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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 181,369 53.11% 160,153 46.89%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 60,454 17.70% 61,456 17.99%
Management, business, & financial operations: 24,213 7.09% 21,855 6.40%
Management, except farm managers 17,492 5.12% 12,541 3.67%
Farmers & farm managers 239 0.07% 93 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 6,482 1.90% 9,221 2.70%
Business operations specialists 3,510 1.03% 5,162 1.51%
Financial specialists 2,972 0.87% 4,059 1.19%
Professional & related occupations: 36,241 10.61% 39,601 11.60%
Computer & mathematical 6,708 1.96% 2,555 0.75%
Architecture & engineering: 6,786 1.99% 1,394 0.41%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,085 1.49% 1,018 0.30%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,701 0.50% 376 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 2,019 0.59% 1,775 0.52%
Community & social services 2,672 0.78% 4,456 1.30%
Legal 2,638 0.77% 2,358 0.69%
Education, training, & library 5,128 1.50% 11,712 3.43%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 5,795 1.70% 5,457 1.60%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,495 1.32% 9,894 2.90%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,583 1.05% 7,257 2.12%
Health technologists & technicians 912 0.27% 2,637 0.77%
Service occupations: 22,119 6.48% 29,335 8.59%
Healthcare support 1,193 0.35% 5,143 1.51%
Protective services: 2,842 0.83% 1,016 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,104 0.32% 337 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,738 0.51% 679 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 9,313 2.73% 10,479 3.07%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 6,536 1.91% 3,946 1.16%
Personal care & service 2,235 0.65% 8,751 2.56%
Sales & office occupations: 35,409 10.37% 57,167 16.74%
Sales & related occupations 20,301 5.94% 18,182 5.32%
Office & administrative support 15,108 4.42% 38,985 11.42%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,091 0.32% 280 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 24,529 7.18% 1,361 0.40%
Construction & extraction: 14,241 4.17% 820 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,566 0.46% 82 0.02%
Construction trades 12,634 3.70% 738 0.22%
Extraction 41 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 10,288 3.01% 541 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 37,767 11.06% 10,554 3.09%
Production 19,696 5.77% 7,277 2.13%
Transportation & material moving: 18,071 5.29% 3,277 0.96%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 495 0.14% 120 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 214 0.06% 9 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 8,067 2.36% 1,267 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,364 0.40% 196 0.06%
Material moving 7,931 2.32% 1,685 0.49%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 181,369 53.11% 160,153 46.89%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,540 0.45% 494 0.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,427 0.42% 479 0.14%
Mining 113 0.03% 15 0.00%
Construction 17,504 5.13% 2,408 0.71%
Manufacturing 31,071 9.10% 12,117 3.55%
Wholesale trade 11,055 3.24% 5,138 1.50%
Retail trade 21,008 6.15% 19,155 5.61%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 13,783 4.04% 5,906 1.73%
Transportation & warehousing 12,239 3.58% 4,700 1.38%
Utilities 1,544 0.45% 1,206 0.35%
Information 5,842 1.71% 4,397 1.29%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 9,682 2.83% 14,423 4.22%
Finance & insurance 5,515 1.61% 10,642 3.12%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4,167 1.22% 3,781 1.11%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 20,770 6.08% 18,022 5.28%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 13,189 3.86% 12,018 3.52%
Management of companies & enterprises 59 0.02% 110 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 7,522 2.20% 5,894 1.73%
Educational, health & social services: 18,921 5.54% 46,440 13.60%
Educational services 8,765 2.57% 17,087 5.00%
Health care & social assistance 10,156 2.97% 29,353 8.59%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 15,409 4.51% 15,881 4.65%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,428 1.00% 3,180 0.93%
Accommodation & food services 11,981 3.51% 12,701 3.72%
Other services (except public administration) 9,148 2.68% 9,462 2.77%
Public administration 5,636 1.65% 6,310 1.85%

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

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