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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 34,334 55.15% 27,927 44.85%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,658 15.51% 9,430 15.15%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,566 8.94% 3,586 5.76%
Management, except farm managers 4,027 6.47% 1,951 3.13%
Farmers & farm managers 414 0.66% 152 0.24%
Business & financial operations: 1,125 1.81% 1,483 2.38%
Business operations specialists 606 0.97% 746 1.20%
Financial specialists 519 0.83% 737 1.18%
Professional & related occupations: 4,092 6.57% 5,844 9.39%
Computer & mathematical 1,015 1.63% 314 0.50%
Architecture & engineering: 985 1.58% 122 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 589 0.95% 49 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 396 0.64% 73 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 125 0.20% 33 0.05%
Community & social services 424 0.68% 422 0.68%
Legal 90 0.14% 212 0.34%
Education, training, & library 539 0.87% 2,528 4.06%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 434 0.70% 289 0.46%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 480 0.77% 1,924 3.09%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 345 0.55% 1,366 2.19%
Health technologists & technicians 135 0.22% 558 0.90%
Service occupations: 3,075 4.94% 4,300 6.91%
Healthcare support 56 0.09% 720 1.16%
Protective services: 714 1.15% 163 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 515 0.83% 88 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 199 0.32% 75 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 867 1.39% 1,464 2.35%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,206 1.94% 617 0.99%
Personal care & service 232 0.37% 1,336 2.15%
Sales & office occupations: 6,379 10.25% 11,101 17.83%
Sales & related occupations 4,271 6.86% 3,493 5.61%
Office & administrative support 2,108 3.39% 7,608 12.22%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 209 0.34% 86 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,482 12.02% 283 0.45%
Construction & extraction: 4,501 7.23% 166 0.27%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 781 1.25% 46 0.07%
Construction trades 3,685 5.92% 120 0.19%
Extraction 35 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,981 4.79% 117 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,531 12.10% 2,727 4.38%
Production 4,474 7.19% 2,239 3.60%
Transportation & material moving: 3,057 4.91% 488 0.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 56 0.09% 23 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 59 0.09% 11 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 1,744 2.80% 159 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 104 0.17% 8 0.01%
Material moving 1,094 1.76% 287 0.46%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 34,334 55.15% 27,927 44.85%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 739 1.19% 214 0.34%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 646 1.04% 214 0.34%
Mining 93 0.15% 0 0.00%
Construction 6,264 10.06% 1,080 1.73%
Manufacturing 7,468 11.99% 3,928 6.31%
Wholesale trade 2,381 3.82% 844 1.36%
Retail trade 4,208 6.76% 4,101 6.59%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,095 3.36% 704 1.13%
Transportation & warehousing 1,650 2.65% 526 0.84%
Utilities 445 0.71% 178 0.29%
Information 755 1.21% 723 1.16%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,849 2.97% 2,863 4.60%
Finance & insurance 1,252 2.01% 2,378 3.82%
Real estate & rental & leasing 597 0.96% 485 0.78%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,781 4.47% 1,894 3.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,538 2.47% 1,156 1.86%
Management of companies & enterprises 3 0.00% 2 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,240 1.99% 736 1.18%
Educational, health & social services: 1,680 2.70% 7,313 11.75%
Educational services 912 1.46% 3,027 4.86%
Health care & social assistance 768 1.23% 4,286 6.88%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,469 2.36% 2,032 3.26%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 299 0.48% 358 0.57%
Accommodation & food services 1,170 1.88% 1,674 2.69%
Other services (except public administration) 1,684 2.70% 1,583 2.54%
Public administration 961 1.54% 648 1.04%

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

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