water & other transportation 285 0.33% 19 0.02%
Material moving 1,992 2.32% 677 0.79%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 47,323 55.19% 38,423 44.81%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 4,802 5.60% 1,265 1.48%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 4,764 5.56% 1,262 1.47%
Mining 38 0.04% 3 0.00%
Construction 5,306 6.19% 767 0.89%
Manufacturing 5,037 5.87% 2,191 2.56%
Wholesale trade 1,995 2.33% 874 1.02%
Retail trade 4,500 5.25% 5,258 6.13%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,123 4.81% 1,266 1.48%
Transportation & warehousing 2,195 2.56% 792 0.92%
Utilities 1,928 2.25% 474 0.55%
Information 723 0.84% 749 0.87%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,277 1.49% 1,856 2.16%
Finance & insurance 538 0.63% 1,215 1.42%
Real estate & rental & leasing 739 0.86% 641 0.75%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 9,693 11.30% 5,398 6.30%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 7,366 8.59% 4,133 4.82%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 14 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,327 2.71% 1,251 1.46%
Educational, health & social services: 3,239 3.78% 12,287 14.33%
Educational services 1,912 2.23% 5,175 6.04%
Health care & social assistance 1,327 1.55% 7,112 8.29%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,625 3.06% 2,924 3.41%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 562 0.66% 533 0.62%
Accommodation & food services 2,063 2.41% 2,391 2.79%
Other services (except public administration) 1,858 2.17% 1,890 2.20%
Public administration 2,145 2.50% 1,698 1.98%

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

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