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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 174,134 55.37% 140,337 44.63%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 67,701 21.53% 57,241 18.20%
Management, business, & financial operations: 35,845 11.40% 23,928 7.61%
Management, except farm managers 27,401 8.71% 13,069 4.16%
Farmers & farm managers 109 0.03% 4 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 8,335 2.65% 10,855 3.45%
Business operations specialists 4,048 1.29% 4,937 1.57%
Financial specialists 4,287 1.36% 5,918 1.88%
Professional & related occupations: 31,856 10.13% 33,313 10.59%
Computer & mathematical 10,912 3.47% 4,105 1.31%
Architecture & engineering: 8,125 2.58% 969 0.31%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 6,185 1.97% 644 0.20%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,940 0.62% 325 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 1,338 0.43% 1,069 0.34%
Community & social services 1,497 0.48% 1,777 0.57%
Legal 1,296 0.41% 1,379 0.44%
Education, training, & library 2,933 0.93% 12,986 4.13%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,312 1.05% 2,604 0.83%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,443 0.78% 8,424 2.68%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,915 0.61% 6,106 1.94%
Health technologists & technicians 528 0.17% 2,318 0.74%
Service occupations: 15,160 4.82% 17,628 5.61%
Healthcare support 264 0.08% 2,246 0.71%
Protective services: 2,650 0.84% 742 0.24%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,760 0.56% 352 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 890 0.28% 390 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,561 1.77% 6,136 1.95%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,279 1.68% 2,869 0.91%
Personal care & service 1,406 0.45% 5,635 1.79%
Sales & office occupations: 38,107 12.12% 56,532 17.98%
Sales & related occupations 24,864 7.91% 19,002 6.04%
Office & administrative support 13,243 4.21% 37,530 11.93%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 240 0.08% 62 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 30,543 9.71% 1,182 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 19,889 6.32% 588 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 3,035 0.97% 33 0.01%
Construction trades 16,830 5.35% 555 0.18%
Extraction 24 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 10,654 3.39% 594 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 22,383 7.12% 7,692 2.45%
Production 11,818 3.76% 5,495 1.75%
Transportation & material moving: 10,565 3.36% 2,197 0.70%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 487 0.15% 126 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 315 0.10% 20 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 4,698 1.49% 988 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 354 0.11% 98 0.03%
Material moving 4,711 1.50% 965 0.31%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 174,134 55.37% 140,337 44.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 542 0.17% 210 0.07%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 457 0.15% 142 0.05%
Mining 85 0.03% 68 0.02%
Construction 24,734 7.87% 3,090 0.98%
Manufacturing 25,743 8.19% 12,010 3.82%
Wholesale trade 12,385 3.94% 6,589 2.10%
Retail trade 23,507 7.48% 18,776 5.97%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 9,437 3.00% 2,905 0.92%
Transportation & warehousing 8,050 2.56% 2,575 0.82%
Utilities 1,387 0.44% 330 0.10%
Information 10,232 3.25% 7,999 2.54%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 10,351 3.29% 15,404 4.90%
Finance & insurance 6,884 2.19% 11,765 3.74%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,467 1.10% 3,639 1.16%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 24,040 7.64% 16,957 5.39%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 15,500 4.93% 11,151 3.55%
Management of companies & enterprises 146 0.05% 127 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 8,394 2.67% 5,679 1.81%
Educational, health & social services: 9,070 2.88% 34,805 11.07%
Educational services 4,684 1.49% 15,470 4.92%
Health care & social assistance 4,386 1.39% 19,335 6.15%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 10,712 3.41% 9,463 3.01%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,099 0.67% 1,499 0.48%
Accommodation & food services 8,613 2.74% 7,964 2.53%
Other services (except public administration) 8,098 2.58% 7,750 2.46%
Public administration 5,283 1.68% 4,379 1.39%

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

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