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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 110,280 51.12% 105,434 48.88%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 39,141 18.14% 41,810 19.38%
Management, business, & financial operations: 16,495 7.65% 12,010 5.57%
Management, except farm managers 11,936 5.53% 6,641 3.08%
Farmers & farm managers 377 0.17% 110 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 4,182 1.94% 5,259 2.44%
Business operations specialists 2,066 0.96% 2,915 1.35%
Financial specialists 2,116 0.98% 2,344 1.09%
Professional & related occupations: 22,646 10.50% 29,800 13.81%
Computer & mathematical 3,299 1.53% 1,139 0.53%
Architecture & engineering: 4,508 2.09% 494 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,516 1.63% 313 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 992 0.46% 181 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 1,057 0.49% 675 0.31%
Community & social services 1,628 0.75% 2,967 1.38%
Legal 1,522 0.71% 1,101 0.51%
Education, training, & library 4,841 2.24% 11,773 5.46%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,231 1.03% 1,870 0.87%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,560 1.65% 9,781 4.53%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,739 1.27% 6,906 3.20%
Health technologists & technicians 821 0.38% 2,875 1.33%
Service occupations: 14,010 6.49% 17,461 8.09%
Healthcare support 580 0.27% 4,340 2.01%
Protective services: 3,249 1.51% 881 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,975 0.92% 261 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,274 0.59% 620 0.29%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,846 2.25% 6,290 2.92%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,085 1.89% 2,058 0.95%
Personal care & service 1,250 0.58% 3,892 1.80%
Sales & office occupations: 22,509 10.43% 39,055 18.10%
Sales & related occupations 13,611 6.31% 12,418 5.76%
Office & administrative support 8,898 4.12% 26,637 12.35%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 475 0.22% 177 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 13,343 6.19% 557 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 6,448 2.99% 199 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 914 0.42% 41 0.02%
Construction trades 5,488 2.54% 158 0.07%
Extraction 46 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,895 3.20% 358 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 20,802 9.64% 6,374 2.95%
Production 11,198 5.19% 4,875 2.26%
Transportation & material moving: 9,604 4.45% 1,499 0.69%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 309 0.14% 71 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 162 0.08% 5 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 5,054 2.34% 741 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 333 0.15% 91 0.04%
Material moving 3,746 1.74% 591 0.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 110,280 51.12% 105,434 48.88%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 947 0.44% 277 0.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 849 0.39% 271 0.13%
Mining 98 0.05% 6 0.00%
Construction 8,057 3.74% 1,280 0.59%
Manufacturing 19,158 8.88% 8,635 4.00%
Wholesale trade 6,576 3.05% 2,429 1.13%
Retail trade 13,215 6.13% 12,416 5.76%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 8,441 3.91% 2,966 1.37%
Transportation & warehousing 5,684 2.63% 2,083 0.97%
Utilities 2,757 1.28% 883 0.41%
Information 3,551 1.65% 3,553 1.65%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 6,349 2.94% 8,965 4.16%
Finance & insurance 4,067 1.89% 7,373 3.42%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,282 1.06% 1,592 0.74%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 9,761 4.52% 7,893 3.66%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 6,595 3.06% 5,343 2.48%
Management of companies & enterprises 26 0.01% 46 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,140 1.46% 2,504 1.16%
Educational, health & social services: 16,438 7.62% 40,133 18.60%
Educational services 9,240 4.28% 17,688 8.20%
Health care & social assistance 7,198 3.34% 22,445 10.40%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 7,596 3.52% 7,928 3.68%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,642 0.76% 1,285 0.60%
Accommodation & food services 5,954 2.76% 6,643 3.08%
Other services (except public administration) 5,374 2.49% 5,562 2.58%
Public administration 4,817 2.23% 3,397 1.57%

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

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