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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 54,945 49.72% 55,560 50.28%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 14,830 13.42% 18,429 16.68%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,719 6.08% 5,699 5.16%
Management, except farm managers 4,518 4.09% 3,137 2.84%
Farmers & farm managers 418 0.38% 46 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 1,783 1.61% 2,516 2.28%
Business operations specialists 855 0.77% 1,053 0.95%
Financial specialists 928 0.84% 1,463 1.32%
Professional & related occupations: 8,111 7.34% 12,730 11.52%
Computer & mathematical 2,094 1.89% 973 0.88%
Architecture & engineering: 1,258 1.14% 169 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 885 0.80% 103 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 373 0.34% 66 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 324 0.29% 298 0.27%
Community & social services 645 0.58% 1,217 1.10%
Legal 557 0.50% 560 0.51%
Education, training, & library 1,236 1.12% 4,178 3.78%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 747 0.68% 724 0.66%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,250 1.13% 4,611 4.17%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 914 0.83% 3,007 2.72%
Health technologists & technicians 336 0.30% 1,604 1.45%
Service occupations: 8,030 7.27% 11,619 10.51%
Healthcare support 203 0.18% 2,272 2.06%
Protective services: 1,787 1.62% 523 0.47%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,048 0.95% 154 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 739 0.67% 369 0.33%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,815 2.55% 3,916 3.54%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,511 2.27% 1,811 1.64%
Personal care & service 714 0.65% 3,097 2.80%
Sales & office occupations: 9,479 8.58% 21,829 19.75%
Sales & related occupations 5,236 4.74% 6,940 6.28%
Office & administrative support 4,243 3.84% 14,889 13.47%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 235 0.21% 23 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 9,383 8.49% 396 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 5,133 4.65% 163 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 456 0.41% 22 0.02%
Construction trades 4,590 4.15% 134 0.12%
Extraction 87 0.08% 7 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,250 3.85% 233 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 12,988 11.75% 3,264 2.95%
Production 5,995 5.43% 2,057 1.86%
Transportation & material moving: 6,993 6.33% 1,207 1.09%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 231 0.21% 58 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 201 0.18% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 3,011 2.72% 564 0.51%
Rail, water & other transportation 760 0.69% 51 0.05%
Material moving 2,790 2.52% 534 0.48%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 54,945 49.72% 55,560 50.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 939 0.85% 104 0.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 733 0.66% 85 0.08%
Mining 206 0.19% 19 0.02%
Construction 5,585 5.05% 745 0.67%
Manufacturing 9,071 8.21% 3,292 2.98%
Wholesale trade 2,161 1.96% 831 0.75%
Retail trade 6,050 5.47% 7,298 6.60%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,732 5.19% 1,895 1.71%
Transportation & warehousing 4,932 4.46% 1,485 1.34%
Utilities 800 0.72% 410 0.37%
Information 1,443 1.31% 1,277 1.16%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,639 2.39% 5,328 4.82%
Finance & insurance 1,783 1.61% 4,523 4.09%
Real estate & rental & leasing 856 0.77% 805 0.73%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,158 4.67% 4,885 4.42%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,148 2.85% 2,994 2.71%
Management of companies & enterprises 8 0.01% 48 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,002 1.81% 1,843 1.67%
Educational, health & social services: 5,298 4.79% 18,515 16.75%
Educational services 2,524 2.28% 6,323 5.72%
Health care & social assistance 2,774 2.51% 12,192 11.03%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,571 4.14% 5,581 5.05%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,306 1.18% 1,224 1.11%
Accommodation & food services 3,265 2.95% 4,357 3.94%
Other services (except public administration) 2,957 2.68% 2,840 2.57%
Public administration 3,341 3.02% 2,969 2.69%

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

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