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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 181,618 51.92% 168,217 48.08%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 68,733 19.65% 69,013 19.73%
Management, business, & financial operations: 32,839 9.39% 23,489 6.71%
Management, except farm managers 23,671 6.77% 13,982 4.00%
Farmers & farm managers 226 0.06% 101 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 8,942 2.56% 9,406 2.69%
Business operations specialists 3,924 1.12% 4,721 1.35%
Financial specialists 5,018 1.43% 4,685 1.34%
Professional & related occupations: 35,894 10.26% 45,524 13.01%
Computer & mathematical 8,094 2.31% 3,226 0.92%
Architecture & engineering: 8,825 2.52% 1,351 0.39%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 6,756 1.93% 903 0.26%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,069 0.59% 448 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 1,974 0.56% 1,667 0.48%
Community & social services 1,731 0.49% 4,050 1.16%
Legal 2,527 0.72% 2,295 0.66%
Education, training, & library 4,982 1.42% 15,540 4.44%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,565 1.02% 3,659 1.05%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,196 1.20% 13,736 3.93%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,208 0.92% 9,771 2.79%
Health technologists & technicians 988 0.28% 3,965 1.13%
Service occupations: 20,695 5.92% 27,029 7.73%
Healthcare support 839 0.24% 6,697 1.91%
Protective services: 5,229 1.49% 906 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,551 1.02% 292 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,678 0.48% 614 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 6,752 1.93% 8,447 2.41%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 6,111 1.75% 2,817 0.81%
Personal care & service 1,764 0.50% 8,162 2.33%
Sales & office occupations: 35,871 10.25% 58,503 16.72%
Sales & related occupations 20,990 6.00% 18,810 5.38%
Office & administrative support 14,881 4.25% 39,693 11.35%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 896 0.26% 180 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 24,623 7.04% 1,065 0.30%
Construction & extraction: 15,051 4.30% 405 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,864 0.53% 25 0.01%
Construction trades 13,147 3.76% 380 0.11%
Extraction 40 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 9,572 2.74% 660 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 30,800 8.80% 12,427 3.55%
Production 17,916 5.12% 9,311 2.66%
Transportation & material moving: 12,884 3.68% 3,116 0.89%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 373 0.11% 171 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 230 0.07% 25 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 6,258 1.79% 1,137 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 919 0.26% 72 0.02%
Material moving 5,104 1.46% 1,711 0.49%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 181,618 51.92% 168,217 48.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,348 0.39% 360 0.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,249 0.36% 347 0.10%
Mining 99 0.03% 13 0.00%
Construction 16,760 4.79% 1,708 0.49%
Manufacturing 38,166 10.91% 17,668 5.05%
Wholesale trade 8,888 2.54% 3,906 1.12%
Retail trade 20,541 5.87% 18,825 5.38%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 10,907 3.12% 4,722 1.35%
Transportation & warehousing 8,893 2.54% 4,277 1.22%
Utilities 2,014 0.58% 445 0.13%
Information 6,779 1.94% 6,058 1.73%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 11,986 3.43% 14,187 4.06%
Finance & insurance 8,374 2.39% 11,154 3.19%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,612 1.03% 3,033 0.87%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 21,681 6.20% 17,503 5.00%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 15,320 4.38% 12,253 3.50%
Management of companies & enterprises 197 0.06% 179 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 6,164 1.76% 5,071 1.45%
Educational, health & social services: 18,482 5.28% 56,872 16.26%
Educational services 9,266 2.65% 21,202 6.06%
Health care & social assistance 9,216 2.63% 35,670 10.20%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 11,051 3.16% 11,544 3.30%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,606 0.74% 2,365 0.68%
Accommodation & food services 8,445 2.41% 9,179 2.62%
Other services (except public administration) 7,041 2.01% 8,509 2.43%
Public administration 7,988 2.28% 6,355 1.82%

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

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