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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 24,606 54.29% 20,717 45.71%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,356 16.23% 7,164 15.81%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,036 8.90% 2,625 5.79%
Management, except farm managers 3,059 6.75% 1,418 3.13%
Farmers & farm managers 147 0.32% 28 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 830 1.83% 1,179 2.60%
Business operations specialists 367 0.81% 597 1.32%
Financial specialists 463 1.02% 582 1.28%
Professional & related occupations: 3,320 7.33% 4,539 10.01%
Computer & mathematical 811 1.79% 326 0.72%
Architecture & engineering: 791 1.75% 94 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 653 1.44% 42 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 138 0.30% 52 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 136 0.30% 94 0.21%
Community & social services 225 0.50% 313 0.69%
Legal 188 0.41% 173 0.38%
Education, training, & library 426 0.94% 1,766 3.90%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 314 0.69% 238 0.53%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 429 0.95% 1,535 3.39%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 322 0.71% 984 2.17%
Health technologists & technicians 107 0.24% 551 1.22%
Service occupations: 2,171 4.79% 3,186 7.03%
Healthcare support 90 0.20% 504 1.11%
Protective services: 518 1.14% 125 0.28%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 398 0.88% 41 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 120 0.26% 84 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 607 1.34% 1,094 2.41%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 592 1.31% 367 0.81%
Personal care & service 364 0.80% 1,096 2.42%
Sales & office occupations: 4,963 10.95% 8,684 19.16%
Sales & related occupations 2,742 6.05% 2,922 6.45%
Office & administrative support 2,221 4.90% 5,762 12.71%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 80 0.18% 34 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,922 8.65% 125 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 2,105 4.64% 52 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 307 0.68% 10 0.02%
Construction trades 1,790 3.95% 42 0.09%
Extraction 8 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,817 4.01% 73 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,114 13.49% 1,524 3.36%
Production 2,977 6.57% 882 1.95%
Transportation & material moving: 3,137 6.92% 642 1.42%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 144 0.32% 38 0.08%
Aircraft & traffic control 484 1.07% 29 0.06%
Motor vehicle operators 1,171 2.58% 261 0.58%
Rail, water & other transportation 241 0.53% 13 0.03%
Material moving 1,097 2.42% 301 0.66%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 24,606 54.29% 20,717 45.71%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 266 0.59% 74 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 249 0.55% 70 0.15%
Mining 17 0.04% 4 0.01%
Construction 2,535 5.59% 399 0.88%
Manufacturing 5,810 12.82% 2,015 4.45%
Wholesale trade 1,129 2.49% 663 1.46%
Retail trade 2,742 6.05% 2,877 6.35%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,562 7.86% 1,626 3.59%
Transportation & warehousing 3,225 7.12% 1,542 3.40%
Utilities 337 0.74% 84 0.19%
Information 620 1.37% 434 0.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,498 3.31% 2,051 4.53%
Finance & insurance 1,060 2.34% 1,666 3.68%
Real estate & rental & leasing 438 0.97% 385 0.85%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,896 4.18% 1,762 3.89%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,285 2.84% 1,030 2.27%
Management of companies & enterprises 17 0.04% 53 0.12%
Administrative & support & waste management services 594 1.31% 679 1.50%
Educational, health & social services: 1,381 3.05% 5,417 11.95%
Educational services 673 1.48% 2,284 5.04%
Health care & social assistance 708 1.56% 3,133 6.91%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,234 2.72% 1,743 3.85%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 388 0.86% 264 0.58%
Accommodation & food services 846 1.87% 1,479 3.26%
Other services (except public administration) 1,050 2.32% 899 1.98%
Public administration 883 1.95% 757 1.67%

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

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