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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 19,916 55.87% 15,730 44.13%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,163 14.48% 4,412 12.38%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,927 8.21% 1,377 3.86%
Management, except farm managers 2,115 5.93% 888 2.49%
Farmers & farm managers 139 0.39% 16 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 673 1.89% 473 1.33%
Business operations specialists 192 0.54% 213 0.60%
Financial specialists 481 1.35% 260 0.73%
Professional & related occupations: 2,236 6.27% 3,035 8.51%
Computer & mathematical 208 0.58% 34 0.10%
Architecture & engineering: 287 0.81% 55 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 131 0.37% 31 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 156 0.44% 24 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 59 0.17% 25 0.07%
Community & social services 243 0.68% 317 0.89%
Legal 169 0.47% 38 0.11%
Education, training, & library 506 1.42% 1,572 4.41%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 318 0.89% 313 0.88%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 446 1.25% 681 1.91%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 357 1.00% 448 1.26%
Health technologists & technicians 89 0.25% 233 0.65%
Service occupations: 2,772 7.78% 3,745 10.51%
Healthcare support 111 0.31% 692 1.94%
Protective services: 476 1.34% 98 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 298 0.84% 20 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 178 0.50% 78 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,004 2.82% 1,397 3.92%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 920 2.58% 623 1.75%
Personal care & service 261 0.73% 935 2.62%
Sales & office occupations: 3,360 9.43% 6,439 18.06%
Sales & related occupations 2,405 6.75% 2,521 7.07%
Office & administrative support 955 2.68% 3,918 10.99%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 132 0.37% 16 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,747 13.32% 167 0.47%
Construction & extraction: 3,596 10.09% 115 0.32%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 451 1.27% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 3,119 8.75% 115 0.32%
Extraction 26 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,151 3.23% 52 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,742 10.50% 951 2.67%
Production 1,558 4.37% 601 1.69%
Transportation & material moving: 2,184 6.13% 350 0.98%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 19 0.05% 13 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 52 0.15% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,264 3.55% 173 0.49%
Rail, water & other transportation 87 0.24% 6 0.02%
Material moving 762 2.14% 158 0.44%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 19,916 55.87% 15,730 44.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 326 0.91% 57 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 278 0.78% 49 0.14%
Mining 48 0.13% 8 0.02%
Construction 4,370 12.26% 406 1.14%
Manufacturing 1,740 4.88% 609 1.71%
Wholesale trade 676 1.90% 258 0.72%
Retail trade 3,170 8.89% 2,942 8.25%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,172 3.29% 442 1.24%
Transportation & warehousing 995 2.79% 411 1.15%
Utilities 177 0.50% 31 0.09%
Information 338 0.95% 257 0.72%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,135 3.18% 884 2.48%
Finance & insurance 678 1.90% 507 1.42%
Real estate & rental & leasing 457 1.28% 377 1.06%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,395 3.91% 1,054 2.96%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 771 2.16% 676 1.90%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 624 1.75% 378 1.06%
Educational, health & social services: 1,686 4.73% 5,001 14.03%
Educational services 852 2.39% 2,303 6.46%
Health care & social assistance 834 2.34% 2,698 7.57%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,235 6.27% 2,380 6.68%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 654 1.83% 314 0.88%
Accommodation & food services 1,581 4.44% 2,066 5.80%
Other services (except public administration) 1,003 2.81% 849 2.38%
Public administration 670 1.88% 591 1.66%

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

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