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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 43,917 52.44% 39,831 47.56%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 13,721 16.38% 15,951 19.05%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,413 6.46% 4,026 4.81%
Management, except farm managers 3,737 4.46% 2,448 2.92%
Farmers & farm managers 271 0.32% 74 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 1,405 1.68% 1,504 1.80%
Business operations specialists 771 0.92% 836 1.00%
Financial specialists 634 0.76% 668 0.80%
Professional & related occupations: 8,308 9.92% 11,925 14.24%
Computer & mathematical 1,383 1.65% 565 0.67%
Architecture & engineering: 1,034 1.23% 174 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 705 0.84% 82 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 329 0.39% 92 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 329 0.39% 303 0.36%
Community & social services 798 0.95% 1,180 1.41%
Legal 332 0.40% 317 0.38%
Education, training, & library 1,928 2.30% 5,032 6.01%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,439 1.72% 1,131 1.35%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,065 1.27% 3,223 3.85%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 806 0.96% 2,266 2.71%
Health technologists & technicians 259 0.31% 957 1.14%
Service occupations: 6,875 8.21% 7,046 8.41%
Healthcare support 377 0.45% 1,753 2.09%
Protective services: 2,081 2.48% 353 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,648 1.97% 247 0.29%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 433 0.52% 106 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,939 2.32% 2,268 2.71%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,824 2.18% 802 0.96%
Personal care & service 654 0.78% 1,870 2.23%
Sales & office occupations: 7,376 8.81% 13,914 16.61%
Sales & related occupations 4,514 5.39% 4,377 5.23%
Office & administrative support 2,862 3.42% 9,537 11.39%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 350 0.42% 134 0.16%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,059 9.62% 227 0.27%
Construction & extraction: 4,823 5.76% 126 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 560 0.67% 6 0.01%
Construction trades 4,216 5.03% 120 0.14%
Extraction 47 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,236 3.86% 101 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,536 9.00% 2,559 3.06%
Production 3,844 4.59% 1,741 2.08%
Transportation & material moving: 3,692 4.41% 818 0.98%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 140 0.17% 19 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 44 0.05% 10 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,235 2.67% 500 0.60%
Rail, water & other transportation 137 0.16% 23 0.03%
Material moving 1,136 1.36% 266 0.32%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 43,917 52.44% 39,831 47.56%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 756 0.90% 389 0.46%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 696 0.83% 357 0.43%
Mining 60 0.07% 32 0.04%
Construction 5,256 6.28% 417 0.50%
Manufacturing 5,798 6.92% 2,555 3.05%
Wholesale trade 1,915 2.29% 469 0.56%
Retail trade 5,346 6.38% 4,995 5.96%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,853 3.41% 1,259 1.50%
Transportation & warehousing 2,141 2.56% 1,093 1.31%
Utilities 712 0.85% 166 0.20%
Information 1,436 1.71% 876 1.05%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,673 2.00% 2,615 3.12%
Finance & insurance 1,138 1.36% 2,080 2.48%
Real estate & rental & leasing 535 0.64% 535 0.64%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,903 4.66% 3,093 3.69%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,440 2.91% 2,162 2.58%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 20 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,463 1.75% 911 1.09%
Educational, health & social services: 5,948 7.10% 15,563 18.58%
Educational services 3,447 4.12% 7,116 8.50%
Health care & social assistance 2,501 2.99% 8,447 10.09%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,635 4.34% 3,245 3.87%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 892 1.07% 545 0.65%
Accommodation & food services 2,743 3.28% 2,700 3.22%
Other services (except public administration) 2,217 2.65% 2,026 2.42%
Public administration 3,181 3.80% 2,329 2.78%

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

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