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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 48,984 50.23% 48,542 49.77%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 18,353 18.82% 19,982 20.49%
Management, business, & financial operations: 8,559 8.78% 6,738 6.91%
Management, except farm managers 5,376 5.51% 3,626 3.72%
Farmers & farm managers 432 0.44% 46 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 2,751 2.82% 3,066 3.14%
Business operations specialists 1,135 1.16% 1,277 1.31%
Financial specialists 1,616 1.66% 1,789 1.83%
Professional & related occupations: 9,794 10.04% 13,244 13.58%
Computer & mathematical 2,481 2.54% 1,085 1.11%
Architecture & engineering: 1,514 1.55% 249 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,123 1.15% 156 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 391 0.40% 93 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 529 0.54% 456 0.47%
Community & social services 742 0.76% 1,222 1.25%
Legal 763 0.78% 788 0.81%
Education, training, & library 1,300 1.33% 4,010 4.11%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 914 0.94% 786 0.81%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,551 1.59% 4,648 4.77%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,234 1.27% 2,988 3.06%
Health technologists & technicians 317 0.33% 1,660 1.70%
Service occupations: 6,865 7.04% 7,301 7.49%
Healthcare support 258 0.26% 1,432 1.47%
Protective services: 1,853 1.90% 480 0.49%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,251 1.28% 315 0.32%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 602 0.62% 165 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,360 2.42% 2,148 2.20%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,926 1.97% 1,028 1.05%
Personal care & service 468 0.48% 2,213 2.27%
Sales & office occupations: 9,828 10.08% 19,324 19.81%
Sales & related occupations 4,981 5.11% 4,548 4.66%
Office & administrative support 4,847 4.97% 14,776 15.15%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 227 0.23% 31 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,271 7.46% 307 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 4,279 4.39% 87 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 405 0.42% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 3,795 3.89% 87 0.09%
Extraction 79 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,992 3.07% 220 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,440 6.60% 1,597 1.64%
Production 2,720 2.79% 1,084 1.11%
Transportation & material moving: 3,720 3.81% 513 0.53%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 97 0.10% 41 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 38 0.04% 14 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,211 2.27% 288 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 206 0.21% 37 0.04%
Material moving 1,168 1.20% 133 0.14%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 48,984 50.23% 48,542 49.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 978 1.00% 152 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 714 0.73% 128 0.13%
Mining 264 0.27% 24 0.02%
Construction 4,902 5.03% 467 0.48%
Manufacturing 3,155 3.24% 998 1.02%
Wholesale trade 1,773 1.82% 626 0.64%
Retail trade 5,427 5.56% 4,317 4.43%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,403 3.49% 911 0.93%
Transportation & warehousing 2,430 2.49% 690 0.71%
Utilities 973 1.00% 221 0.23%
Information 1,266 1.30% 1,284 1.32%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,766 2.84% 4,296 4.40%
Finance & insurance 1,997 2.05% 3,723 3.82%
Real estate & rental & leasing 769 0.79% 573 0.59%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,155 4.26% 3,560 3.65%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,570 2.64% 2,180 2.24%
Management of companies & enterprises 13 0.01% 36 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,572 1.61% 1,344 1.38%
Educational, health & social services: 5,506 5.65% 16,271 16.68%
Educational services 2,579 2.64% 5,762 5.91%
Health care & social assistance 2,927 3.00% 10,509 10.78%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,771 3.87% 3,435 3.52%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 816 0.84% 630 0.65%
Accommodation & food services 2,955 3.03% 2,805 2.88%
Other services (except public administration) 2,567 2.63% 2,617 2.68%
Public administration 9,315 9.55% 9,608 9.85%

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

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