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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 154,518 53.44% 134,640 46.56%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 45,601 15.77% 44,299 15.32%
Management, business, & financial operations: 21,701 7.50% 14,717 5.09%
Management, except farm managers 15,213 5.26% 7,836 2.71%
Farmers & farm managers 338 0.12% 65 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 6,150 2.13% 6,816 2.36%
Business operations specialists 2,892 1.00% 3,636 1.26%
Financial specialists 3,258 1.13% 3,180 1.10%
Professional & related occupations: 23,900 8.27% 29,582 10.23%
Computer & mathematical 4,043 1.40% 1,541 0.53%
Architecture & engineering: 5,786 2.00% 745 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4,379 1.51% 430 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,407 0.49% 315 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 841 0.29% 658 0.23%
Community & social services 2,022 0.70% 2,709 0.94%
Legal 1,567 0.54% 923 0.32%
Education, training, & library 4,063 1.41% 10,943 3.78%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,939 1.02% 2,611 0.90%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,639 0.91% 9,452 3.27%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,190 0.76% 6,168 2.13%
Health technologists & technicians 449 0.16% 3,284 1.14%
Service occupations: 15,244 5.27% 23,154 8.01%
Healthcare support 585 0.20% 4,712 1.63%
Protective services: 2,341 0.81% 579 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,266 0.44% 189 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,075 0.37% 390 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,801 2.01% 8,604 2.98%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,381 1.86% 2,931 1.01%
Personal care & service 1,136 0.39% 6,328 2.19%
Sales & office occupations: 28,764 9.95% 48,690 16.84%
Sales & related occupations 18,337 6.34% 15,522 5.37%
Office & administrative support 10,427 3.61% 33,168 11.47%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 859 0.30% 433 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 21,508 7.44% 841 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 12,418 4.29% 249 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,391 0.48% 18 0.01%
Construction trades 10,965 3.79% 231 0.08%
Extraction 62 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 9,090 3.14% 592 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 42,542 14.71% 17,223 5.96%
Production 26,951 9.32% 13,677 4.73%
Transportation & material moving: 15,591 5.39% 3,546 1.23%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 336 0.12% 126 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 250 0.09% 17 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 6,864 2.37% 1,181 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 475 0.16% 77 0.03%
Material moving 7,666 2.65% 2,145 0.74%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 154,518 53.44% 134,640 46.56%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,189 0.41% 429 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,121 0.39% 429 0.15%
Mining 68 0.02% 0 0.00%
Construction 14,391 4.98% 1,708 0.59%
Manufacturing 47,330 16.37% 21,280 7.36%
Wholesale trade 11,250 3.89% 4,540 1.57%
Retail trade 18,855 6.52% 19,209 6.64%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 7,284 2.52% 2,571 0.89%
Transportation & warehousing 6,563 2.27% 2,253 0.78%
Utilities 721 0.25% 318 0.11%
Information 2,793 0.97% 2,889 1.00%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 7,025 2.43% 10,386 3.59%
Finance & insurance 4,391 1.52% 8,568 2.96%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,634 0.91% 1,818 0.63%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 12,392 4.29% 10,262 3.55%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 7,848 2.71% 6,437 2.23%
Management of companies & enterprises 98 0.03% 103 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,446 1.54% 3,722 1.29%
Educational, health & social services: 12,707 4.39% 41,732 14.43%
Educational services 6,776 2.34% 16,186 5.60%
Health care & social assistance 5,931 2.05% 25,546 8.83%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 9,604 3.32% 10,786 3.73%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,006 0.69% 1,504 0.52%
Accommodation & food services 7,598 2.63% 9,282 3.21%
Other services (except public administration) 6,521 2.26% 6,273 2.17%
Public administration 3,177 1.10% 2,575 0.89%

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

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