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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 92,661 48.33% 99,078 51.67%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 30,458 15.89% 36,001 18.78%
Management, business, & financial operations: 10,635 5.55% 10,010 5.22%
Management, except farm managers 7,386 3.85% 6,287 3.28%
Farmers & farm managers 10 0.01% 8 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 3,239 1.69% 3,715 1.94%
Business operations specialists 1,506 0.79% 1,654 0.86%
Financial specialists 1,733 0.90% 2,061 1.07%
Professional & related occupations: 19,823 10.34% 25,991 13.56%
Computer & mathematical 1,638 0.85% 947 0.49%
Architecture & engineering: 2,273 1.19% 394 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,813 0.95% 309 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 460 0.24% 85 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 1,092 0.57% 976 0.51%
Community & social services 1,344 0.70% 2,915 1.52%
Legal 3,009 1.57% 1,736 0.91%
Education, training, & library 4,305 2.25% 9,551 4.98%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,711 1.41% 1,955 1.02%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,451 1.80% 7,517 3.92%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,810 1.47% 4,945 2.58%
Health technologists & technicians 641 0.33% 2,572 1.34%
Service occupations: 18,987 9.90% 23,348 12.18%
Healthcare support 540 0.28% 4,009 2.09%
Protective services: 4,463 2.33% 1,618 0.84%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,328 1.21% 601 0.31%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,135 1.11% 1,017 0.53%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 8,027 4.19% 7,972 4.16%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,288 2.24% 5,364 2.80%
Personal care & service 1,669 0.87% 4,385 2.29%
Sales & office occupations: 15,315 7.99% 34,149 17.81%
Sales & related occupations 7,924 4.13% 12,703 6.63%
Office & administrative support 7,391 3.85% 21,446 11.18%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 277 0.14% 79 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 12,276 6.40% 845 0.44%
Construction & extraction: 8,078 4.21% 448 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 807 0.42% 54 0.03%
Construction trades 7,098 3.70% 378 0.20%
Extraction 173 0.09% 16 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,198 2.19% 397 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 15,348 8.00% 4,656 2.43%
Production 5,582 2.91% 3,099 1.62%
Transportation & material moving: 9,766 5.09% 1,557 0.81%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 230 0.12% 79 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 81 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 5,020 2.62% 580 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 858 0.45% 199 0.10%
Material moving 3,577 1.87% 699 0.36%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 92,661 48.33% 99,078 51.67%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,591 0.83% 405 0.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 303 0.16% 55 0.03%
Mining 1,288 0.67% 350 0.18%
Construction 8,472 4.42% 1,006 0.52%
Manufacturing 6,906 3.60% 3,019 1.57%
Wholesale trade 3,463 1.81% 1,422 0.74%
Retail trade 8,099 4.22% 10,765 5.61%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 8,308 4.33% 2,929 1.53%
Transportation & warehousing 7,093 3.70% 2,299 1.20%
Utilities 1,215 0.63% 630 0.33%
Information 2,252 1.17% 2,344 1.22%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,757 2.48% 5,920 3.09%
Finance & insurance 2,500 1.30% 3,917 2.04%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,257 1.18% 2,003 1.04%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 10,669 5.56% 8,242 4.30%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 6,320 3.30% 4,841 2.52%
Management of companies & enterprises 39 0.02% 28 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,310 2.25% 3,373 1.76%
Educational, health & social services: 13,619 7.10% 35,696 18.62%
Educational services 7,231 3.77% 15,395 8.03%
Health care & social assistance 6,388 3.33% 20,301 10.59%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 14,268 7.44% 15,031 7.84%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,912 1.52% 3,168 1.65%
Accommodation & food services 11,356 5.92% 11,863 6.19%
Other services (except public administration) 4,454 2.32% 5,736 2.99%
Public administration 5,803 3.03% 6,563 3.42%

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

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