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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 84,467 51.45% 79,704 48.55%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 20,587 12.54% 26,389 16.07%
Management, business, & financial operations: 9,456 5.76% 7,103 4.33%
Management, except farm managers 7,078 4.31% 4,021 2.45%
Farmers & farm managers 176 0.11% 29 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 2,202 1.34% 3,053 1.86%
Business operations specialists 837 0.51% 1,190 0.72%
Financial specialists 1,365 0.83% 1,863 1.13%
Professional & related occupations: 11,131 6.78% 19,286 11.75%
Computer & mathematical 917 0.56% 445 0.27%
Architecture & engineering: 1,862 1.13% 204 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,009 0.61% 74 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 853 0.52% 130 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 591 0.36% 322 0.20%
Community & social services 998 0.61% 1,328 0.81%
Legal 916 0.56% 755 0.46%
Education, training, & library 1,796 1.09% 7,903 4.81%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 963 0.59% 906 0.55%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,088 1.88% 7,423 4.52%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,388 1.45% 4,769 2.90%
Health technologists & technicians 700 0.43% 2,654 1.62%
Service occupations: 12,368 7.53% 18,049 10.99%
Healthcare support 364 0.22% 3,728 2.27%
Protective services: 3,299 2.01% 837 0.51%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,078 1.27% 387 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,221 0.74% 450 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,187 1.94% 5,730 3.49%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,870 2.36% 3,109 1.89%
Personal care & service 1,648 1.00% 4,645 2.83%
Sales & office occupations: 14,970 9.12% 28,943 17.63%
Sales & related occupations 9,343 5.69% 10,598 6.46%
Office & administrative support 5,627 3.43% 18,345 11.17%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 492 0.30% 71 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 16,919 10.31% 607 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 9,400 5.73% 216 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,451 0.88% 8 0.00%
Construction trades 7,448 4.54% 195 0.12%
Extraction 501 0.31% 13 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 7,519 4.58% 391 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 19,131 11.65% 5,645 3.44%
Production 9,655 5.88% 3,828 2.33%
Transportation & material moving: 9,476 5.77% 1,817 1.11%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 259 0.16% 54 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 200 0.12% 8 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,909 2.99% 1,006 0.61%
Rail, water & other transportation 810 0.49% 76 0.05%
Material moving 3,298 2.01% 673 0.41%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 84,467 51.45% 79,704 48.55%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,936 1.79% 586 0.36%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 828 0.50% 148 0.09%
Mining 2,108 1.28% 438 0.27%
Construction 9,992 6.09% 1,066 0.65%
Manufacturing 13,316 8.11% 4,944 3.01%
Wholesale trade 4,415 2.69% 1,518 0.92%
Retail trade 9,868 6.01% 9,899 6.03%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,603 4.02% 2,080 1.27%
Transportation & warehousing 5,292 3.22% 1,422 0.87%
Utilities 1,311 0.80% 658 0.40%
Information 1,974 1.20% 1,737 1.06%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,375 2.06% 5,072 3.09%
Finance & insurance 1,923 1.17% 3,641 2.22%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,452 0.88% 1,431 0.87%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,907 3.60% 5,205 3.17%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,962 1.80% 2,938 1.79%
Management of companies & enterprises 7 0.00% 8 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,938 1.79% 2,259 1.38%
Educational, health & social services: 8,988 5.47% 29,480 17.96%
Educational services 3,553 2.16% 10,984 6.69%
Health care & social assistance 5,435 3.31% 18,496 11.27%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 7,494 4.56% 10,262 6.25%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,359 2.05% 4,506 2.74%
Accommodation & food services 4,135 2.52% 5,756 3.51%
Other services (except public administration) 4,626 2.82% 4,612 2.81%
Public administration 4,973 3.03% 3,243 1.98%

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

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