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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 20,894 52.28% 19,070 47.72%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,298 15.76% 6,238 15.61%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,152 7.89% 1,866 4.67%
Management, except farm managers 2,279 5.70% 1,027 2.57%
Farmers & farm managers 124 0.31% 33 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 749 1.87% 806 2.02%
Business operations specialists 287 0.72% 324 0.81%
Financial specialists 462 1.16% 482 1.21%
Professional & related occupations: 3,146 7.87% 4,372 10.94%
Computer & mathematical 325 0.81% 169 0.42%
Architecture & engineering: 616 1.54% 85 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 345 0.86% 57 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 271 0.68% 28 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 131 0.33% 96 0.24%
Community & social services 206 0.52% 303 0.76%
Legal 206 0.52% 154 0.39%
Education, training, & library 549 1.37% 1,576 3.94%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 419 1.05% 366 0.92%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 694 1.74% 1,623 4.06%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 570 1.43% 1,151 2.88%
Health technologists & technicians 124 0.31% 472 1.18%
Service occupations: 2,751 6.88% 3,978 9.95%
Healthcare support 95 0.24% 878 2.20%
Protective services: 465 1.16% 85 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 278 0.70% 41 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 187 0.47% 44 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,074 2.69% 1,460 3.65%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 799 2.00% 480 1.20%
Personal care & service 318 0.80% 1,075 2.69%
Sales & office occupations: 4,019 10.06% 7,179 17.96%
Sales & related occupations 2,849 7.13% 2,868 7.18%
Office & administrative support 1,170 2.93% 4,311 10.79%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 133 0.33% 36 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,107 10.28% 123 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 2,726 6.82% 48 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 376 0.94% 8 0.02%
Construction trades 2,321 5.81% 36 0.09%
Extraction 29 0.07% 4 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,381 3.46% 75 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,586 8.97% 1,516 3.79%
Production 2,131 5.33% 1,200 3.00%
Transportation & material moving: 1,455 3.64% 316 0.79%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 50 0.13% 19 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 75 0.19% 2 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 762 1.91% 135 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 98 0.25% 9 0.02%
Material moving 470 1.18% 151 0.38%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 20,894 52.28% 19,070 47.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 487 1.22% 178 0.45%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 282 0.71% 94 0.24%
Mining 205 0.51% 84 0.21%
Construction 3,268 8.18% 351 0.88%
Manufacturing 3,278 8.20% 1,543 3.86%
Wholesale trade 1,035 2.59% 379 0.95%
Retail trade 2,814 7.04% 3,149 7.88%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 991 2.48% 286 0.72%
Transportation & warehousing 758 1.90% 217 0.54%
Utilities 233 0.58% 69 0.17%
Information 558 1.40% 478 1.20%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,018 2.55% 1,255 3.14%
Finance & insurance 584 1.46% 938 2.35%
Real estate & rental & leasing 434 1.09% 317 0.79%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,623 4.06% 1,302 3.26%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,044 2.61% 898 2.25%
Management of companies & enterprises 18 0.05% 2 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 561 1.40% 402 1.01%
Educational, health & social services: 2,221 5.56% 6,558 16.41%
Educational services 1,050 2.63% 2,215 5.54%
Health care & social assistance 1,171 2.93% 4,343 10.87%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,018 5.05% 2,273 5.69%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 543 1.36% 383 0.96%
Accommodation & food services 1,475 3.69% 1,890 4.73%
Other services (except public administration) 905 2.26% 791 1.98%
Public administration 678 1.70% 527 1.32%

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

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