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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 36,670 51.33% 34,776 48.67%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,914 12.48% 10,538 14.75%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,191 5.87% 3,223 4.51%
Management, except farm managers 2,892 4.05% 1,727 2.42%
Farmers & farm managers 167 0.23% 11 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 1,132 1.58% 1,485 2.08%
Business operations specialists 722 1.01% 678 0.95%
Financial specialists 410 0.57% 807 1.13%
Professional & related occupations: 4,723 6.61% 7,315 10.24%
Computer & mathematical 885 1.24% 587 0.82%
Architecture & engineering: 901 1.26% 88 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 680 0.95% 44 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 221 0.31% 44 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 243 0.34% 166 0.23%
Community & social services 441 0.62% 523 0.73%
Legal 199 0.28% 276 0.39%
Education, training, & library 887 1.24% 2,589 3.62%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 588 0.82% 556 0.78%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 579 0.81% 2,530 3.54%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 445 0.62% 1,645 2.30%
Health technologists & technicians 134 0.19% 885 1.24%
Service occupations: 5,000 7.00% 7,376 10.32%
Healthcare support 139 0.19% 1,270 1.78%
Protective services: 1,065 1.49% 290 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 669 0.94% 101 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 396 0.55% 189 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,677 2.35% 2,716 3.80%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,668 2.33% 1,102 1.54%
Personal care & service 451 0.63% 1,998 2.80%
Sales & office occupations: 6,008 8.41% 13,532 18.94%
Sales & related occupations 3,502 4.90% 4,088 5.72%
Office & administrative support 2,506 3.51% 9,444 13.22%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 127 0.18% 41 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,961 8.34% 300 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 3,236 4.53% 135 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 270 0.38% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,958 4.14% 132 0.18%
Extraction 8 0.01% 3 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,725 3.81% 165 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,660 14.92% 2,989 4.18%
Production 5,918 8.28% 2,036 2.85%
Transportation & material moving: 4,742 6.64% 953 1.33%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 180 0.25% 43 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 38 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,111 2.95% 309 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 175 0.24% 22 0.03%
Material moving 2,238 3.13% 579 0.81%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 36,670 51.33% 34,776 48.67%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 369 0.52% 83 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 325 0.45% 66 0.09%
Mining 44 0.06% 17 0.02%
Construction 3,657 5.12% 455 0.64%
Manufacturing 9,546 13.36% 3,599 5.04%
Wholesale trade 1,794 2.51% 845 1.18%
Retail trade 3,992 5.59% 4,538 6.35%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,017 4.22% 1,222 1.71%
Transportation & warehousing 2,415 3.38% 913 1.28%
Utilities 602 0.84% 309 0.43%
Information 851 1.19% 1,028 1.44%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,176 1.65% 2,563 3.59%
Finance & insurance 696 0.97% 1,986 2.78%
Real estate & rental & leasing 480 0.67% 577 0.81%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,665 3.73% 2,610 3.65%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,102 1.54% 1,344 1.88%
Management of companies & enterprises 15 0.02% 17 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,548 2.17% 1,249 1.75%
Educational, health & social services: 2,779 3.89% 10,530 14.74%
Educational services 1,576 2.21% 4,088 5.72%
Health care & social assistance 1,203 1.68% 6,442 9.02%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,091 4.33% 3,852 5.39%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 972 1.36% 883 1.24%
Accommodation & food services 2,119 2.97% 2,969 4.16%
Other services (except public administration) 1,886 2.64% 1,762 2.47%
Public administration 1,847 2.59% 1,689 2.36%

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

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