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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 42,831 52.72% 38,407 47.28%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 13,672 16.83% 14,327 17.64%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,140 7.56% 4,400 5.42%
Management, except farm managers 4,508 5.55% 2,632 3.24%
Farmers & farm managers 74 0.09% 28 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 1,558 1.92% 1,740 2.14%
Business operations specialists 812 1.00% 768 0.95%
Financial specialists 746 0.92% 972 1.20%
Professional & related occupations: 7,532 9.27% 9,927 12.22%
Computer & mathematical 815 1.00% 312 0.38%
Architecture & engineering: 1,904 2.34% 334 0.41%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,465 1.80% 207 0.25%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 439 0.54% 127 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 596 0.73% 455 0.56%
Community & social services 559 0.69% 885 1.09%
Legal 267 0.33% 329 0.40%
Education, training, & library 1,261 1.55% 3,462 4.26%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 934 1.15% 978 1.20%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,196 1.47% 3,172 3.90%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 996 1.23% 2,303 2.83%
Health technologists & technicians 200 0.25% 869 1.07%
Service occupations: 5,903 7.27% 7,513 9.25%
Healthcare support 118 0.15% 1,625 2.00%
Protective services: 1,299 1.60% 279 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 954 1.17% 145 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 345 0.42% 134 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,326 2.86% 2,782 3.42%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,607 1.98% 1,068 1.31%
Personal care & service 553 0.68% 1,759 2.17%
Sales & office occupations: 7,911 9.74% 14,054 17.30%
Sales & related occupations 5,789 7.13% 5,636 6.94%
Office & administrative support 2,122 2.61% 8,418 10.36%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 179 0.22% 14 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,288 10.20% 394 0.48%
Construction & extraction: 5,531 6.81% 306 0.38%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 914 1.13% 58 0.07%
Construction trades 4,589 5.65% 248 0.31%
Extraction 28 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,757 3.39% 88 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,878 8.47% 2,105 2.59%
Production 3,401 4.19% 1,585 1.95%
Transportation & material moving: 3,477 4.28% 520 0.64%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 103 0.13% 13 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 116 0.14% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,903 2.34% 261 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 247 0.30% 65 0.08%
Material moving 1,108 1.36% 181 0.22%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 42,831 52.72% 38,407 47.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 327 0.40% 42 0.05%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 288 0.35% 42 0.05%
Mining 39 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 6,911 8.51% 1,219 1.50%
Manufacturing 5,554 6.84% 2,447 3.01%
Wholesale trade 1,888 2.32% 592 0.73%
Retail trade 5,594 6.89% 5,813 7.16%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,563 3.15% 786 0.97%
Transportation & warehousing 1,821 2.24% 591 0.73%
Utilities 742 0.91% 195 0.24%
Information 1,168 1.44% 845 1.04%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,396 2.95% 2,664 3.28%
Finance & insurance 1,254 1.54% 1,505 1.85%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,142 1.41% 1,159 1.43%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,087 5.03% 3,606 4.44%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,428 2.99% 2,445 3.01%
Management of companies & enterprises 8 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,651 2.03% 1,161 1.43%
Educational, health & social services: 3,735 4.60% 12,467 15.35%
Educational services 1,882 2.32% 4,969 6.12%
Health care & social assistance 1,853 2.28% 7,498 9.23%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,375 5.39% 4,386 5.40%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,024 1.26% 695 0.86%
Accommodation & food services 3,351 4.12% 3,691 4.54%
Other services (except public administration) 2,193 2.70% 2,215 2.73%
Public administration 2,040 2.51% 1,325 1.63%

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

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