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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 185,942 54.14% 157,484 45.86%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 87,123 25.37% 74,406 21.67%
Management, business, & financial operations: 36,816 10.72% 26,866 7.82%
Management, except farm managers 27,401 7.98% 14,879 4.33%
Farmers & farm managers 286 0.08% 117 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 9,129 2.66% 11,870 3.46%
Business operations specialists 4,695 1.37% 5,942 1.73%
Financial specialists 4,434 1.29% 5,928 1.73%
Professional & related occupations: 50,307 14.65% 47,540 13.84%
Computer & mathematical 18,029 5.25% 7,209 2.10%
Architecture & engineering: 10,953 3.19% 1,937 0.56%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 8,981 2.62% 1,441 0.42%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,972 0.57% 496 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 4,082 1.19% 3,173 0.92%
Community & social services 2,023 0.59% 3,233 0.94%
Legal 2,253 0.66% 2,483 0.72%
Education, training, & library 5,125 1.49% 14,863 4.33%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 4,202 1.22% 3,927 1.14%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,640 1.06% 10,715 3.12%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,499 0.73% 7,279 2.12%
Health technologists & technicians 1,141 0.33% 3,436 1.00%
Service occupations: 18,126 5.28% 19,707 5.74%
Healthcare support 446 0.13% 3,405 0.99%
Protective services: 3,632 1.06% 1,123 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,303 0.67% 572 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,329 0.39% 551 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 6,907 2.01% 6,418 1.87%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,214 1.52% 2,963 0.86%
Personal care & service 1,927 0.56% 5,798 1.69%
Sales & office occupations: 35,002 10.19% 54,323 15.82%
Sales & related occupations 22,291 6.49% 17,798 5.18%
Office & administrative support 12,711 3.70% 36,525 10.64%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 629 0.18% 162 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 25,784 7.51% 1,062 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 16,479 4.80% 387 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,313 0.67% 55 0.02%
Construction trades 14,057 4.09% 332 0.10%
Extraction 109 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 9,305 2.71% 675 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 19,278 5.61% 7,824 2.28%
Production 8,770 2.55% 6,027 1.75%
Transportation & material moving: 10,508 3.06% 1,797 0.52%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 371 0.11% 102 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 486 0.14% 25 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 5,605 1.63% 758 0.22%
Rail, water & other transportation 411 0.12% 40 0.01%
Material moving 3,635 1.06% 872 0.25%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 185,942 54.14% 157,484 45.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,119 0.33% 515 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 868 0.25% 377 0.11%
Mining 251 0.07% 138 0.04%
Construction 22,440 6.53% 2,977 0.87%
Manufacturing 28,731 8.37% 14,462 4.21%
Wholesale trade 7,542 2.20% 3,669 1.07%
Retail trade 20,306 5.91% 16,896 4.92%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 9,705 2.83% 4,277 1.25%
Transportation & warehousing 7,266 2.12% 3,029 0.88%
Utilities 2,439 0.71% 1,248 0.36%
Information 10,040 2.92% 6,775 1.97%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 10,092 2.94% 13,134 3.82%
Finance & insurance 6,476 1.89% 9,494 2.76%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,616 1.05% 3,640 1.06%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 31,037 9.04% 21,824 6.35%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 23,857 6.95% 16,746 4.88%
Management of companies & enterprises 66 0.02% 44 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 7,114 2.07% 5,034 1.47%
Educational, health & social services: 15,453 4.50% 44,588 12.98%
Educational services 9,604 2.80% 20,672 6.02%
Health care & social assistance 5,849 1.70% 23,916 6.96%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 12,749 3.71% 10,976 3.20%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,863 0.83% 2,491 0.73%
Accommodation & food services 9,886 2.88% 8,485 2.47%
Other services (except public administration) 7,259 2.11% 7,361 2.14%
Public administration 9,469 2.76% 10,030 2.92%

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

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