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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 81,277 53.56% 70,467 46.44%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 23,999 15.82% 26,358 17.37%
Management, business, & financial operations: 11,718 7.72% 7,487 4.93%
Management, except farm managers 8,487 5.59% 4,612 3.04%
Farmers & farm managers 473 0.31% 171 0.11%
Business & financial operations: 2,758 1.82% 2,704 1.78%
Business operations specialists 1,410 0.93% 1,424 0.94%
Financial specialists 1,348 0.89% 1,280 0.84%
Professional & related occupations: 12,281 8.09% 18,871 12.44%
Computer & mathematical 2,173 1.43% 838 0.55%
Architecture & engineering: 2,090 1.38% 345 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,361 0.90% 214 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 729 0.48% 131 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 522 0.34% 552 0.36%
Community & social services 791 0.52% 1,528 1.01%
Legal 648 0.43% 646 0.43%
Education, training, & library 3,002 1.98% 7,614 5.02%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,311 0.86% 1,137 0.75%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,744 1.15% 6,211 4.09%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,252 0.83% 4,490 2.96%
Health technologists & technicians 492 0.32% 1,721 1.13%
Service occupations: 13,322 8.78% 11,728 7.73%
Healthcare support 332 0.22% 2,809 1.85%
Protective services: 6,203 4.09% 1,025 0.68%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 5,204 3.43% 645 0.43%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 999 0.66% 380 0.25%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,834 1.87% 3,758 2.48%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,260 2.15% 1,158 0.76%
Personal care & service 693 0.46% 2,978 1.96%
Sales & office occupations: 14,619 9.63% 27,190 17.92%
Sales & related occupations 8,860 5.84% 9,443 6.22%
Office & administrative support 5,759 3.80% 17,747 11.70%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 420 0.28% 182 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 15,158 9.99% 375 0.25%
Construction & extraction: 8,690 5.73% 171 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,196 0.79% 30 0.02%
Construction trades 7,458 4.91% 141 0.09%
Extraction 36 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,468 4.26% 204 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 13,759 9.07% 4,634 3.05%
Production 6,168 4.06% 2,993 1.97%
Transportation & material moving: 7,591 5.00% 1,641 1.08%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 307 0.20% 64 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 104 0.07% 1 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,038 2.66% 777 0.51%
Rail, water & other transportation 340 0.22% 59 0.04%
Material moving 2,802 1.85% 740 0.49%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 81,277 53.56% 70,467 46.44%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,149 0.76% 397 0.26%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 954 0.63% 374 0.25%
Mining 195 0.13% 23 0.02%
Construction 9,460 6.23% 837 0.55%
Manufacturing 9,992 6.58% 5,412 3.57%
Wholesale trade 4,435 2.92% 1,711 1.13%
Retail trade 10,539 6.95% 9,860 6.50%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 7,047 4.64% 2,034 1.34%
Transportation & warehousing 5,462 3.60% 1,805 1.19%
Utilities 1,585 1.04% 229 0.15%
Information 3,211 2.12% 2,044 1.35%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,138 2.73% 5,564 3.67%
Finance & insurance 2,823 1.86% 4,306 2.84%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,315 0.87% 1,258 0.83%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,474 4.27% 5,105 3.36%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,689 2.43% 3,563 2.35%
Management of companies & enterprises 23 0.02% 32 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,762 1.82% 1,510 1.00%
Educational, health & social services: 9,613 6.34% 26,554 17.50%
Educational services 5,612 3.70% 11,837 7.80%
Health care & social assistance 4,001 2.64% 14,717 9.70%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,211 2.78% 4,168 2.75%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,139 0.75% 790 0.52%
Accommodation & food services 3,072 2.02% 3,378 2.23%
Other services (except public administration) 3,259 2.15% 3,073 2.03%
Public administration 7,749 5.11% 3,708 2.44%

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

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