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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 60,332 52.59% 54,379 47.41%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 18,055 15.74% 19,974 17.41%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,738 6.75% 5,659 4.93%
Management, except farm managers 5,457 4.76% 3,637 3.17%
Farmers & farm managers 673 0.59% 82 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 1,608 1.40% 1,940 1.69%
Business operations specialists 692 0.60% 701 0.61%
Financial specialists 916 0.80% 1,239 1.08%
Professional & related occupations: 10,317 8.99% 14,315 12.48%
Computer & mathematical 865 0.75% 300 0.26%
Architecture & engineering: 1,217 1.06% 127 0.11%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 744 0.65% 70 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 473 0.41% 57 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 704 0.61% 373 0.33%
Community & social services 841 0.73% 1,423 1.24%
Legal 550 0.48% 355 0.31%
Education, training, & library 2,768 2.41% 6,057 5.28%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,234 1.08% 864 0.75%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,138 1.86% 4,816 4.20%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,475 1.29% 2,934 2.56%
Health technologists & technicians 663 0.58% 1,882 1.64%
Service occupations: 8,400 7.32% 10,751 9.37%
Healthcare support 368 0.32% 2,320 2.02%
Protective services: 1,950 1.70% 308 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,436 1.25% 246 0.21%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 514 0.45% 62 0.05%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,227 2.81% 3,690 3.22%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,132 1.86% 1,498 1.31%
Personal care & service 723 0.63% 2,935 2.56%
Sales & office occupations: 12,976 11.31% 20,672 18.02%
Sales & related occupations 7,881 6.87% 6,854 5.98%
Office & administrative support 5,095 4.44% 13,818 12.05%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 616 0.54% 102 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 10,440 9.10% 319 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 6,014 5.24% 138 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 724 0.63% 6 0.01%
Construction trades 5,105 4.45% 132 0.12%
Extraction 185 0.16% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,426 3.86% 181 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 9,845 8.58% 2,561 2.23%
Production 4,163 3.63% 1,872 1.63%
Transportation & material moving: 5,682 4.95% 689 0.60%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 153 0.13% 29 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 76 0.07% 14 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 3,328 2.90% 287 0.25%
Rail, water & other transportation 277 0.24% 26 0.02%
Material moving 1,848 1.61% 333 0.29%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 60,332 52.59% 54,379 47.41%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,906 1.66% 230 0.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,561 1.36% 184 0.16%
Mining 345 0.30% 46 0.04%
Construction 6,510 5.68% 588 0.51%
Manufacturing 5,158 4.50% 1,716 1.50%
Wholesale trade 4,392 3.83% 1,264 1.10%
Retail trade 8,271 7.21% 6,801 5.93%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,769 3.29% 990 0.86%
Transportation & warehousing 2,971 2.59% 785 0.68%
Utilities 798 0.70% 205 0.18%
Information 2,120 1.85% 2,116 1.84%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,957 2.58% 3,952 3.45%
Finance & insurance 1,944 1.69% 2,913 2.54%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,013 0.88% 1,039 0.91%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,326 3.77% 3,460 3.02%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,227 1.94% 2,123 1.85%
Management of companies & enterprises 9 0.01% 8 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,090 1.82% 1,329 1.16%
Educational, health & social services: 9,849 8.59% 22,503 19.62%
Educational services 6,023 5.25% 9,965 8.69%
Health care & social assistance 3,826 3.34% 12,538 10.93%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 5,120 4.46% 5,208 4.54%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 841 0.73% 484 0.42%
Accommodation & food services 4,279 3.73% 4,724 4.12%
Other services (except public administration) 3,105 2.71% 3,387 2.95%
Public administration 2,849 2.48% 2,164 1.89%

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

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