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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 31,081 49.72% 31,428 50.28%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 15,148 24.23% 15,954 25.52%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,141 6.62% 3,755 6.01%
Management, except farm managers 3,236 5.18% 2,474 3.96%
Farmers & farm managers 152 0.24% 19 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 753 1.20% 1,262 2.02%
Business operations specialists 431 0.69% 648 1.04%
Financial specialists 322 0.52% 614 0.98%
Professional & related occupations: 11,007 17.61% 12,199 19.52%
Computer & mathematical 1,889 3.02% 967 1.55%
Architecture & engineering: 1,000 1.60% 190 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 840 1.34% 73 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 160 0.26% 117 0.19%
Life, physical, & social science 1,683 2.69% 1,459 2.33%
Community & social services 425 0.68% 751 1.20%
Legal 376 0.60% 400 0.64%
Education, training, & library 2,953 4.72% 4,162 6.66%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 906 1.45% 1,077 1.72%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,775 2.84% 3,193 5.11%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,399 2.24% 2,205 3.53%
Health technologists & technicians 376 0.60% 988 1.58%
Service occupations: 3,722 5.95% 4,517 7.23%
Healthcare support 144 0.23% 892 1.43%
Protective services: 525 0.84% 166 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 321 0.51% 68 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 204 0.33% 98 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,737 2.78% 1,522 2.43%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 932 1.49% 626 1.00%
Personal care & service 384 0.61% 1,311 2.10%
Sales & office occupations: 4,737 7.58% 9,334 14.93%
Sales & related occupations 2,606 4.17% 2,668 4.27%
Office & administrative support 2,131 3.41% 6,666 10.66%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 120 0.19% 43 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,428 7.08% 144 0.23%
Construction & extraction: 2,961 4.74% 94 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 374 0.60% 14 0.02%
Construction trades 2,574 4.12% 80 0.13%
Extraction 13 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,467 2.35% 50 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,926 4.68% 1,436 2.30%
Production 1,397 2.23% 1,075 1.72%
Transportation & material moving: 1,529 2.45% 361 0.58%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 39 0.06% 27 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 29 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 818 1.31% 139 0.22%
Rail, water & other transportation 84 0.13% 9 0.01%
Material moving 559 0.89% 186 0.30%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 31,081 49.72% 31,428 50.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 338 0.54% 97 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 268 0.43% 97 0.16%
Mining 70 0.11% 0 0.00%
Construction 3,310 5.30% 381 0.61%
Manufacturing 2,883 4.61% 1,870 2.99%
Wholesale trade 520 0.83% 289 0.46%
Retail trade 2,830 4.53% 2,652 4.24%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 948 1.52% 241 0.39%
Transportation & warehousing 737 1.18% 220 0.35%
Utilities 211 0.34% 21 0.03%
Information 1,200 1.92% 1,144 1.83%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,062 1.70% 1,709 2.73%
Finance & insurance 603 0.96% 1,263 2.02%
Real estate & rental & leasing 459 0.73% 446 0.71%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,943 6.31% 3,174 5.08%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,947 4.71% 2,432 3.89%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 29 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 996 1.59% 713 1.14%
Educational, health & social services: 8,734 13.97% 14,906 23.85%
Educational services 5,747 9.19% 8,327 13.32%
Health care & social assistance 2,987 4.78% 6,579 10.52%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,792 4.47% 2,651 4.24%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 482 0.77% 690 1.10%
Accommodation & food services 2,310 3.70% 1,961 3.14%
Other services (except public administration) 1,424 2.28% 1,374 2.20%
Public administration 1,097 1.75% 940 1.50%

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

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