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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 169,650 50.43% 166,740 49.57%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 57,368 17.05% 62,291 18.52%
Management, business, & financial operations: 25,182 7.49% 20,410 6.07%
Management, except farm managers 16,916 5.03% 11,784 3.50%
Farmers & farm managers 11 0.00% 15 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 8,255 2.45% 8,611 2.56%
Business operations specialists 3,293 0.98% 4,308 1.28%
Financial specialists 4,962 1.48% 4,303 1.28%
Professional & related occupations: 32,186 9.57% 41,881 12.45%
Computer & mathematical 6,369 1.89% 2,862 0.85%
Architecture & engineering: 3,678 1.09% 741 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,837 0.84% 508 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 841 0.25% 233 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 1,754 0.52% 1,479 0.44%
Community & social services 2,386 0.71% 4,065 1.21%
Legal 3,837 1.14% 2,819 0.84%
Education, training, & library 4,883 1.45% 15,167 4.51%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 4,270 1.27% 3,617 1.08%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 5,009 1.49% 11,131 3.31%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,941 1.17% 7,895 2.35%
Health technologists & technicians 1,068 0.32% 3,236 0.96%
Service occupations: 23,561 7.00% 29,560 8.79%
Healthcare support 1,168 0.35% 9,624 2.86%
Protective services: 7,942 2.36% 2,655 0.79%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,896 1.16% 750 0.22%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 4,046 1.20% 1,905 0.57%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,575 1.66% 5,659 1.68%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 6,908 2.05% 4,603 1.37%
Personal care & service 1,968 0.59% 7,019 2.09%
Sales & office occupations: 34,806 10.35% 62,386 18.55%
Sales & related occupations 18,465 5.49% 17,802 5.29%
Office & administrative support 16,341 4.86% 44,584 13.25%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 153 0.05% 54 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 21,969 6.53% 842 0.25%
Construction & extraction: 12,773 3.80% 310 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,398 0.42% 49 0.01%
Construction trades 11,329 3.37% 238 0.07%
Extraction 46 0.01% 23 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 9,196 2.73% 532 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 31,793 9.45% 11,607 3.45%
Production 13,830 4.11% 8,078 2.40%
Transportation & material moving: 17,963 5.34% 3,529 1.05%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 660 0.20% 140 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 84 0.02% 16 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 9,930 2.95% 1,105 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,103 0.33% 120 0.04%
Material moving 6,186 1.84% 2,148 0.64%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 169,650 50.43% 166,740 49.57%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 191 0.06% 36 0.01%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 136 0.04% 23 0.01%
Mining 55 0.02% 13 0.00%
Construction 14,457 4.30% 1,199 0.36%
Manufacturing 22,308 6.63% 13,811 4.11%
Wholesale trade 8,148 2.42% 4,761 1.42%
Retail trade 17,054 5.07% 15,612 4.64%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 17,224 5.12% 7,935 2.36%
Transportation & warehousing 15,769 4.69% 7,398 2.20%
Utilities 1,455 0.43% 537 0.16%
Information 7,805 2.32% 7,257 2.16%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 15,826 4.70% 16,952 5.04%
Finance & insurance 11,924 3.54% 14,123 4.20%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,902 1.16% 2,829 0.84%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 20,908 6.22% 18,084 5.38%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 13,608 4.05% 12,091 3.59%
Management of companies & enterprises 75 0.02% 86 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 7,225 2.15% 5,907 1.76%
Educational, health & social services: 19,799 5.89% 56,897 16.91%
Educational services 9,033 2.69% 20,354 6.05%
Health care & social assistance 10,766 3.20% 36,543 10.86%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 9,980 2.97% 9,285 2.76%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,766 0.82% 2,234 0.66%
Accommodation & food services 7,214 2.14% 7,051 2.10%
Other services (except public administration) 8,303 2.47% 8,055 2.39%
Public administration 7,647 2.27% 6,856 2.04%

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

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