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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 107,051 52.00% 98,835 48.00%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 39,765 19.31% 39,898 19.38%
Management, business, & financial operations: 19,807 9.62% 12,909 6.27%
Management, except farm managers 13,997 6.80% 7,103 3.45%
Farmers & farm managers 197 0.10% 68 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 5,613 2.73% 5,738 2.79%
Business operations specialists 2,594 1.26% 3,203 1.56%
Financial specialists 3,019 1.47% 2,535 1.23%
Professional & related occupations: 19,958 9.69% 26,989 13.11%
Computer & mathematical 4,391 2.13% 2,158 1.05%
Architecture & engineering: 4,403 2.14% 617 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,484 1.69% 319 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 919 0.45% 298 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 1,085 0.53% 698 0.34%
Community & social services 1,101 0.53% 2,234 1.09%
Legal 1,263 0.61% 1,383 0.67%
Education, training, & library 3,175 1.54% 9,884 4.80%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,671 0.81% 1,527 0.74%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,869 1.39% 8,488 4.12%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,260 1.10% 6,032 2.93%
Health technologists & technicians 609 0.30% 2,456 1.19%
Service occupations: 12,433 6.04% 13,812 6.71%
Healthcare support 359 0.17% 3,127 1.52%
Protective services: 4,526 2.20% 889 0.43%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,369 1.64% 462 0.22%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,157 0.56% 427 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,253 1.58% 4,723 2.29%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,487 1.69% 1,303 0.63%
Personal care & service 808 0.39% 3,770 1.83%
Sales & office occupations: 21,445 10.42% 39,135 19.01%
Sales & related occupations 13,544 6.58% 11,049 5.37%
Office & administrative support 7,901 3.84% 28,086 13.64%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 270 0.13% 146 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 15,099 7.33% 533 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 7,584 3.68% 173 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,205 0.59% 6 0.00%
Construction trades 6,334 3.08% 167 0.08%
Extraction 45 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 7,515 3.65% 360 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 18,039 8.76% 5,311 2.58%
Production 7,680 3.73% 3,324 1.61%
Transportation & material moving: 10,359 5.03% 1,987 0.97%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 420 0.20% 118 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 413 0.20% 4 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 5,403 2.62% 973 0.47%
Rail, water & other transportation 595 0.29% 38 0.02%
Material moving 3,528 1.71% 854 0.41%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 107,051 52.00% 98,835 48.00%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 637 0.31% 210 0.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 591 0.29% 210 0.10%
Mining 46 0.02% 0 0.00%
Construction 10,130 4.92% 1,468 0.71%
Manufacturing 15,637 7.59% 6,921 3.36%
Wholesale trade 6,237 3.03% 2,924 1.42%
Retail trade 12,897 6.26% 11,775 5.72%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 8,565 4.16% 2,942 1.43%
Transportation & warehousing 7,044 3.42% 2,648 1.29%
Utilities 1,521 0.74% 294 0.14%
Information 4,154 2.02% 2,920 1.42%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 7,219 3.51% 10,011 4.86%
Finance & insurance 5,376 2.61% 7,819 3.80%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,843 0.90% 2,192 1.06%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 12,290 5.97% 9,554 4.64%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 8,663 4.21% 6,898 3.35%
Management of companies & enterprises 62 0.03% 27 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,565 1.73% 2,629 1.28%
Educational, health & social services: 10,756 5.22% 33,190 16.12%
Educational services 5,291 2.57% 13,621 6.62%
Health care & social assistance 5,465 2.65% 19,569 9.50%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 5,390 2.62% 6,136 2.98%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,372 0.67% 1,380 0.67%
Accommodation & food services 4,018 1.95% 4,756 2.31%
Other services (except public administration) 4,366 2.12% 4,067 1.98%
Public administration 8,773 4.26% 6,717 3.26%

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

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