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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 21,459 51.53% 20,185 48.47%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,418 20.21% 8,742 20.99%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,544 8.51% 2,761 6.63%
Management, except farm managers 2,681 6.44% 1,837 4.41%
Farmers & farm managers 83 0.20% 4 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 780 1.87% 920 2.21%
Business operations specialists 429 1.03% 492 1.18%
Financial specialists 351 0.84% 428 1.03%
Professional & related occupations: 4,874 11.70% 5,981 14.36%
Computer & mathematical 844 2.03% 335 0.80%
Architecture & engineering: 1,328 3.19% 251 0.60%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,179 2.83% 186 0.45%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 149 0.36% 65 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 148 0.36% 223 0.54%
Community & social services 269 0.65% 489 1.17%
Legal 296 0.71% 204 0.49%
Education, training, & library 891 2.14% 2,120 5.09%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 528 1.27% 556 1.34%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 570 1.37% 1,803 4.33%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 432 1.04% 1,398 3.36%
Health technologists & technicians 138 0.33% 405 0.97%
Service occupations: 3,145 7.55% 3,878 9.31%
Healthcare support 160 0.38% 808 1.94%
Protective services: 726 1.74% 176 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 417 1.00% 85 0.20%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 309 0.74% 91 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,093 2.62% 1,410 3.39%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 895 2.15% 582 1.40%
Personal care & service 271 0.65% 902 2.17%
Sales & office occupations: 3,816 9.16% 6,779 16.28%
Sales & related occupations 2,527 6.07% 2,494 5.99%
Office & administrative support 1,289 3.10% 4,285 10.29%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 270 0.65% 18 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,154 7.57% 57 0.14%
Construction & extraction: 2,006 4.82% 40 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 275 0.66% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,731 4.16% 40 0.10%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,148 2.76% 17 0.04%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,656 6.38% 711 1.71%
Production 1,327 3.19% 482 1.16%
Transportation & material moving: 1,329 3.19% 229 0.55%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 7 0.02% 19 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 17 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 721 1.73% 114 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 178 0.43% 30 0.07%
Material moving 406 0.97% 66 0.16%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 21,459 51.53% 20,185 48.47%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 329 0.79% 45 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 322 0.77% 38 0.09%
Mining 7 0.02% 7 0.02%
Construction 2,138 5.13% 263 0.63%
Manufacturing 2,649 6.36% 1,171 2.81%
Wholesale trade 770 1.85% 264 0.63%
Retail trade 2,246 5.39% 2,405 5.78%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,236 2.97% 382 0.92%
Transportation & warehousing 913 2.19% 326 0.78%
Utilities 323 0.78% 56 0.13%
Information 500 1.20% 461 1.11%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,093 2.62% 1,318 3.16%
Finance & insurance 583 1.40% 968 2.32%
Real estate & rental & leasing 510 1.22% 350 0.84%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,025 7.26% 2,098 5.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,329 5.59% 1,589 3.82%
Management of companies & enterprises 14 0.03% 17 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 682 1.64% 492 1.18%
Educational, health & social services: 2,628 6.31% 7,311 17.56%
Educational services 1,532 3.68% 3,033 7.28%
Health care & social assistance 1,096 2.63% 4,278 10.27%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,477 5.95% 2,701 6.49%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 776 1.86% 604 1.45%
Accommodation & food services 1,701 4.08% 2,097 5.04%
Other services (except public administration) 863 2.07% 948 2.28%
Public administration 1,505 3.61% 818 1.96%

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

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