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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 34,612 51.68% 32,361 48.32%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 15,132 22.59% 14,640 21.86%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,551 6.80% 2,484 3.71%
Management, except farm managers 3,020 4.51% 1,434 2.14%
Farmers & farm managers 522 0.78% 51 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 1,009 1.51% 999 1.49%
Business operations specialists 466 0.70% 434 0.65%
Financial specialists 543 0.81% 565 0.84%
Professional & related occupations: 10,581 15.80% 12,156 18.15%
Computer & mathematical 2,840 4.24% 1,127 1.68%
Architecture & engineering: 1,868 2.79% 210 0.31%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,471 2.20% 152 0.23%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 397 0.59% 58 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 689 1.03% 406 0.61%
Community & social services 604 0.90% 928 1.39%
Legal 163 0.24% 228 0.34%
Education, training, & library 892 1.33% 2,448 3.66%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 601 0.90% 456 0.68%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,924 4.37% 6,353 9.49%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,263 3.38% 4,251 6.35%
Health technologists & technicians 661 0.99% 2,102 3.14%
Service occupations: 3,644 5.44% 5,807 8.67%
Healthcare support 242 0.36% 1,450 2.17%
Protective services: 748 1.12% 164 0.24%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 413 0.62% 99 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 335 0.50% 65 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,239 1.85% 1,796 2.68%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,166 1.74% 699 1.04%
Personal care & service 249 0.37% 1,698 2.54%
Sales & office occupations: 5,565 8.31% 10,081 15.05%
Sales & related occupations 3,336 4.98% 3,131 4.68%
Office & administrative support 2,229 3.33% 6,950 10.38%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 168 0.25% 57 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,795 7.16% 225 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 2,993 4.47% 112 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 351 0.52% 10 0.01%
Construction trades 2,640 3.94% 102 0.15%
Extraction 2 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,802 2.69% 113 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,308 7.93% 1,551 2.32%
Production 3,087 4.61% 1,193 1.78%
Transportation & material moving: 2,221 3.32% 358 0.53%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 96 0.14% 24 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 18 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,258 1.88% 92 0.14%
Rail, water & other transportation 101 0.15% 34 0.05%
Material moving 748 1.12% 208 0.31%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 34,612 51.68% 32,361 48.32%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 762 1.14% 127 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 736 1.10% 121 0.18%
Mining 26 0.04% 6 0.01%
Construction 3,473 5.19% 359 0.54%
Manufacturing 7,928 11.84% 2,477 3.70%
Wholesale trade 997 1.49% 232 0.35%
Retail trade 3,864 5.77% 3,647 5.45%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,453 2.17% 354 0.53%
Transportation & warehousing 1,276 1.91% 319 0.48%
Utilities 177 0.26% 35 0.05%
Information 561 0.84% 448 0.67%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,137 1.70% 1,425 2.13%
Finance & insurance 685 1.02% 1,043 1.56%
Real estate & rental & leasing 452 0.67% 382 0.57%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,301 3.44% 1,774 2.65%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,530 2.28% 1,167 1.74%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 5 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 771 1.15% 602 0.90%
Educational, health & social services: 7,645 11.42% 17,183 25.66%
Educational services 1,305 1.95% 3,053 4.56%
Health care & social assistance 6,340 9.47% 14,130 21.10%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,166 3.23% 2,248 3.36%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 441 0.66% 389 0.58%
Accommodation & food services 1,725 2.58% 1,859 2.78%
Other services (except public administration) 1,268 1.89% 1,286 1.92%
Public administration 1,057 1.58% 801 1.20%

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

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