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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 211,687 53.92% 180,940 46.08%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 92,968 23.68% 78,028 19.87%
Management, business, & financial operations: 48,815 12.43% 32,969 8.40%
Management, except farm managers 33,878 8.63% 18,983 4.83%
Farmers & farm managers 132 0.03% 38 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 14,805 3.77% 13,948 3.55%
Business operations specialists 7,422 1.89% 7,296 1.86%
Financial specialists 7,383 1.88% 6,652 1.69%
Professional & related occupations: 44,153 11.25% 45,059 11.48%
Computer & mathematical 13,158 3.35% 5,411 1.38%
Architecture & engineering: 6,405 1.63% 1,319 0.34%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,232 1.33% 1,066 0.27%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,173 0.30% 253 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 1,934 0.49% 1,921 0.49%
Community & social services 1,806 0.46% 2,986 0.76%
Legal 5,110 1.30% 3,051 0.78%
Education, training, & library 4,537 1.16% 14,940 3.81%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 6,348 1.62% 6,081 1.55%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,855 1.24% 9,350 2.38%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 4,110 1.05% 6,826 1.74%
Health technologists & technicians 745 0.19% 2,524 0.64%
Service occupations: 24,846 6.33% 28,175 7.18%
Healthcare support 577 0.15% 3,836 0.98%
Protective services: 3,938 1.00% 1,888 0.48%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,673 0.43% 594 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,265 0.58% 1,294 0.33%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 10,838 2.76% 9,232 2.35%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 6,992 1.78% 5,827 1.48%
Personal care & service 2,501 0.64% 7,392 1.88%
Sales & office occupations: 45,063 11.48% 63,757 16.24%
Sales & related occupations 28,481 7.25% 25,526 6.50%
Office & administrative support 16,582 4.22% 38,231 9.74%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 500 0.13% 140 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 22,202 5.65% 1,306 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 14,498 3.69% 584 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,455 0.37% 81 0.02%
Construction trades 13,030 3.32% 503 0.13%
Extraction 13 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 7,704 1.96% 722 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 26,108 6.65% 9,534 2.43%
Production 9,690 2.47% 5,938 1.51%
Transportation & material moving: 16,418 4.18% 3,596 0.92%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 484 0.12% 172 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 672 0.17% 80 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 6,913 1.76% 1,163 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 761 0.19% 114 0.03%
Material moving 7,588 1.93% 2,067 0.53%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 211,687 53.92% 180,940 46.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 838 0.21% 219 0.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 768 0.20% 184 0.05%
Mining 70 0.02% 35 0.01%
Construction 18,450 4.70% 2,339 0.60%
Manufacturing 22,272 5.67% 10,679 2.72%
Wholesale trade 10,532 2.68% 4,837 1.23%
Retail trade 22,187 5.65% 20,228 5.15%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 15,183 3.87% 7,844 2.00%
Transportation & warehousing 13,874 3.53% 7,117 1.81%
Utilities 1,309 0.33% 727 0.19%
Information 14,111 3.59% 10,350 2.64%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 19,688 5.01% 18,752 4.78%
Finance & insurance 12,673 3.23% 12,862 3.28%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7,015 1.79% 5,890 1.50%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 37,907 9.65% 28,206 7.18%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 27,328 6.96% 19,215 4.89%
Management of companies & enterprises 239 0.06% 262 0.07%
Administrative & support & waste management services 10,340 2.63% 8,729 2.22%
Educational, health & social services: 16,276 4.15% 42,886 10.92%
Educational services 7,926 2.02% 19,663 5.01%
Health care & social assistance 8,350 2.13% 23,223 5.91%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 19,292 4.91% 17,132 4.36%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,713 0.95% 2,944 0.75%
Accommodation & food services 15,579 3.97% 14,188 3.61%
Other services (except public administration) 8,380 2.13% 9,162 2.33%
Public administration 6,571 1.67% 8,306 2.12%

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

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