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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 19,780 51.96% 18,285 48.04%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,820 15.29% 6,517 17.12%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,703 7.10% 2,099 5.51%
Management, except farm managers 2,054 5.40% 1,197 3.14%
Farmers & farm managers 106 0.28% 31 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 543 1.43% 871 2.29%
Business operations specialists 313 0.82% 511 1.34%
Financial specialists 230 0.60% 360 0.95%
Professional & related occupations: 3,117 8.19% 4,418 11.61%
Computer & mathematical 398 1.05% 217 0.57%
Architecture & engineering: 654 1.72% 82 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 465 1.22% 36 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 189 0.50% 46 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 171 0.45% 146 0.38%
Community & social services 237 0.62% 391 1.03%
Legal 107 0.28% 92 0.24%
Education, training, & library 809 2.13% 1,857 4.88%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 430 1.13% 527 1.38%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 311 0.82% 1,106 2.91%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 247 0.65% 733 1.93%
Health technologists & technicians 64 0.17% 373 0.98%
Service occupations: 1,985 5.21% 2,946 7.74%
Healthcare support 70 0.18% 755 1.98%
Protective services: 391 1.03% 27 0.07%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 271 0.71% 2 0.01%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 120 0.32% 25 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 652 1.71% 986 2.59%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 715 1.88% 293 0.77%
Personal care & service 157 0.41% 885 2.32%
Sales & office occupations: 3,406 8.95% 6,661 17.50%
Sales & related occupations 2,183 5.73% 2,112 5.55%
Office & administrative support 1,223 3.21% 4,549 11.95%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 178 0.47% 65 0.17%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,625 9.52% 132 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 2,126 5.59% 54 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 339 0.89% 8 0.02%
Construction trades 1,770 4.65% 46 0.12%
Extraction 17 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,499 3.94% 78 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,766 12.52% 1,964 5.16%
Production 2,865 7.53% 1,603 4.21%
Transportation & material moving: 1,901 4.99% 361 0.95%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 68 0.18% 21 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 32 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 963 2.53% 116 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 78 0.20% 8 0.02%
Material moving 760 2.00% 216 0.57%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 19,780 51.96% 18,285 48.04%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 400 1.05% 151 0.40%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 390 1.02% 151 0.40%
Mining 10 0.03% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,455 6.45% 182 0.48%
Manufacturing 4,520 11.87% 2,661 6.99%
Wholesale trade 1,137 2.99% 573 1.51%
Retail trade 2,806 7.37% 2,462 6.47%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,064 2.80% 397 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 817 2.15% 343 0.90%
Utilities 247 0.65% 54 0.14%
Information 488 1.28% 495 1.30%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 923 2.42% 1,596 4.19%
Finance & insurance 649 1.70% 1,401 3.68%
Real estate & rental & leasing 274 0.72% 195 0.51%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,249 3.28% 972 2.55%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 693 1.82% 647 1.70%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 13 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 556 1.46% 312 0.82%
Educational, health & social services: 2,114 5.55% 6,189 16.26%
Educational services 1,324 3.48% 2,727 7.16%
Health care & social assistance 790 2.08% 3,462 9.09%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,076 2.83% 1,221 3.21%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 202 0.53% 260 0.68%
Accommodation & food services 874 2.30% 961 2.52%
Other services (except public administration) 976 2.56% 1,005 2.64%
Public administration 572 1.50% 381 1.00%

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

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