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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 49,694 51.67% 46,483 48.33%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 14,375 14.95% 15,546 16.16%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,342 7.63% 5,338 5.55%
Management, except farm managers 4,456 4.63% 2,726 2.83%
Farmers & farm managers 931 0.97% 181 0.19%
Business & financial operations: 1,955 2.03% 2,431 2.53%
Business operations specialists 882 0.92% 1,143 1.19%
Financial specialists 1,073 1.12% 1,288 1.34%
Professional & related occupations: 7,033 7.31% 10,208 10.61%
Computer & mathematical 1,597 1.66% 598 0.62%
Architecture & engineering: 1,002 1.04% 159 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 588 0.61% 76 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 414 0.43% 83 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 277 0.29% 162 0.17%
Community & social services 644 0.67% 730 0.76%
Legal 383 0.40% 243 0.25%
Education, training, & library 1,056 1.10% 3,390 3.52%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 738 0.77% 698 0.73%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,336 1.39% 4,228 4.40%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,094 1.14% 2,784 2.89%
Health technologists & technicians 242 0.25% 1,444 1.50%
Service occupations: 4,711 4.90% 7,659 7.96%
Healthcare support 186 0.19% 1,527 1.59%
Protective services: 921 0.96% 342 0.36%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 687 0.71% 81 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 234 0.24% 261 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,789 1.86% 2,524 2.62%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,376 1.43% 1,013 1.05%
Personal care & service 439 0.46% 2,253 2.34%
Sales & office occupations: 11,419 11.87% 19,539 20.32%
Sales & related occupations 6,773 7.04% 5,176 5.38%
Office & administrative support 4,646 4.83% 14,363 14.93%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 298 0.31% 99 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,149 8.47% 329 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 4,399 4.57% 118 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 528 0.55% 11 0.01%
Construction trades 3,860 4.01% 107 0.11%
Extraction 11 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,750 3.90% 211 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,742 11.17% 3,311 3.44%
Production 5,657 5.88% 2,659 2.76%
Transportation & material moving: 5,085 5.29% 652 0.68%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 128 0.13% 27 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 131 0.14% 5 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,748 2.86% 209 0.22%
Rail, water & other transportation 126 0.13% 36 0.04%
Material moving 1,952 2.03% 375 0.39%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 49,694 51.67% 46,483 48.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,392 1.45% 293 0.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,293 1.34% 283 0.29%
Mining 99 0.10% 10 0.01%
Construction 5,403 5.62% 554 0.58%
Manufacturing 8,020 8.34% 3,775 3.93%
Wholesale trade 3,184 3.31% 1,083 1.13%
Retail trade 6,414 6.67% 5,631 5.85%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,561 3.70% 1,215 1.26%
Transportation & warehousing 3,217 3.34% 1,097 1.14%
Utilities 344 0.36% 118 0.12%
Information 1,494 1.55% 1,260 1.31%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,931 5.13% 8,436 8.77%
Finance & insurance 4,097 4.26% 7,832 8.14%
Real estate & rental & leasing 834 0.87% 604 0.63%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,064 3.19% 2,570 2.67%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,844 1.92% 1,545 1.61%
Management of companies & enterprises 11 0.01% 21 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,209 1.26% 1,004 1.04%
Educational, health & social services: 4,318 4.49% 14,637 15.22%
Educational services 1,757 1.83% 4,371 4.54%
Health care & social assistance 2,561 2.66% 10,266 10.67%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,248 3.38% 3,563 3.70%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 731 0.76% 653 0.68%
Accommodation & food services 2,517 2.62% 2,910 3.03%
Other services (except public administration) 2,733 2.84% 2,421 2.52%
Public administration 1,932 2.01% 1,045 1.09%

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

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