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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 357,067 55.09% 291,037 44.91%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 115,812 17.87% 95,834 14.79%
Management, business, & financial operations: 53,534 8.26% 34,358 5.30%
Management, except farm managers 37,532 5.79% 17,693 2.73%
Farmers & farm managers 543 0.08% 146 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 15,459 2.39% 16,519 2.55%
Business operations specialists 6,711 1.04% 7,586 1.17%
Financial specialists 8,748 1.35% 8,933 1.38%
Professional & related occupations: 62,278 9.61% 61,476 9.49%
Computer & mathematical 14,353 2.21% 4,612 0.71%
Architecture & engineering: 13,047 2.01% 1,582 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 9,350 1.44% 888 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 3,697 0.57% 694 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 3,858 0.60% 2,277 0.35%
Community & social services 3,079 0.48% 4,480 0.69%
Legal 3,936 0.61% 2,700 0.42%
Education, training, & library 8,745 1.35% 23,903 3.69%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 6,661 1.03% 5,500 0.85%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 8,599 1.33% 16,422 2.53%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 6,412 0.99% 11,196 1.73%
Health technologists & technicians 2,187 0.34% 5,226 0.81%
Service occupations: 37,596 5.80% 46,836 7.23%
Healthcare support 1,899 0.29% 8,624 1.33%
Protective services: 7,959 1.23% 2,060 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 4,955 0.76% 652 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 3,004 0.46% 1,408 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 12,776 1.97% 14,883 2.30%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 11,926 1.84% 6,978 1.08%
Personal care & service 3,036 0.47% 14,291 2.21%
Sales & office occupations: 75,889 11.71% 123,575 19.07%
Sales & related occupations 43,966 6.78% 37,166 5.73%
Office & administrative support 31,923 4.93% 86,409 13.33%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 743 0.11% 346 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 62,719 9.68% 2,336 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 38,948 6.01% 930 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 5,049 0.78% 93 0.01%
Construction trades 33,477 5.17% 833 0.13%
Extraction 422 0.07% 4 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 23,771 3.67% 1,406 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 64,308 9.92% 22,110 3.41%
Production 33,286 5.14% 16,873 2.60%
Transportation & material moving: 31,022 4.79% 5,237 0.81%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,006 0.16% 204 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,221 0.19% 103 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 14,745 2.28% 1,664 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,730 0.27% 172 0.03%
Material moving 12,320 1.90% 3,094 0.48%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 357,067 55.09% 291,037 44.91%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 4,158 0.64% 1,028 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,817 0.28% 711 0.11%
Mining 2,341 0.36% 317 0.05%
Construction 46,072 7.11% 4,735 0.73%
Manufacturing 53,821 8.30% 24,674 3.81%
Wholesale trade 19,193 2.96% 7,636 1.18%
Retail trade 42,526 6.56% 39,461 6.09%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 24,411 3.77% 10,838 1.67%
Transportation & warehousing 21,025 3.24% 9,743 1.50%
Utilities 3,386 0.52% 1,095 0.17%
Information 12,455 1.92% 10,737 1.66%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 23,533 3.63% 28,994 4.47%
Finance & insurance 16,132 2.49% 23,322 3.60%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7,401 1.14% 5,672 0.88%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 36,831 5.68% 26,519 4.09%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 22,365 3.45% 14,710 2.27%
Management of companies & enterprises 331 0.05% 219 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 14,135 2.18% 11,590 1.79%
Educational, health & social services: 32,711 5.05% 79,800 12.31%
Educational services 17,310 2.67% 35,047 5.41%
Health care & social assistance 15,401 2.38% 44,753 6.91%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 24,441 3.77% 23,813 3.67%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 5,202 0.80% 4,223 0.65%
Accommodation & food services 19,239 2.97% 19,590 3.02%
Other services (except public administration) 15,270 2.36% 14,091 2.17%
Public administration 21,645 3.34% 18,711 2.89%

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

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