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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 43,184 51.00% 41,492 49.00%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 13,483 15.92% 15,478 18.28%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,013 7.10% 4,727 5.58%
Management, except farm managers 3,977 4.70% 2,626 3.10%
Farmers & farm managers 236 0.28% 55 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 1,800 2.13% 2,046 2.42%
Business operations specialists 732 0.86% 962 1.14%
Financial specialists 1,068 1.26% 1,084 1.28%
Professional & related occupations: 7,470 8.82% 10,751 12.70%
Computer & mathematical 1,484 1.75% 767 0.91%
Architecture & engineering: 1,049 1.24% 181 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 633 0.75% 82 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 416 0.49% 99 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 415 0.49% 322 0.38%
Community & social services 614 0.73% 1,153 1.36%
Legal 552 0.65% 599 0.71%
Education, training, & library 1,364 1.61% 3,680 4.35%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 691 0.82% 560 0.66%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,301 1.54% 3,489 4.12%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 968 1.14% 2,108 2.49%
Health technologists & technicians 333 0.39% 1,381 1.63%
Service occupations: 5,352 6.32% 6,878 8.12%
Healthcare support 324 0.38% 1,559 1.84%
Protective services: 1,509 1.78% 337 0.40%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 955 1.13% 201 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 554 0.65% 136 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,777 2.10% 1,973 2.33%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,281 1.51% 812 0.96%
Personal care & service 461 0.54% 2,197 2.59%
Sales & office occupations: 8,933 10.55% 16,285 19.23%
Sales & related occupations 4,867 5.75% 3,997 4.72%
Office & administrative support 4,066 4.80% 12,288 14.51%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 152 0.18% 41 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,131 8.42% 403 0.48%
Construction & extraction: 3,892 4.60% 214 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 501 0.59% 30 0.04%
Construction trades 3,374 3.98% 184 0.22%
Extraction 17 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,239 3.83% 189 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,133 9.60% 2,407 2.84%
Production 4,336 5.12% 1,605 1.90%
Transportation & material moving: 3,797 4.48% 802 0.95%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 150 0.18% 32 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 35 0.04% 9 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,540 1.82% 218 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 212 0.25% 14 0.02%
Material moving 1,860 2.20% 529 0.62%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 43,184 51.00% 41,492 49.00%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 496 0.59% 103 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 403 0.48% 90 0.11%
Mining 93 0.11% 13 0.02%
Construction 4,668 5.51% 618 0.73%
Manufacturing 5,570 6.58% 2,169 2.56%
Wholesale trade 1,956 2.31% 709 0.84%
Retail trade 5,313 6.27% 4,368 5.16%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,111 4.85% 1,524 1.80%
Transportation & warehousing 3,052 3.60% 1,096 1.29%
Utilities 1,059 1.25% 428 0.51%
Information 1,485 1.75% 1,722 2.03%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,585 3.05% 4,176 4.93%
Finance & insurance 1,919 2.27% 3,590 4.24%
Real estate & rental & leasing 666 0.79% 586 0.69%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,095 3.66% 2,875 3.40%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,776 2.10% 1,652 1.95%
Management of companies & enterprises 48 0.06% 16 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,271 1.50% 1,207 1.43%
Educational, health & social services: 4,935 5.83% 13,930 16.45%
Educational services 2,002 2.36% 4,548 5.37%
Health care & social assistance 2,933 3.46% 9,382 11.08%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,832 3.34% 2,650 3.13%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 634 0.75% 536 0.63%
Accommodation & food services 2,198 2.60% 2,114 2.50%
Other services (except public administration) 2,017 2.38% 2,288 2.70%
Public administration 4,121 4.87% 4,360 5.15%

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

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