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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 39,922 48.20% 42,904 51.80%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 15,535 18.76% 20,011 24.16%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,235 6.32% 4,884 5.90%
Management, except farm managers 3,850 4.65% 3,237 3.91%
Farmers & farm managers 154 0.19% 66 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 1,231 1.49% 1,581 1.91%
Business operations specialists 695 0.84% 919 1.11%
Financial specialists 536 0.65% 662 0.80%
Professional & related occupations: 10,300 12.44% 15,127 18.26%
Computer & mathematical 1,209 1.46% 764 0.92%
Architecture & engineering: 1,419 1.71% 227 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,064 1.28% 152 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 355 0.43% 75 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 797 0.96% 733 0.88%
Community & social services 862 1.04% 1,479 1.79%
Legal 325 0.39% 359 0.43%
Education, training, & library 3,247 3.92% 6,566 7.93%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,160 1.40% 1,187 1.43%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,281 1.55% 3,812 4.60%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,071 1.29% 2,714 3.28%
Health technologists & technicians 210 0.25% 1,098 1.33%
Service occupations: 5,344 6.45% 7,418 8.96%
Healthcare support 269 0.32% 1,407 1.70%
Protective services: 1,044 1.26% 316 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 738 0.89% 96 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 306 0.37% 220 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,810 2.19% 3,174 3.83%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,723 2.08% 761 0.92%
Personal care & service 498 0.60% 1,760 2.12%
Sales & office occupations: 6,593 7.96% 13,059 15.77%
Sales & related occupations 3,468 4.19% 3,703 4.47%
Office & administrative support 3,125 3.77% 9,356 11.30%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 260 0.31% 83 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,321 6.42% 176 0.21%
Construction & extraction: 2,870 3.47% 60 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 417 0.50% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,415 2.92% 60 0.07%
Extraction 38 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,451 2.96% 116 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,869 8.29% 2,157 2.60%
Production 3,617 4.37% 1,516 1.83%
Transportation & material moving: 3,252 3.93% 641 0.77%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 76 0.09% 13 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 64 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,726 2.08% 324 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 136 0.16% 27 0.03%
Material moving 1,250 1.51% 277 0.33%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 39,922 48.20% 42,904 51.80%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 448 0.54% 189 0.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 416 0.50% 186 0.22%
Mining 32 0.04% 3 0.00%
Construction 3,149 3.80% 353 0.43%
Manufacturing 6,078 7.34% 2,479 2.99%
Wholesale trade 1,449 1.75% 525 0.63%
Retail trade 4,286 5.17% 3,952 4.77%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,259 2.73% 766 0.92%
Transportation & warehousing 1,790 2.16% 634 0.77%
Utilities 469 0.57% 132 0.16%
Information 1,147 1.38% 1,221 1.47%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,611 1.95% 2,305 2.78%
Finance & insurance 988 1.19% 1,728 2.09%
Real estate & rental & leasing 623 0.75% 577 0.70%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,050 3.68% 2,563 3.09%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,775 2.14% 1,776 2.14%
Management of companies & enterprises 27 0.03% 19 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,248 1.51% 768 0.93%
Educational, health & social services: 9,874 11.92% 21,572 26.04%
Educational services 7,068 8.53% 13,062 15.77%
Health care & social assistance 2,806 3.39% 8,510 10.27%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,898 3.50% 3,564 4.30%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 610 0.74% 673 0.81%
Accommodation & food services 2,288 2.76% 2,891 3.49%
Other services (except public administration) 1,799 2.17% 1,709 2.06%
Public administration 1,874 2.26% 1,706 2.06%

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

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