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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 129,605 55.75% 102,856 44.25%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 31,007 13.34% 31,693 13.63%
Management, business, & financial operations: 13,910 5.98% 9,286 3.99%
Management, except farm managers 9,303 4.00% 5,439 2.34%
Farmers & farm managers 1,867 0.80% 307 0.13%
Business & financial operations: 2,740 1.18% 3,540 1.52%
Business operations specialists 1,428 0.61% 1,836 0.79%
Financial specialists 1,312 0.56% 1,704 0.73%
Professional & related occupations: 17,097 7.35% 22,407 9.64%
Computer & mathematical 1,927 0.83% 781 0.34%
Architecture & engineering: 4,440 1.91% 580 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,150 1.36% 377 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,290 0.55% 203 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 1,406 0.60% 479 0.21%
Community & social services 1,584 0.68% 1,937 0.83%
Legal 726 0.31% 781 0.34%
Education, training, & library 3,352 1.44% 11,082 4.77%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,335 0.57% 1,338 0.58%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,327 1.00% 5,429 2.34%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,700 0.73% 3,364 1.45%
Health technologists & technicians 627 0.27% 2,065 0.89%
Service occupations: 18,756 8.07% 22,227 9.56%
Healthcare support 500 0.22% 4,302 1.85%
Protective services: 6,581 2.83% 1,562 0.67%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 5,203 2.24% 1,070 0.46%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,378 0.59% 492 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,338 1.87% 6,549 2.82%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 6,413 2.76% 3,482 1.50%
Personal care & service 924 0.40% 6,332 2.72%
Sales & office occupations: 18,667 8.03% 37,450 16.11%
Sales & related occupations 11,517 4.95% 12,313 5.30%
Office & administrative support 7,150 3.08% 25,137 10.81%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 10,447 4.49% 5,070 2.18%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 24,856 10.69% 804 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 14,330 6.16% 349 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,289 0.98% 39 0.02%
Construction trades 10,205 4.39% 267 0.11%
Extraction 1,836 0.79% 43 0.02%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 10,526 4.53% 455 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 25,872 11.13% 5,612 2.41%
Production 9,923 4.27% 2,965 1.28%
Transportation & material moving: 15,949 6.86% 2,647 1.14%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 311 0.13% 86 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 374 0.16% 17 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 8,232 3.54% 1,018 0.44%
Rail, water & other transportation 775 0.33% 80 0.03%
Material moving 6,257 2.69% 1,446 0.62%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 129,605 55.75% 102,856 44.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 22,724 9.78% 5,940 2.56%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 14,936 6.43% 4,993 2.15%
Mining 7,788 3.35% 947 0.41%
Construction 14,364 6.18% 1,731 0.74%
Manufacturing 10,015 4.31% 3,922 1.69%
Wholesale trade 7,533 3.24% 3,695 1.59%
Retail trade 12,335 5.31% 12,553 5.40%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 9,782 4.21% 2,505 1.08%
Transportation & warehousing 7,828 3.37% 2,051 0.88%
Utilities 1,954 0.84% 454 0.20%
Information 2,234 0.96% 1,905 0.82%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,318 1.86% 6,739 2.90%
Finance & insurance 2,054 0.88% 4,694 2.02%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,264 0.97% 2,045 0.88%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 10,411 4.48% 7,150 3.08%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,847 2.09% 3,982 1.71%
Management of companies & enterprises 24 0.01% 49 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 5,540 2.38% 3,119 1.34%
Educational, health & social services: 10,765 4.63% 34,718 14.93%
Educational services 6,386 2.75% 16,124 6.94%
Health care & social assistance 4,379 1.88% 18,594 8.00%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 7,623 3.28% 8,935 3.84%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,436 0.62% 1,105 0.48%
Accommodation & food services 6,187 2.66% 7,830 3.37%
Other services (except public administration) 6,184 2.66% 5,421 2.33%
Public administration 11,317 4.87% 7,642 3.29%

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

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