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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 53,813 49.12% 55,739 50.88%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 15,548 14.19% 20,290 18.52%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,481 5.92% 6,161 5.62%
Management, except farm managers 4,450 4.06% 3,193 2.91%
Farmers & farm managers 123 0.11% 16 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 1,908 1.74% 2,952 2.69%
Business operations specialists 898 0.82% 1,300 1.19%
Financial specialists 1,010 0.92% 1,652 1.51%
Professional & related occupations: 9,067 8.28% 14,129 12.90%
Computer & mathematical 867 0.79% 562 0.51%
Architecture & engineering: 1,299 1.19% 189 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 890 0.81% 112 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 409 0.37% 77 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 441 0.40% 286 0.26%
Community & social services 1,005 0.92% 1,297 1.18%
Legal 1,036 0.95% 836 0.76%
Education, training, & library 1,756 1.60% 5,679 5.18%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 975 0.89% 832 0.76%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,688 1.54% 4,448 4.06%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,213 1.11% 2,861 2.61%
Health technologists & technicians 475 0.43% 1,587 1.45%
Service occupations: 8,095 7.39% 10,366 9.46%
Healthcare support 372 0.34% 1,798 1.64%
Protective services: 1,981 1.81% 632 0.58%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,191 1.09% 359 0.33%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 790 0.72% 273 0.25%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,503 2.28% 3,674 3.35%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,478 2.26% 1,800 1.64%
Personal care & service 761 0.69% 2,462 2.25%
Sales & office occupations: 10,816 9.87% 20,708 18.90%
Sales & related occupations 6,095 5.56% 6,735 6.15%
Office & administrative support 4,721 4.31% 13,973 12.75%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 235 0.21% 85 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,793 8.03% 464 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 5,254 4.80% 178 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 585 0.53% 26 0.02%
Construction trades 4,626 4.22% 152 0.14%
Extraction 43 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,539 3.23% 286 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,326 9.43% 3,826 3.49%
Production 4,261 3.89% 2,900 2.65%
Transportation & material moving: 6,065 5.54% 926 0.85%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 172 0.16% 26 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 47 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 3,279 2.99% 424 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 182 0.17% 50 0.05%
Material moving 2,385 2.18% 426 0.39%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 53,813 49.12% 55,739 50.88%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 639 0.58% 174 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 488 0.45% 142 0.13%
Mining 151 0.14% 32 0.03%
Construction 5,968 5.45% 633 0.58%
Manufacturing 5,872 5.36% 3,159 2.88%
Wholesale trade 3,048 2.78% 926 0.85%
Retail trade 6,529 5.96% 6,417 5.86%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,506 4.11% 1,103 1.01%
Transportation & warehousing 3,768 3.44% 872 0.80%
Utilities 738 0.67% 231 0.21%
Information 1,871 1.71% 2,228 2.03%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,052 2.79% 4,961 4.53%
Finance & insurance 2,105 1.92% 4,258 3.89%
Real estate & rental & leasing 947 0.86% 703 0.64%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,610 4.21% 3,430 3.13%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,444 2.23% 2,102 1.92%
Management of companies & enterprises 7 0.01% 65 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,159 1.97% 1,263 1.15%
Educational, health & social services: 6,794 6.20% 19,794 18.07%
Educational services 3,552 3.24% 8,221 7.50%
Health care & social assistance 3,242 2.96% 11,573 10.56%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,032 3.68% 4,873 4.45%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 804 0.73% 628 0.57%
Accommodation & food services 3,228 2.95% 4,245 3.87%
Other services (except public administration) 3,197 2.92% 3,627 3.31%
Public administration 3,695 3.37% 4,414 4.03%

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

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