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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 35,386 51.97% 32,698 48.03%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,092 8.95% 8,920 13.10%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,590 3.80% 2,993 4.40%
Management, except farm managers 1,760 2.59% 1,531 2.25%
Farmers & farm managers 80 0.12% 31 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 750 1.10% 1,431 2.10%
Business operations specialists 452 0.66% 742 1.09%
Financial specialists 298 0.44% 689 1.01%
Professional & related occupations: 3,502 5.14% 5,927 8.71%
Computer & mathematical 705 1.04% 305 0.45%
Architecture & engineering: 564 0.83% 54 0.08%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 267 0.39% 22 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 297 0.44% 32 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 135 0.20% 117 0.17%
Community & social services 350 0.51% 508 0.75%
Legal 234 0.34% 150 0.22%
Education, training, & library 572 0.84% 2,317 3.40%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 334 0.49% 363 0.53%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 608 0.89% 2,113 3.10%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 302 0.44% 1,313 1.93%
Health technologists & technicians 306 0.45% 800 1.18%
Service occupations: 5,595 8.22% 5,985 8.79%
Healthcare support 251 0.37% 1,338 1.97%
Protective services: 1,137 1.67% 211 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 781 1.15% 74 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 356 0.52% 137 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,592 2.34% 1,817 2.67%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,351 3.45% 1,148 1.69%
Personal care & service 264 0.39% 1,471 2.16%
Sales & office occupations: 5,771 8.48% 13,148 19.31%
Sales & related occupations 2,751 4.04% 3,391 4.98%
Office & administrative support 3,020 4.44% 9,757 14.33%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 113 0.17% 69 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,592 11.15% 353 0.52%
Construction & extraction: 4,517 6.63% 194 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 276 0.41% 18 0.03%
Construction trades 4,235 6.22% 176 0.26%
Extraction 6 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,075 4.52% 159 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,223 15.02% 4,223 6.20%
Production 4,647 6.83% 2,999 4.40%
Transportation & material moving: 5,576 8.19% 1,224 1.80%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 118 0.17% 40 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 16 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,146 3.15% 281 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 398 0.58% 87 0.13%
Material moving 2,898 4.26% 816 1.20%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 35,386 51.97% 32,698 48.03%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 193 0.28% 95 0.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 156 0.23% 80 0.12%
Mining 37 0.05% 15 0.02%
Construction 4,722 6.94% 427 0.63%
Manufacturing 6,335 9.30% 3,463 5.09%
Wholesale trade 1,775 2.61% 1,068 1.57%
Retail trade 3,745 5.50% 4,026 5.91%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,298 6.31% 1,521 2.23%
Transportation & warehousing 3,530 5.18% 1,295 1.90%
Utilities 768 1.13% 226 0.33%
Information 895 1.31% 1,362 2.00%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,318 1.94% 2,711 3.98%
Finance & insurance 743 1.09% 2,290 3.36%
Real estate & rental & leasing 575 0.84% 421 0.62%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,343 4.91% 2,667 3.92%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,160 1.70% 1,344 1.97%
Management of companies & enterprises 10 0.01% 22 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,173 3.19% 1,301 1.91%
Educational, health & social services: 2,765 4.06% 9,659 14.19%
Educational services 1,317 1.93% 3,156 4.64%
Health care & social assistance 1,448 2.13% 6,503 9.55%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,402 3.53% 2,594 3.81%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 512 0.75% 423 0.62%
Accommodation & food services 1,890 2.78% 2,171 3.19%
Other services (except public administration) 1,754 2.58% 1,625 2.39%
Public administration 1,841 2.70% 1,480 2.17%

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

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