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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 30,608 54.12% 25,945 45.88%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,315 12.93% 8,440 14.92%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,310 5.85% 2,446 4.33%
Management, except farm managers 2,563 4.53% 1,602 2.83%
Farmers & farm managers 51 0.09% 28 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 696 1.23% 816 1.44%
Business operations specialists 448 0.79% 340 0.60%
Financial specialists 248 0.44% 476 0.84%
Professional & related occupations: 4,005 7.08% 5,994 10.60%
Computer & mathematical 332 0.59% 149 0.26%
Architecture & engineering: 1,436 2.54% 234 0.41%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,073 1.90% 107 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 363 0.64% 127 0.22%
Life, physical, & social science 225 0.40% 126 0.22%
Community & social services 239 0.42% 252 0.45%
Legal 155 0.27% 265 0.47%
Education, training, & library 636 1.12% 2,690 4.76%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 369 0.65% 281 0.50%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 613 1.08% 1,997 3.53%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 524 0.93% 1,124 1.99%
Health technologists & technicians 89 0.16% 873 1.54%
Service occupations: 4,198 7.42% 5,892 10.42%
Healthcare support 61 0.11% 645 1.14%
Protective services: 1,123 1.99% 325 0.57%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 617 1.09% 114 0.20%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 506 0.89% 211 0.37%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,159 2.05% 2,425 4.29%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,080 1.91% 1,002 1.77%
Personal care & service 775 1.37% 1,495 2.64%
Sales & office occupations: 3,881 6.86% 9,474 16.75%
Sales & related occupations 2,172 3.84% 3,546 6.27%
Office & administrative support 1,709 3.02% 5,928 10.48%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 201 0.36% 47 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,808 13.81% 486 0.86%
Construction & extraction: 5,597 9.90% 397 0.70%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 808 1.43% 16 0.03%
Construction trades 4,731 8.37% 381 0.67%
Extraction 58 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,211 3.91% 89 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,205 12.74% 1,606 2.84%
Production 4,402 7.78% 1,053 1.86%
Transportation & material moving: 2,803 4.96% 553 0.98%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 95 0.17% 20 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 88 0.16% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,212 2.14% 191 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 462 0.82% 54 0.10%
Material moving 946 1.67% 288 0.51%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 30,608 54.12% 25,945 45.88%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 731 1.29% 110 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 268 0.47% 93 0.16%
Mining 463 0.82% 17 0.03%
Construction 4,261 7.53% 576 1.02%
Manufacturing 9,225 16.31% 2,503 4.43%
Wholesale trade 965 1.71% 269 0.48%
Retail trade 2,880 5.09% 3,664 6.48%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,578 2.79% 383 0.68%
Transportation & warehousing 1,171 2.07% 226 0.40%
Utilities 407 0.72% 157 0.28%
Information 218 0.39% 358 0.63%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 788 1.39% 1,526 2.70%
Finance & insurance 459 0.81% 1,087 1.92%
Real estate & rental & leasing 329 0.58% 439 0.78%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,773 3.14% 1,509 2.67%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 931 1.65% 1,028 1.82%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 26 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 842 1.49% 455 0.80%
Educational, health & social services: 1,902 3.36% 7,817 13.82%
Educational services 827 1.46% 3,445 6.09%
Health care & social assistance 1,075 1.90% 4,372 7.73%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,368 5.96% 4,746 8.39%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,050 3.62% 2,386 4.22%
Accommodation & food services 1,318 2.33% 2,360 4.17%
Other services (except public administration) 1,234 2.18% 974 1.72%
Public administration 1,685 2.98% 1,510 2.67%

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

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