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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 30,582 52.07% 28,153 47.93%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,650 13.02% 9,395 16.00%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,748 6.38% 2,599 4.42%
Management, except farm managers 2,472 4.21% 1,565 2.66%
Farmers & farm managers 326 0.56% 14 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 950 1.62% 1,020 1.74%
Business operations specialists 407 0.69% 515 0.88%
Financial specialists 543 0.92% 505 0.86%
Professional & related occupations: 3,902 6.64% 6,796 11.57%
Computer & mathematical 206 0.35% 113 0.19%
Architecture & engineering: 570 0.97% 55 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 327 0.56% 18 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 243 0.41% 37 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 153 0.26% 78 0.13%
Community & social services 464 0.79% 565 0.96%
Legal 159 0.27% 160 0.27%
Education, training, & library 1,171 1.99% 2,910 4.95%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 337 0.57% 413 0.70%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 842 1.43% 2,502 4.26%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 615 1.05% 1,378 2.35%
Health technologists & technicians 227 0.39% 1,124 1.91%
Service occupations: 4,475 7.62% 6,338 10.79%
Healthcare support 323 0.55% 1,548 2.64%
Protective services: 1,290 2.20% 306 0.52%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,059 1.80% 231 0.39%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 231 0.39% 75 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,486 2.53% 2,137 3.64%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,078 1.84% 879 1.50%
Personal care & service 298 0.51% 1,468 2.50%
Sales & office occupations: 5,298 9.02% 10,010 17.04%
Sales & related occupations 3,446 5.87% 3,555 6.05%
Office & administrative support 1,852 3.15% 6,455 10.99%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 265 0.45% 66 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,772 9.83% 254 0.43%
Construction & extraction: 3,190 5.43% 107 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 360 0.61% 11 0.02%
Construction trades 2,655 4.52% 93 0.16%
Extraction 175 0.30% 3 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,582 4.40% 147 0.25%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,122 12.13% 2,090 3.56%
Production 4,208 7.16% 1,582 2.69%
Transportation & material moving: 2,914 4.96% 508 0.86%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 90 0.15% 14 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 92 0.16% 16 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 1,453 2.47% 232 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 199 0.34% 44 0.07%
Material moving 1,080 1.84% 202 0.34%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 30,582 52.07% 28,153 47.93%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,361 2.32% 299 0.51%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 622 1.06% 102 0.17%
Mining 739 1.26% 197 0.34%
Construction 3,250 5.53% 382 0.65%
Manufacturing 5,510 9.38% 1,806 3.07%
Wholesale trade 1,177 2.00% 438 0.75%
Retail trade 3,947 6.72% 3,844 6.54%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,883 3.21% 479 0.82%
Transportation & warehousing 1,606 2.73% 452 0.77%
Utilities 277 0.47% 27 0.05%
Information 463 0.79% 657 1.12%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,373 2.34% 2,113 3.60%
Finance & insurance 863 1.47% 1,502 2.56%
Real estate & rental & leasing 510 0.87% 611 1.04%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,749 2.98% 1,608 2.74%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 752 1.28% 842 1.43%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.00% 23 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 995 1.69% 743 1.27%
Educational, health & social services: 3,082 5.25% 10,310 17.55%
Educational services 1,280 2.18% 3,566 6.07%
Health care & social assistance 1,802 3.07% 6,744 11.48%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,248 3.83% 2,675 4.55%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 346 0.59% 240 0.41%
Accommodation & food services 1,902 3.24% 2,435 4.15%
Other services (except public administration) 1,716 2.92% 1,811 3.08%
Public administration 2,823 4.81% 1,731 2.95%

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

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