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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 77,464 51.36% 73,367 48.64%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 25,510 16.91% 28,218 18.71%
Management, business, & financial operations: 11,889 7.88% 9,522 6.31%
Management, except farm managers 8,858 5.87% 5,628 3.73%
Farmers & farm managers 115 0.08% 26 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 2,916 1.93% 3,868 2.56%
Business operations specialists 1,399 0.93% 1,657 1.10%
Financial specialists 1,517 1.01% 2,211 1.47%
Professional & related occupations: 13,621 9.03% 18,696 12.40%
Computer & mathematical 2,604 1.73% 1,373 0.91%
Architecture & engineering: 1,906 1.26% 234 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,271 0.84% 147 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 635 0.42% 87 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 600 0.40% 605 0.40%
Community & social services 1,080 0.72% 1,363 0.90%
Legal 882 0.58% 662 0.44%
Education, training, & library 2,148 1.42% 6,720 4.46%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,440 0.95% 1,449 0.96%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,961 1.96% 6,290 4.17%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,361 1.57% 4,282 2.84%
Health technologists & technicians 600 0.40% 2,008 1.33%
Service occupations: 9,111 6.04% 11,803 7.83%
Healthcare support 391 0.26% 2,861 1.90%
Protective services: 1,787 1.18% 445 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,154 0.77% 159 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 633 0.42% 286 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,220 2.13% 3,584 2.38%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,003 1.99% 1,805 1.20%
Personal care & service 710 0.47% 3,108 2.06%
Sales & office occupations: 13,627 9.03% 25,418 16.85%
Sales & related occupations 8,098 5.37% 7,402 4.91%
Office & administrative support 5,529 3.67% 18,016 11.94%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 190 0.13% 23 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 12,427 8.24% 578 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 7,019 4.65% 274 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 712 0.47% 46 0.03%
Construction trades 6,285 4.17% 228 0.15%
Extraction 22 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,408 3.59% 304 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 16,599 11.01% 7,327 4.86%
Production 9,069 6.01% 5,653 3.75%
Transportation & material moving: 7,530 4.99% 1,674 1.11%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 219 0.15% 38 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 143 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 3,319 2.20% 514 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 231 0.15% 24 0.02%
Material moving 3,618 2.40% 1,098 0.73%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 77,464 51.36% 73,367 48.64%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 408 0.27% 102 0.07%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 310 0.21% 67 0.04%
Mining 98 0.06% 35 0.02%
Construction 8,469 5.61% 933 0.62%
Manufacturing 16,437 10.90% 8,972 5.95%
Wholesale trade 3,303 2.19% 1,410 0.93%
Retail trade 8,636 5.73% 7,917 5.25%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,328 3.53% 2,620 1.74%
Transportation & warehousing 4,702 3.12% 2,499 1.66%
Utilities 626 0.42% 121 0.08%
Information 1,815 1.20% 1,306 0.87%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 5,148 3.41% 7,718 5.12%
Finance & insurance 4,023 2.67% 6,637 4.40%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,125 0.75% 1,081 0.72%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 7,253 4.81% 6,232 4.13%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,684 2.44% 3,727 2.47%
Management of companies & enterprises 98 0.06% 129 0.09%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,471 2.30% 2,376 1.58%
Educational, health & social services: 8,675 5.75% 25,523 16.92%
Educational services 3,785 2.51% 9,114 6.04%
Health care & social assistance 4,890 3.24% 16,409 10.88%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 5,387 3.57% 5,504 3.65%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,025 0.68% 931 0.62%
Accommodation & food services 4,362 2.89% 4,573 3.03%
Other services (except public administration) 3,902 2.59% 3,526 2.34%
Public administration 2,703 1.79% 1,604 1.06%

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

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