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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 199,753 53.87% 171,064 46.13%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 80,752 21.78% 69,621 18.78%
Management, business, & financial operations: 33,260 8.97% 23,788 6.42%
Management, except farm managers 22,616 6.10% 13,325 3.59%
Farmers & farm managers 46 0.01% 16 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 10,598 2.86% 10,447 2.82%
Business operations specialists 4,702 1.27% 5,218 1.41%
Financial specialists 5,896 1.59% 5,229 1.41%
Professional & related occupations: 47,492 12.81% 45,833 12.36%
Computer & mathematical 19,463 5.25% 6,942 1.87%
Architecture & engineering: 6,904 1.86% 1,169 0.32%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,309 1.43% 719 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,595 0.43% 450 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 4,371 1.18% 3,301 0.89%
Community & social services 1,316 0.35% 2,468 0.67%
Legal 2,053 0.55% 1,613 0.43%
Education, training, & library 5,708 1.54% 15,207 4.10%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,285 0.89% 2,906 0.78%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,392 1.18% 12,227 3.30%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,131 0.84% 8,304 2.24%
Health technologists & technicians 1,261 0.34% 3,923 1.06%
Service occupations: 20,228 5.45% 20,651 5.57%
Healthcare support 682 0.18% 4,059 1.09%
Protective services: 6,113 1.65% 1,155 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,827 1.03% 296 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,286 0.62% 859 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 6,240 1.68% 6,902 1.86%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,678 1.53% 2,664 0.72%
Personal care & service 1,515 0.41% 5,871 1.58%
Sales & office occupations: 37,618 10.14% 67,720 18.26%
Sales & related occupations 19,919 5.37% 17,606 4.75%
Office & administrative support 17,699 4.77% 50,114 13.51%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 285 0.08% 48 0.01%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 25,540 6.89% 850 0.23%
Construction & extraction: 13,343 3.60% 291 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,921 0.52% 68 0.02%
Construction trades 11,370 3.07% 223 0.06%
Extraction 52 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 12,197 3.29% 559 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 35,330 9.53% 12,174 3.28%
Production 16,183 4.36% 8,457 2.28%
Transportation & material moving: 19,147 5.16% 3,717 1.00%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 948 0.26% 198 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 114 0.03% 26 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 9,533 2.57% 1,063 0.29%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,113 0.30% 64 0.02%
Material moving 7,439 2.01% 2,366 0.64%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 199,753 53.87% 171,064 46.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 337 0.09% 104 0.03%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 250 0.07% 62 0.02%
Mining 87 0.02% 42 0.01%
Construction 15,116 4.08% 1,668 0.45%
Manufacturing 31,135 8.40% 19,593 5.28%
Wholesale trade 11,406 3.08% 6,494 1.75%
Retail trade 21,984 5.93% 19,191 5.18%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 18,302 4.94% 6,370 1.72%
Transportation & warehousing 15,839 4.27% 5,714 1.54%
Utilities 2,463 0.66% 656 0.18%
Information 11,271 3.04% 8,155 2.20%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 17,570 4.74% 17,659 4.76%
Finance & insurance 14,530 3.92% 14,992 4.04%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,040 0.82% 2,667 0.72%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 28,343 7.64% 19,807 5.34%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 21,726 5.86% 14,673 3.96%
Management of companies & enterprises 118 0.03% 130 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 6,499 1.75% 5,004 1.35%
Educational, health & social services: 18,520 4.99% 50,410 13.59%
Educational services 10,710 2.89% 23,095 6.23%
Health care & social assistance 7,810 2.11% 27,315 7.37%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 10,205 2.75% 10,084 2.72%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,001 0.54% 1,777 0.48%
Accommodation & food services 8,204 2.21% 8,307 2.24%
Other services (except public administration) 7,475 2.02% 6,569 1.77%
Public administration 8,089 2.18% 4,960 1.34%

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

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