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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 35,983 53.14% 31,736 46.86%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,827 13.03% 9,781 14.44%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,791 5.60% 2,536 3.74%
Management, except farm managers 2,693 3.98% 1,554 2.29%
Farmers & farm managers 324 0.48% 26 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 774 1.14% 956 1.41%
Business operations specialists 368 0.54% 468 0.69%
Financial specialists 406 0.60% 488 0.72%
Professional & related occupations: 5,036 7.44% 7,245 10.70%
Computer & mathematical 510 0.75% 196 0.29%
Architecture & engineering: 792 1.17% 86 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 552 0.82% 42 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 240 0.35% 44 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 266 0.39% 168 0.25%
Community & social services 416 0.61% 584 0.86%
Legal 167 0.25% 184 0.27%
Education, training, & library 1,486 2.19% 2,814 4.16%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 533 0.79% 460 0.68%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 866 1.28% 2,753 4.07%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 653 0.96% 1,633 2.41%
Health technologists & technicians 213 0.31% 1,120 1.65%
Service occupations: 4,934 7.29% 6,873 10.15%
Healthcare support 111 0.16% 1,330 1.96%
Protective services: 1,400 2.07% 311 0.46%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 900 1.33% 112 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 500 0.74% 199 0.29%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,645 2.43% 2,653 3.92%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,447 2.14% 1,112 1.64%
Personal care & service 331 0.49% 1,467 2.17%
Sales & office occupations: 5,932 8.76% 11,833 17.47%
Sales & related occupations 3,595 5.31% 3,889 5.74%
Office & administrative support 2,337 3.45% 7,944 11.73%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 179 0.26% 61 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,355 9.38% 218 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 3,740 5.52% 153 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 326 0.48% 22 0.03%
Construction trades 3,322 4.91% 131 0.19%
Extraction 92 0.14% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,615 3.86% 65 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 9,756 14.41% 2,970 4.39%
Production 5,657 8.35% 1,985 2.93%
Transportation & material moving: 4,099 6.05% 985 1.45%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 103 0.15% 4 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 78 0.12% 13 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 1,814 2.68% 385 0.57%
Rail, water & other transportation 162 0.24% 34 0.05%
Material moving 1,942 2.87% 549 0.81%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 35,983 53.14% 31,736 46.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 706 1.04% 144 0.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 501 0.74% 102 0.15%
Mining 205 0.30% 42 0.06%
Construction 4,169 6.16% 494 0.73%
Manufacturing 8,637 12.75% 2,958 4.37%
Wholesale trade 1,344 1.98% 486 0.72%
Retail trade 4,855 7.17% 5,741 8.48%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,262 3.34% 579 0.86%
Transportation & warehousing 1,666 2.46% 452 0.67%
Utilities 596 0.88% 127 0.19%
Information 620 0.92% 509 0.75%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,155 1.71% 1,802 2.66%
Finance & insurance 740 1.09% 1,476 2.18%
Real estate & rental & leasing 415 0.61% 326 0.48%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,895 2.80% 1,425 2.10%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 777 1.15% 805 1.19%
Management of companies & enterprises 15 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,103 1.63% 620 0.92%
Educational, health & social services: 4,544 6.71% 11,895 17.57%
Educational services 3,202 4.73% 5,161 7.62%
Health care & social assistance 1,342 1.98% 6,734 9.94%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,473 3.65% 3,165 4.67%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 387 0.57% 324 0.48%
Accommodation & food services 2,086 3.08% 2,841 4.20%
Other services (except public administration) 1,639 2.42% 1,429 2.11%
Public administration 1,684 2.49% 1,109 1.64%

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

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