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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 23,169 52.56% 20,912 47.44%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,542 14.84% 7,346 16.66%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,184 7.22% 2,297 5.21%
Management, except farm managers 2,403 5.45% 1,281 2.91%
Farmers & farm managers 103 0.23% 14 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 678 1.54% 1,002 2.27%
Business operations specialists 385 0.87% 449 1.02%
Financial specialists 293 0.66% 553 1.25%
Professional & related occupations: 3,358 7.62% 5,049 11.45%
Computer & mathematical 356 0.81% 163 0.37%
Architecture & engineering: 1,033 2.34% 138 0.31%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 658 1.49% 82 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 375 0.85% 56 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 273 0.62% 74 0.17%
Community & social services 321 0.73% 410 0.93%
Legal 62 0.14% 159 0.36%
Education, training, & library 543 1.23% 2,154 4.89%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 159 0.36% 178 0.40%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 611 1.39% 1,773 4.02%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 506 1.15% 1,215 2.76%
Health technologists & technicians 105 0.24% 558 1.27%
Service occupations: 2,295 5.21% 3,418 7.75%
Healthcare support 50 0.11% 744 1.69%
Protective services: 821 1.86% 179 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 576 1.31% 137 0.31%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 245 0.56% 42 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 675 1.53% 1,118 2.54%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 569 1.29% 463 1.05%
Personal care & service 180 0.41% 914 2.07%
Sales & office occupations: 3,581 8.12% 8,059 18.28%
Sales & related occupations 2,400 5.44% 2,726 6.18%
Office & administrative support 1,181 2.68% 5,333 12.10%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 157 0.36% 55 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,116 11.61% 266 0.60%
Construction & extraction: 2,964 6.72% 132 0.30%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 478 1.08% 8 0.02%
Construction trades 2,465 5.59% 124 0.28%
Extraction 21 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,152 4.88% 134 0.30%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,478 12.43% 1,768 4.01%
Production 2,834 6.43% 1,308 2.97%
Transportation & material moving: 2,644 6.00% 460 1.04%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 99 0.22% 31 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 165 0.37% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,365 3.10% 255 0.58%
Rail, water & other transportation 116 0.26% 7 0.02%
Material moving 899 2.04% 167 0.38%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 23,169 52.56% 20,912 47.44%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 326 0.74% 95 0.22%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 320 0.73% 81 0.18%
Mining 6 0.01% 14 0.03%
Construction 3,633 8.24% 471 1.07%
Manufacturing 4,754 10.78% 1,908 4.33%
Wholesale trade 1,107 2.51% 590 1.34%
Retail trade 2,601 5.90% 2,889 6.55%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,054 4.66% 525 1.19%
Transportation & warehousing 1,659 3.76% 437 0.99%
Utilities 395 0.90% 88 0.20%
Information 365 0.83% 302 0.69%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 606 1.37% 1,609 3.65%
Finance & insurance 340 0.77% 1,060 2.40%
Real estate & rental & leasing 266 0.60% 549 1.25%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,721 3.90% 1,641 3.72%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 977 2.22% 929 2.11%
Management of companies & enterprises 7 0.02% 26 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 737 1.67% 686 1.56%
Educational, health & social services: 1,868 4.24% 6,934 15.73%
Educational services 877 1.99% 2,804 6.36%
Health care & social assistance 991 2.25% 4,130 9.37%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,244 2.82% 1,634 3.71%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 256 0.58% 227 0.51%
Accommodation & food services 988 2.24% 1,407 3.19%
Other services (except public administration) 1,009 2.29% 995 2.26%
Public administration 1,881 4.27% 1,319 2.99%

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

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