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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 31,972 51.30% 30,357 48.70%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,079 11.36% 8,899 14.28%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,036 6.48% 2,842 4.56%
Management, except farm managers 2,735 4.39% 1,585 2.54%
Farmers & farm managers 483 0.77% 76 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 818 1.31% 1,181 1.89%
Business operations specialists 430 0.69% 522 0.84%
Financial specialists 388 0.62% 659 1.06%
Professional & related occupations: 3,043 4.88% 6,057 9.72%
Computer & mathematical 256 0.41% 249 0.40%
Architecture & engineering: 832 1.33% 170 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 482 0.77% 67 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 350 0.56% 103 0.17%
Life, physical, & social science 130 0.21% 106 0.17%
Community & social services 459 0.74% 572 0.92%
Legal 106 0.17% 183 0.29%
Education, training, & library 602 0.97% 2,626 4.21%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 222 0.36% 179 0.29%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 436 0.70% 1,972 3.16%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 296 0.47% 1,180 1.89%
Health technologists & technicians 140 0.22% 792 1.27%
Service occupations: 3,410 5.47% 5,049 8.10%
Healthcare support 103 0.17% 1,294 2.08%
Protective services: 1,002 1.61% 247 0.40%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 798 1.28% 156 0.25%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 204 0.33% 91 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 856 1.37% 1,681 2.70%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,219 1.96% 724 1.16%
Personal care & service 230 0.37% 1,103 1.77%
Sales & office occupations: 5,133 8.24% 10,727 17.21%
Sales & related occupations 3,029 4.86% 3,652 5.86%
Office & administrative support 2,104 3.38% 7,075 11.35%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 554 0.89% 68 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,583 10.56% 337 0.54%
Construction & extraction: 3,662 5.88% 113 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 550 0.88% 5 0.01%
Construction trades 3,078 4.94% 108 0.17%
Extraction 34 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,921 4.69% 224 0.36%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 9,213 14.78% 5,277 8.47%
Production 5,235 8.40% 4,682 7.51%
Transportation & material moving: 3,978 6.38% 595 0.95%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 77 0.12% 15 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 7 0.01% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,056 3.30% 177 0.28%
Rail, water & other transportation 219 0.35% 20 0.03%
Material moving 1,619 2.60% 383 0.61%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 31,972 51.30% 30,357 48.70%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,268 2.03% 196 0.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,195 1.92% 196 0.31%
Mining 73 0.12% 0 0.00%
Construction 4,636 7.44% 461 0.74%
Manufacturing 8,255 13.24% 6,013 9.65%
Wholesale trade 1,656 2.66% 893 1.43%
Retail trade 3,540 5.68% 3,947 6.33%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,131 3.42% 568 0.91%
Transportation & warehousing 1,737 2.79% 488 0.78%
Utilities 394 0.63% 80 0.13%
Information 620 0.99% 1,041 1.67%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,067 1.71% 1,932 3.10%
Finance & insurance 676 1.08% 1,538 2.47%
Real estate & rental & leasing 391 0.63% 394 0.63%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,854 2.97% 1,585 2.54%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 624 1.00% 838 1.34%
Management of companies & enterprises 40 0.06% 29 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,190 1.91% 718 1.15%
Educational, health & social services: 2,149 3.45% 8,806 14.13%
Educational services 1,052 1.69% 3,479 5.58%
Health care & social assistance 1,097 1.76% 5,327 8.55%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,614 2.59% 2,480 3.98%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 316 0.51% 147 0.24%
Accommodation & food services 1,298 2.08% 2,333 3.74%
Other services (except public administration) 1,630 2.62% 1,189 1.91%
Public administration 1,552 2.49% 1,246 2.00%

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

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