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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 192,722 50.76% 186,983 49.24%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 70,808 18.65% 79,076 20.83%
Management, business, & financial operations: 31,533 8.30% 27,283 7.19%
Management, except farm managers 21,317 5.61% 15,370 4.05%
Farmers & farm managers 231 0.06% 76 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 9,985 2.63% 11,837 3.12%
Business operations specialists 4,442 1.17% 6,346 1.67%
Financial specialists 5,543 1.46% 5,491 1.45%
Professional & related occupations: 39,275 10.34% 51,793 13.64%
Computer & mathematical 8,176 2.15% 4,854 1.28%
Architecture & engineering: 6,787 1.79% 1,141 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,087 1.34% 764 0.20%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,700 0.45% 377 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 2,798 0.74% 2,368 0.62%
Community & social services 2,387 0.63% 4,497 1.18%
Legal 3,444 0.91% 2,817 0.74%
Education, training, & library 5,224 1.38% 15,878 4.18%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,618 0.95% 3,575 0.94%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 6,841 1.80% 16,663 4.39%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 5,653 1.49% 11,948 3.15%
Health technologists & technicians 1,188 0.31% 4,715 1.24%
Service occupations: 23,399 6.16% 26,794 7.06%
Healthcare support 751 0.20% 5,487 1.45%
Protective services: 7,628 2.01% 2,226 0.59%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 4,953 1.30% 1,297 0.34%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,675 0.70% 929 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 7,324 1.93% 8,279 2.18%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,605 1.48% 2,935 0.77%
Personal care & service 2,091 0.55% 7,867 2.07%
Sales & office occupations: 37,602 9.90% 72,624 19.13%
Sales & related occupations 22,315 5.88% 20,959 5.52%
Office & administrative support 15,287 4.03% 51,665 13.61%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 258 0.07% 161 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 29,308 7.72% 1,038 0.27%
Construction & extraction: 15,732 4.14% 433 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,245 0.59% 127 0.03%
Construction trades 13,440 3.54% 299 0.08%
Extraction 47 0.01% 7 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 13,576 3.58% 605 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 31,347 8.26% 7,290 1.92%
Production 14,378 3.79% 4,925 1.30%
Transportation & material moving: 16,969 4.47% 2,365 0.62%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 513 0.14% 140 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 169 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 9,416 2.48% 1,027 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,078 0.28% 84 0.02%
Material moving 5,793 1.53% 1,114 0.29%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 192,722 50.76% 186,983 49.24%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 604 0.16% 310 0.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 453 0.12% 284 0.07%
Mining 151 0.04% 26 0.01%
Construction 19,620 5.17% 2,874 0.76%
Manufacturing 24,569 6.47% 9,460 2.49%
Wholesale trade 8,990 2.37% 3,903 1.03%
Retail trade 21,844 5.75% 21,018 5.54%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 13,917 3.67% 4,811 1.27%
Transportation & warehousing 11,693 3.08% 4,151 1.09%
Utilities 2,224 0.59% 660 0.17%
Information 6,498 1.71% 5,816 1.53%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 14,850 3.91% 21,180 5.58%
Finance & insurance 10,288 2.71% 16,849 4.44%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4,562 1.20% 4,331 1.14%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 21,883 5.76% 18,166 4.78%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 14,805 3.90% 12,446 3.28%
Management of companies & enterprises 130 0.03% 102 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 6,948 1.83% 5,618 1.48%
Educational, health & social services: 22,980 6.05% 64,122 16.89%
Educational services 10,843 2.86% 25,538 6.73%
Health care & social assistance 12,137 3.20% 38,584 10.16%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 12,626 3.33% 12,154 3.20%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,265 0.86% 2,948 0.78%
Accommodation & food services 9,361 2.47% 9,206 2.42%
Other services (except public administration) 9,449 2.49% 9,022 2.38%
Public administration 14,892 3.92% 14,147 3.73%

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

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