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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 28,810 53.21% 25,329 46.79%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,723 10.57% 7,873 14.54%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,335 4.31% 2,041 3.77%
Management, except farm managers 1,701 3.14% 1,120 2.07%
Farmers & farm managers 182 0.34% 67 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 452 0.83% 854 1.58%
Business operations specialists 293 0.54% 497 0.92%
Financial specialists 159 0.29% 357 0.66%
Professional & related occupations: 3,388 6.26% 5,832 10.77%
Computer & mathematical 348 0.64% 147 0.27%
Architecture & engineering: 818 1.51% 114 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 531 0.98% 66 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 287 0.53% 48 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 133 0.25% 93 0.17%
Community & social services 223 0.41% 636 1.17%
Legal 136 0.25% 134 0.25%
Education, training, & library 941 1.74% 2,635 4.87%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 252 0.47% 217 0.40%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 537 0.99% 1,856 3.43%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 355 0.66% 1,116 2.06%
Health technologists & technicians 182 0.34% 740 1.37%
Service occupations: 3,336 6.16% 5,381 9.94%
Healthcare support 120 0.22% 890 1.64%
Protective services: 854 1.58% 240 0.44%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 458 0.85% 60 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 396 0.73% 180 0.33%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 999 1.85% 2,141 3.95%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,215 2.24% 831 1.53%
Personal care & service 148 0.27% 1,279 2.36%
Sales & office occupations: 4,026 7.44% 9,242 17.07%
Sales & related occupations 2,241 4.14% 2,991 5.52%
Office & administrative support 1,785 3.30% 6,251 11.55%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 250 0.46% 60 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,770 12.50% 135 0.25%
Construction & extraction: 3,480 6.43% 38 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 448 0.83% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 3,000 5.54% 38 0.07%
Extraction 32 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,290 6.08% 97 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,705 16.08% 2,638 4.87%
Production 4,946 9.14% 1,845 3.41%
Transportation & material moving: 3,759 6.94% 793 1.46%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 64 0.12% 6 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 18 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,000 3.69% 428 0.79%
Rail, water & other transportation 107 0.20% 13 0.02%
Material moving 1,570 2.90% 346 0.64%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 28,810 53.21% 25,329 46.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 545 1.01% 136 0.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 505 0.93% 136 0.25%
Mining 40 0.07% 0 0.00%
Construction 3,597 6.64% 271 0.50%
Manufacturing 6,922 12.79% 2,270 4.19%
Wholesale trade 1,196 2.21% 573 1.06%
Retail trade 3,534 6.53% 3,446 6.37%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,602 6.65% 1,174 2.17%
Transportation & warehousing 1,530 2.83% 640 1.18%
Utilities 2,072 3.83% 534 0.99%
Information 508 0.94% 473 0.87%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 680 1.26% 1,542 2.85%
Finance & insurance 319 0.59% 1,288 2.38%
Real estate & rental & leasing 361 0.67% 254 0.47%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,455 2.69% 1,391 2.57%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 662 1.22% 824 1.52%
Management of companies & enterprises 10 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 783 1.45% 567 1.05%
Educational, health & social services: 2,732 5.05% 9,300 17.18%
Educational services 1,773 3.27% 4,489 8.29%
Health care & social assistance 959 1.77% 4,811 8.89%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,669 3.08% 2,560 4.73%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 311 0.57% 286 0.53%
Accommodation & food services 1,358 2.51% 2,274 4.20%
Other services (except public administration) 1,297 2.40% 1,232 2.28%
Public administration 1,073 1.98% 961 1.78%

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

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