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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 84,694 54.32% 71,235 45.68%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 23,181 14.87% 23,555 15.11%
Management, business, & financial operations: 11,110 7.13% 8,376 5.37%
Management, except farm managers 7,179 4.60% 4,610 2.96%
Farmers & farm managers 1,308 0.84% 203 0.13%
Business & financial operations: 2,623 1.68% 3,563 2.29%
Business operations specialists 1,254 0.80% 1,743 1.12%
Financial specialists 1,369 0.88% 1,820 1.17%
Professional & related occupations: 12,071 7.74% 15,179 9.73%
Computer & mathematical 1,850 1.19% 1,042 0.67%
Architecture & engineering: 2,153 1.38% 275 0.18%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,421 0.91% 125 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 732 0.47% 150 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 670 0.43% 295 0.19%
Community & social services 1,311 0.84% 1,592 1.02%
Legal 764 0.49% 869 0.56%
Education, training, & library 2,582 1.66% 5,980 3.84%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,049 0.67% 1,233 0.79%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,692 1.09% 3,893 2.50%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,308 0.84% 2,586 1.66%
Health technologists & technicians 384 0.25% 1,307 0.84%
Service occupations: 11,019 7.07% 14,742 9.45%
Healthcare support 576 0.37% 3,128 2.01%
Protective services: 2,223 1.43% 585 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,600 1.03% 293 0.19%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 623 0.40% 292 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,145 2.02% 4,311 2.76%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,902 2.50% 1,923 1.23%
Personal care & service 1,173 0.75% 4,795 3.08%
Sales & office occupations: 13,505 8.66% 26,225 16.82%
Sales & related occupations 7,961 5.11% 7,601 4.87%
Office & administrative support 5,544 3.56% 18,624 11.94%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 4,667 2.99% 986 0.63%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 13,869 8.89% 526 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 8,742 5.61% 251 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,110 0.71% 11 0.01%
Construction trades 7,615 4.88% 235 0.15%
Extraction 17 0.01% 5 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,127 3.29% 275 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 18,453 11.83% 5,201 3.34%
Production 10,161 6.52% 3,515 2.25%
Transportation & material moving: 8,292 5.32% 1,686 1.08%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 235 0.15% 60 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 80 0.05% 16 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 3,803 2.44% 585 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 639 0.41% 79 0.05%
Material moving 3,535 2.27% 946 0.61%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 84,694 54.32% 71,235 45.68%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 6,332 4.06% 1,258 0.81%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 6,258 4.01% 1,252 0.80%
Mining 74 0.05% 6 0.00%
Construction 9,917 6.36% 1,146 0.73%
Manufacturing 14,790 9.49% 5,295 3.40%
Wholesale trade 4,500 2.89% 1,419 0.91%
Retail trade 9,199 5.90% 8,390 5.38%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,329 2.78% 1,258 0.81%
Transportation & warehousing 3,482 2.23% 1,098 0.70%
Utilities 847 0.54% 160 0.10%
Information 1,361 0.87% 1,341 0.86%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,516 2.25% 5,737 3.68%
Finance & insurance 1,971 1.26% 4,201 2.69%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,545 0.99% 1,536 0.99%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,520 4.18% 4,429 2.84%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,732 1.75% 2,409 1.54%
Management of companies & enterprises 16 0.01% 23 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,772 2.42% 1,997 1.28%
Educational, health & social services: 8,377 5.37% 22,717 14.57%
Educational services 4,492 2.88% 8,799 5.64%
Health care & social assistance 3,885 2.49% 13,918 8.93%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 5,142 3.30% 6,162 3.95%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,406 0.90% 1,348 0.86%
Accommodation & food services 3,736 2.40% 4,814 3.09%
Other services (except public administration) 3,618 2.32% 4,037 2.59%
Public administration 7,093 4.55% 8,046 5.16%

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

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