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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 99,921 53.60% 86,496 46.40%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 24,849 13.33% 27,611 14.81%
Management, business, & financial operations: 13,329 7.15% 9,114 4.89%
Management, except farm managers 10,043 5.39% 5,942 3.19%
Farmers & farm managers 227 0.12% 34 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 3,059 1.64% 3,138 1.68%
Business operations specialists 1,369 0.73% 1,391 0.75%
Financial specialists 1,690 0.91% 1,747 0.94%
Professional & related occupations: 11,520 6.18% 18,497 9.92%
Computer & mathematical 1,110 0.60% 575 0.31%
Architecture & engineering: 2,054 1.10% 185 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,190 0.64% 105 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 864 0.46% 80 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 547 0.29% 336 0.18%
Community & social services 968 0.52% 1,409 0.76%
Legal 858 0.46% 1,128 0.61%
Education, training, & library 1,717 0.92% 5,812 3.12%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,866 1.00% 1,556 0.83%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,400 1.29% 7,496 4.02%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,868 1.00% 4,488 2.41%
Health technologists & technicians 532 0.29% 3,008 1.61%
Service occupations: 16,963 9.10% 17,537 9.41%
Healthcare support 474 0.25% 3,560 1.91%
Protective services: 3,547 1.90% 564 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,106 1.13% 240 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,441 0.77% 324 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,831 2.59% 6,444 3.46%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 6,537 3.51% 3,204 1.72%
Personal care & service 1,574 0.84% 3,765 2.02%
Sales & office occupations: 19,597 10.51% 35,855 19.23%
Sales & related occupations 13,901 7.46% 14,690 7.88%
Office & administrative support 5,696 3.06% 21,165 11.35%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,276 0.68% 251 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 24,137 12.95% 968 0.52%
Construction & extraction: 16,017 8.59% 665 0.36%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,295 1.23% 106 0.06%
Construction trades 13,588 7.29% 559 0.30%
Extraction 134 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 8,120 4.36% 303 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 13,099 7.03% 4,274 2.29%
Production 5,061 2.71% 2,555 1.37%
Transportation & material moving: 8,038 4.31% 1,719 0.92%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 183 0.10% 52 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 239 0.13% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,537 2.43% 951 0.51%
Rail, water & other transportation 454 0.24% 102 0.05%
Material moving 2,625 1.41% 614 0.33%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 99,921 53.60% 86,496 46.40%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,715 0.92% 384 0.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,525 0.82% 361 0.19%
Mining 190 0.10% 23 0.01%
Construction 20,041 10.75% 3,046 1.63%
Manufacturing 5,855 3.14% 3,027 1.62%
Wholesale trade 4,123 2.21% 1,565 0.84%
Retail trade 15,398 8.26% 14,535 7.80%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,345 2.87% 2,170 1.16%
Transportation & warehousing 3,921 2.10% 1,902 1.02%
Utilities 1,424 0.76% 268 0.14%
Information 2,468 1.32% 2,301 1.23%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 6,159 3.30% 7,571 4.06%
Finance & insurance 2,605 1.40% 4,188 2.25%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,554 1.91% 3,383 1.81%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 10,998 5.90% 8,833 4.74%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,938 2.65% 5,265 2.82%
Management of companies & enterprises 13 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 6,047 3.24% 3,568 1.91%
Educational, health & social services: 7,089 3.80% 25,261 13.55%
Educational services 2,932 1.57% 7,985 4.28%
Health care & social assistance 4,157 2.23% 17,276 9.27%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 11,491 6.16% 10,053 5.39%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 4,384 2.35% 1,956 1.05%
Accommodation & food services 7,107 3.81% 8,097 4.34%
Other services (except public administration) 4,834 2.59% 4,421 2.37%
Public administration 4,405 2.36% 3,329 1.79%

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

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