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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 98,548 54.53% 82,168 45.47%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 34,039 18.84% 29,854 16.52%
Management, business, & financial operations: 13,648 7.55% 9,834 5.44%
Management, except farm managers 9,550 5.28% 6,237 3.45%
Farmers & farm managers 1,105 0.61% 246 0.14%
Business & financial operations: 2,993 1.66% 3,351 1.85%
Business operations specialists 1,521 0.84% 1,613 0.89%
Financial specialists 1,472 0.81% 1,738 0.96%
Professional & related occupations: 20,391 11.28% 20,020 11.08%
Computer & mathematical 3,250 1.80% 1,061 0.59%
Architecture & engineering: 4,247 2.35% 657 0.36%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,260 1.80% 343 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 987 0.55% 314 0.17%
Life, physical, & social science 1,383 0.77% 902 0.50%
Community & social services 1,271 0.70% 1,727 0.96%
Legal 1,129 0.62% 862 0.48%
Education, training, & library 4,255 2.35% 8,062 4.46%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,840 1.57% 2,362 1.31%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,016 1.12% 4,387 2.43%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,586 0.88% 3,032 1.68%
Health technologists & technicians 430 0.24% 1,355 0.75%
Service occupations: 14,981 8.29% 15,884 8.79%
Healthcare support 553 0.31% 2,563 1.42%
Protective services: 2,494 1.38% 578 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,561 0.86% 246 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 933 0.52% 332 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,131 2.84% 5,154 2.85%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,406 2.99% 3,192 1.77%
Personal care & service 1,397 0.77% 4,397 2.43%
Sales & office occupations: 16,333 9.04% 29,442 16.29%
Sales & related occupations 9,850 5.45% 10,454 5.78%
Office & administrative support 6,483 3.59% 18,988 10.51%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 6,529 3.61% 2,289 1.27%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 13,353 7.39% 587 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 8,473 4.69% 278 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,214 0.67% 27 0.01%
Construction trades 7,139 3.95% 218 0.12%
Extraction 120 0.07% 33 0.02%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,880 2.70% 309 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 13,313 7.37% 4,112 2.28%
Production 6,413 3.55% 2,897 1.60%
Transportation & material moving: 6,900 3.82% 1,215 0.67%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 172 0.10% 77 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 199 0.11% 14 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 3,496 1.93% 332 0.18%
Rail, water & other transportation 428 0.24% 31 0.02%
Material moving 2,605 1.44% 761 0.42%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 98,548 54.53% 82,168 45.47%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 8,970 4.96% 3,124 1.73%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 8,211 4.54% 2,978 1.65%
Mining 759 0.42% 146 0.08%
Construction 9,620 5.32% 1,153 0.64%
Manufacturing 11,619 6.43% 5,863 3.24%
Wholesale trade 4,028 2.23% 1,884 1.04%
Retail trade 10,094 5.59% 10,253 5.67%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,997 2.21% 1,217 0.67%
Transportation & warehousing 3,307 1.83% 992 0.55%
Utilities 690 0.38% 225 0.12%
Information 3,115 1.72% 2,232 1.24%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,361 2.41% 5,394 2.98%
Finance & insurance 2,307 1.28% 3,529 1.95%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,054 1.14% 1,865 1.03%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 11,974 6.63% 7,540 4.17%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 6,869 3.80% 4,959 2.74%
Management of companies & enterprises 89 0.05% 44 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 5,016 2.78% 2,537 1.40%
Educational, health & social services: 12,023 6.65% 26,376 14.60%
Educational services 7,907 4.38% 12,894 7.13%
Health care & social assistance 4,116 2.28% 13,482 7.46%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 9,640 5.33% 8,769 4.85%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,425 1.34% 1,606 0.89%
Accommodation & food services 7,215 3.99% 7,163 3.96%
Other services (except public administration) 4,604 2.55% 5,219 2.89%
Public administration 4,503 2.49% 3,144 1.74%

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

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