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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 95,762 53.23% 84,151 46.77%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 25,927 14.41% 26,221 14.57%
Management, business, & financial operations: 12,610 7.01% 8,070 4.49%
Management, except farm managers 8,699 4.84% 4,544 2.53%
Farmers & farm managers 906 0.50% 95 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 3,005 1.67% 3,431 1.91%
Business operations specialists 1,746 0.97% 1,590 0.88%
Financial specialists 1,259 0.70% 1,841 1.02%
Professional & related occupations: 13,317 7.40% 18,151 10.09%
Computer & mathematical 1,421 0.79% 619 0.34%
Architecture & engineering: 4,684 2.60% 495 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,627 2.02% 266 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,057 0.59% 229 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 453 0.25% 253 0.14%
Community & social services 1,074 0.60% 1,672 0.93%
Legal 628 0.35% 479 0.27%
Education, training, & library 2,064 1.15% 6,645 3.69%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,276 0.71% 1,276 0.71%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,717 0.95% 6,712 3.73%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,427 0.79% 4,253 2.36%
Health technologists & technicians 290 0.16% 2,459 1.37%
Service occupations: 8,820 4.90% 14,476 8.05%
Healthcare support 254 0.14% 3,101 1.72%
Protective services: 1,880 1.04% 353 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,291 0.72% 112 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 589 0.33% 241 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,850 1.58% 4,962 2.76%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,135 1.74% 1,835 1.02%
Personal care & service 701 0.39% 4,225 2.35%
Sales & office occupations: 15,354 8.53% 31,311 17.40%
Sales & related occupations 9,519 5.29% 9,701 5.39%
Office & administrative support 5,835 3.24% 21,610 12.01%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 463 0.26% 136 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 15,889 8.83% 651 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 8,630 4.80% 204 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,017 0.57% 7 0.00%
Construction trades 7,548 4.20% 197 0.11%
Extraction 65 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 7,259 4.03% 447 0.25%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 29,309 16.29% 11,356 6.31%
Production 19,417 10.79% 8,726 4.85%
Transportation & material moving: 9,892 5.50% 2,630 1.46%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 240 0.13% 104 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 295 0.16% 43 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 4,744 2.64% 813 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 192 0.11% 131 0.07%
Material moving 4,421 2.46% 1,539 0.86%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 95,762 53.23% 84,151 46.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,527 0.85% 336 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,410 0.78% 332 0.18%
Mining 117 0.07% 4 0.00%
Construction 9,274 5.15% 1,098 0.61%
Manufacturing 34,703 19.29% 14,328 7.96%
Wholesale trade 4,614 2.56% 1,818 1.01%
Retail trade 9,584 5.33% 10,317 5.73%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 7,071 3.93% 2,945 1.64%
Transportation & warehousing 5,532 3.07% 2,664 1.48%
Utilities 1,539 0.86% 281 0.16%
Information 1,465 0.81% 1,667 0.93%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,279 1.82% 6,340 3.52%
Finance & insurance 2,208 1.23% 5,135 2.85%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,071 0.60% 1,205 0.67%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,964 3.31% 5,492 3.05%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,007 1.67% 2,688 1.49%
Management of companies & enterprises 29 0.02% 101 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,928 1.63% 2,703 1.50%
Educational, health & social services: 6,750 3.75% 26,482 14.72%
Educational services 3,420 1.90% 9,328 5.18%
Health care & social assistance 3,330 1.85% 17,154 9.53%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,987 2.77% 6,426 3.57%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,307 0.73% 1,198 0.67%
Accommodation & food services 3,680 2.05% 5,228 2.91%
Other services (except public administration) 4,115 2.29% 4,771 2.65%
Public administration 2,429 1.35% 2,131 1.18%

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

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