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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 198,503 53.75% 170,772 46.25%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 75,125 20.34% 70,865 19.19%
Management, business, & financial operations: 40,246 10.90% 29,796 8.07%
Management, except farm managers 28,674 7.76% 15,866 4.30%
Farmers & farm managers 200 0.05% 38 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 11,372 3.08% 13,892 3.76%
Business operations specialists 4,950 1.34% 6,611 1.79%
Financial specialists 6,422 1.74% 7,281 1.97%
Professional & related occupations: 34,879 9.45% 41,069 11.12%
Computer & mathematical 10,167 2.75% 4,354 1.18%
Architecture & engineering: 6,711 1.82% 1,103 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,335 1.44% 716 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,376 0.37% 387 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 1,532 0.41% 1,095 0.30%
Community & social services 2,057 0.56% 3,536 0.96%
Legal 2,550 0.69% 2,024 0.55%
Education, training, & library 3,791 1.03% 14,787 4.00%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 4,038 1.09% 3,747 1.01%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,033 1.09% 10,423 2.82%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,318 0.90% 7,449 2.02%
Health technologists & technicians 715 0.19% 2,974 0.81%
Service occupations: 20,110 5.45% 24,266 6.57%
Healthcare support 581 0.16% 4,211 1.14%
Protective services: 3,669 0.99% 1,165 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,027 0.55% 437 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,642 0.44% 728 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 8,092 2.19% 8,305 2.25%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,697 1.54% 3,820 1.03%
Personal care & service 2,071 0.56% 6,765 1.83%
Sales & office occupations: 44,956 12.17% 62,978 17.05%
Sales & related occupations 29,345 7.95% 22,095 5.98%
Office & administrative support 15,611 4.23% 40,883 11.07%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 309 0.08% 143 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 28,294 7.66% 1,291 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 18,344 4.97% 620 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,099 0.57% 58 0.02%
Construction trades 16,216 4.39% 562 0.15%
Extraction 29 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 9,950 2.69% 671 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 29,709 8.05% 11,229 3.04%
Production 13,221 3.58% 7,771 2.10%
Transportation & material moving: 16,488 4.46% 3,458 0.94%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 625 0.17% 104 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 884 0.24% 57 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 7,712 2.09% 1,375 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 398 0.11% 92 0.02%
Material moving 6,869 1.86% 1,830 0.50%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 198,503 53.75% 170,772 46.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 651 0.18% 192 0.05%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 553 0.15% 192 0.05%
Mining 98 0.03% 0 0.00%
Construction 23,692 6.42% 3,191 0.86%
Manufacturing 26,745 7.24% 12,871 3.49%
Wholesale trade 12,864 3.48% 5,346 1.45%
Retail trade 21,880 5.93% 18,200 4.93%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 15,925 4.31% 6,137 1.66%
Transportation & warehousing 12,563 3.40% 4,685 1.27%
Utilities 3,362 0.91% 1,452 0.39%
Information 7,044 1.91% 6,421 1.74%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 24,261 6.57% 29,550 8.00%
Finance & insurance 19,376 5.25% 24,882 6.74%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4,885 1.32% 4,668 1.26%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 24,777 6.71% 18,435 4.99%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 16,660 4.51% 12,131 3.29%
Management of companies & enterprises 232 0.06% 224 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 7,885 2.14% 6,080 1.65%
Educational, health & social services: 13,758 3.73% 44,698 12.10%
Educational services 6,325 1.71% 18,072 4.89%
Health care & social assistance 7,433 2.01% 26,626 7.21%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 15,206 4.12% 13,690 3.71%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,516 0.95% 2,571 0.70%
Accommodation & food services 11,690 3.17% 11,119 3.01%
Other services (except public administration) 7,406 2.01% 8,369 2.27%
Public administration 4,294 1.16% 3,672 0.99%

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

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