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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 90,706 52.62% 81,667 47.38%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 44,489 25.81% 38,786 22.50%
Management, business, & financial operations: 13,951 8.09% 10,399 6.03%
Management, except farm managers 10,140 5.88% 6,358 3.69%
Farmers & farm managers 276 0.16% 108 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 3,535 2.05% 3,933 2.28%
Business operations specialists 1,931 1.12% 2,033 1.18%
Financial specialists 1,604 0.93% 1,900 1.10%
Professional & related occupations: 30,538 17.72% 28,387 16.47%
Computer & mathematical 5,723 3.32% 2,260 1.31%
Architecture & engineering: 6,427 3.73% 1,123 0.65%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,769 3.35% 916 0.53%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 658 0.38% 207 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 3,129 1.82% 2,322 1.35%
Community & social services 1,164 0.68% 2,018 1.17%
Legal 922 0.53% 826 0.48%
Education, training, & library 7,108 4.12% 9,897 5.74%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,333 1.35% 2,362 1.37%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,732 2.17% 7,579 4.40%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,224 1.87% 5,787 3.36%
Health technologists & technicians 508 0.29% 1,792 1.04%
Service occupations: 10,021 5.81% 13,094 7.60%
Healthcare support 335 0.19% 2,381 1.38%
Protective services: 1,665 0.97% 659 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 934 0.54% 240 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 731 0.42% 419 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,968 2.30% 4,953 2.87%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,861 1.66% 1,590 0.92%
Personal care & service 1,192 0.69% 3,511 2.04%
Sales & office occupations: 14,237 8.26% 24,739 14.35%
Sales & related occupations 7,899 4.58% 7,968 4.62%
Office & administrative support 6,338 3.68% 16,771 9.73%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 389 0.23% 118 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 9,210 5.34% 492 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 5,151 2.99% 137 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 725 0.42% 5 0.00%
Construction trades 4,391 2.55% 132 0.08%
Extraction 35 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,059 2.35% 355 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 12,360 7.17% 4,438 2.57%
Production 7,319 4.25% 3,445 2.00%
Transportation & material moving: 5,041 2.92% 993 0.58%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 89 0.05% 39 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 448 0.26% 8 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,201 1.28% 402 0.23%
Rail, water & other transportation 222 0.13% 95 0.06%
Material moving 2,081 1.21% 449 0.26%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 90,706 52.62% 81,667 47.38%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 774 0.45% 273 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 736 0.43% 261 0.15%
Mining 38 0.02% 12 0.01%
Construction 6,112 3.55% 650 0.38%
Manufacturing 19,021 11.03% 7,616 4.42%
Wholesale trade 2,440 1.42% 921 0.53%
Retail trade 8,552 4.96% 8,732 5.07%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,361 2.53% 1,473 0.85%
Transportation & warehousing 3,622 2.10% 1,258 0.73%
Utilities 739 0.43% 215 0.12%
Information 2,771 1.61% 2,614 1.52%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,545 2.06% 4,137 2.40%
Finance & insurance 1,998 1.16% 2,749 1.59%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,547 0.90% 1,388 0.81%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 10,907 6.33% 7,800 4.53%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 8,543 4.96% 5,916 3.43%
Management of companies & enterprises 8 0.00% 44 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,356 1.37% 1,840 1.07%
Educational, health & social services: 20,665 11.99% 35,516 20.60%
Educational services 14,448 8.38% 18,612 10.80%
Health care & social assistance 6,217 3.61% 16,904 9.81%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 6,566 3.81% 6,710 3.89%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,526 0.89% 1,311 0.76%
Accommodation & food services 5,040 2.92% 5,399 3.13%
Other services (except public administration) 2,701 1.57% 3,132 1.82%
Public administration 2,291 1.33% 2,093 1.21%

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

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