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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 53,436 48.43% 56,901 51.57%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 12,649 11.46% 19,177 17.38%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,787 5.24% 5,205 4.72%
Management, except farm managers 4,302 3.90% 3,125 2.83%
Farmers & farm managers 196 0.18% 26 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 1,289 1.17% 2,054 1.86%
Business operations specialists 738 0.67% 929 0.84%
Financial specialists 551 0.50% 1,125 1.02%
Professional & related occupations: 6,862 6.22% 13,972 12.66%
Computer & mathematical 578 0.52% 332 0.30%
Architecture & engineering: 1,135 1.03% 255 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 661 0.60% 132 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 474 0.43% 123 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 353 0.32% 252 0.23%
Community & social services 833 0.75% 1,353 1.23%
Legal 303 0.27% 487 0.44%
Education, training, & library 1,658 1.50% 6,527 5.92%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 529 0.48% 579 0.52%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,473 1.34% 4,187 3.79%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,005 0.91% 2,290 2.08%
Health technologists & technicians 468 0.42% 1,897 1.72%
Service occupations: 7,196 6.52% 11,236 10.18%
Healthcare support 341 0.31% 2,055 1.86%
Protective services: 2,418 2.19% 509 0.46%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,619 1.47% 255 0.23%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 799 0.72% 254 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,038 1.85% 4,185 3.79%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,854 1.68% 1,519 1.38%
Personal care & service 545 0.49% 2,968 2.69%
Sales & office occupations: 9,757 8.84% 20,041 18.16%
Sales & related occupations 5,614 5.09% 8,328 7.55%
Office & administrative support 4,143 3.75% 11,713 10.62%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 388 0.35% 64 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 10,987 9.96% 565 0.51%
Construction & extraction: 5,863 5.31% 308 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 830 0.75% 12 0.01%
Construction trades 4,967 4.50% 296 0.27%
Extraction 66 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,124 4.64% 257 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 12,459 11.29% 5,818 5.27%
Production 5,834 5.29% 4,547 4.12%
Transportation & material moving: 6,625 6.00% 1,271 1.15%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 186 0.17% 57 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 155 0.14% 27 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 3,478 3.15% 502 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 195 0.18% 39 0.04%
Material moving 2,611 2.37% 646 0.59%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 53,436 48.43% 56,901 51.57%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 685 0.62% 112 0.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 676 0.61% 112 0.10%
Mining 9 0.01% 0 0.00%
Construction 6,916 6.27% 926 0.84%
Manufacturing 8,246 7.47% 5,239 4.75%
Wholesale trade 1,987 1.80% 845 0.77%
Retail trade 7,501 6.80% 8,503 7.71%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,288 3.89% 1,590 1.44%
Transportation & warehousing 3,557 3.22% 1,278 1.16%
Utilities 731 0.66% 312 0.28%
Information 1,355 1.23% 1,256 1.14%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,923 1.74% 3,227 2.92%
Finance & insurance 1,018 0.92% 2,046 1.85%
Real estate & rental & leasing 905 0.82% 1,181 1.07%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,532 3.20% 3,456 3.13%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,252 1.13% 1,936 1.75%
Management of companies & enterprises 9 0.01% 8 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,271 2.06% 1,512 1.37%
Educational, health & social services: 5,572 5.05% 19,730 17.88%
Educational services 2,531 2.29% 8,430 7.64%
Health care & social assistance 3,041 2.76% 11,300 10.24%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,579 3.24% 6,142 5.57%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 679 0.62% 552 0.50%
Accommodation & food services 2,900 2.63% 5,590 5.07%
Other services (except public administration) 3,049 2.76% 2,827 2.56%
Public administration 4,803 4.35% 3,048 2.76%

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

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