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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 235,821 54.18% 199,456 45.82%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 99,725 22.91% 87,751 20.16%
Management, business, & financial operations: 51,579 11.85% 31,134 7.15%
Management, except farm managers 36,515 8.39% 18,943 4.35%
Farmers & farm managers 82 0.02% 54 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 14,982 3.44% 12,137 2.79%
Business operations specialists 5,613 1.29% 5,886 1.35%
Financial specialists 9,369 2.15% 6,251 1.44%
Professional & related occupations: 48,146 11.06% 56,617 13.01%
Computer & mathematical 11,956 2.75% 4,620 1.06%
Architecture & engineering: 6,113 1.40% 892 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4,945 1.14% 619 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,168 0.27% 273 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 2,308 0.53% 2,350 0.54%
Community & social services 1,900 0.44% 3,014 0.69%
Legal 4,680 1.08% 2,732 0.63%
Education, training, & library 6,441 1.48% 20,070 4.61%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 6,960 1.60% 5,967 1.37%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 7,788 1.79% 16,972 3.90%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 6,544 1.50% 13,434 3.09%
Health technologists & technicians 1,244 0.29% 3,538 0.81%
Service occupations: 23,767 5.46% 23,664 5.44%
Healthcare support 889 0.20% 5,462 1.25%
Protective services: 6,842 1.57% 1,105 0.25%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 4,167 0.96% 298 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,675 0.61% 807 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 7,903 1.82% 5,661 1.30%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,796 1.33% 3,306 0.76%
Personal care & service 2,337 0.54% 8,130 1.87%
Sales & office occupations: 53,465 12.28% 78,137 17.95%
Sales & related occupations 34,678 7.97% 24,685 5.67%
Office & administrative support 18,787 4.32% 53,452 12.28%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 106 0.02% 74 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 28,144 6.47% 690 0.16%
Construction & extraction: 16,143 3.71% 318 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,244 0.52% 91 0.02%
Construction trades 13,883 3.19% 195 0.04%
Extraction 16 0.00% 32 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 12,001 2.76% 372 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 30,614 7.03% 9,140 2.10%
Production 14,508 3.33% 7,015 1.61%
Transportation & material moving: 16,106 3.70% 2,125 0.49%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 731 0.17% 185 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 179 0.04% 32 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 9,951 2.29% 749 0.17%
Rail, water & other transportation 994 0.23% 56 0.01%
Material moving 4,251 0.98% 1,103 0.25%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 235,821 54.18% 199,456 45.82%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 256 0.06% 278 0.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 157 0.04% 179 0.04%
Mining 99 0.02% 99 0.02%
Construction 19,627 4.51% 2,238 0.51%
Manufacturing 30,525 7.01% 18,918 4.35%
Wholesale trade 16,200 3.72% 8,975 2.06%
Retail trade 27,694 6.36% 23,806 5.47%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 17,872 4.11% 5,317 1.22%
Transportation & warehousing 15,648 3.59% 4,800 1.10%
Utilities 2,224 0.51% 517 0.12%
Information 12,027 2.76% 9,796 2.25%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 24,102 5.54% 19,571 4.50%
Finance & insurance 18,765 4.31% 15,226 3.50%
Real estate & rental & leasing 5,337 1.23% 4,345 1.00%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 30,329 6.97% 22,902 5.26%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 22,572 5.19% 17,085 3.93%
Management of companies & enterprises 194 0.04% 222 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 7,563 1.74% 5,595 1.29%
Educational, health & social services: 23,125 5.31% 61,687 14.17%
Educational services 10,642 2.44% 25,892 5.95%
Health care & social assistance 12,483 2.87% 35,795 8.22%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 15,206 3.49% 10,266 2.36%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 4,448 1.02% 3,159 0.73%
Accommodation & food services 10,758 2.47% 7,107 1.63%
Other services (except public administration) 10,596 2.43% 10,954 2.52%
Public administration 8,262 1.90% 4,748 1.09%

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

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