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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 38,929 50.83% 37,655 49.17%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 21,838 28.52% 21,215 27.70%
Management, business, & financial operations: 9,010 11.76% 9,181 11.99%
Management, except farm managers 5,962 7.78% 5,595 7.31%
Farmers & farm managers 10 0.01% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 3,038 3.97% 3,586 4.68%
Business operations specialists 1,677 2.19% 2,342 3.06%
Financial specialists 1,361 1.78% 1,244 1.62%
Professional & related occupations: 12,828 16.75% 12,034 15.71%
Computer & mathematical 3,989 5.21% 2,020 2.64%
Architecture & engineering: 1,402 1.83% 375 0.49%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,235 1.61% 317 0.41%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 167 0.22% 58 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 1,055 1.38% 715 0.93%
Community & social services 384 0.50% 757 0.99%
Legal 2,458 3.21% 2,046 2.67%
Education, training, & library 983 1.28% 2,575 3.36%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,896 2.48% 2,018 2.64%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 661 0.86% 1,528 2.00%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 520 0.68% 1,182 1.54%
Health technologists & technicians 141 0.18% 346 0.45%
Service occupations: 4,082 5.33% 5,050 6.59%
Healthcare support 103 0.13% 586 0.77%
Protective services: 987 1.29% 364 0.48%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 427 0.56% 167 0.22%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 560 0.73% 197 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,488 1.94% 1,138 1.49%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,010 1.32% 1,251 1.63%
Personal care & service 494 0.65% 1,711 2.23%
Sales & office occupations: 5,917 7.73% 10,336 13.50%
Sales & related occupations 2,912 3.80% 3,307 4.32%
Office & administrative support 3,005 3.92% 7,029 9.18%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 18 0.02% 31 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,938 5.14% 197 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 2,808 3.67% 103 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 210 0.27% 6 0.01%
Construction trades 2,598 3.39% 97 0.13%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,130 1.48% 94 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,136 4.09% 826 1.08%
Production 821 1.07% 527 0.69%
Transportation & material moving: 2,315 3.02% 299 0.39%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 90 0.12% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 141 0.18% 12 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 1,495 1.95% 137 0.18%
Rail, water & other transportation 193 0.25% 23 0.03%
Material moving 396 0.52% 127 0.17%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 38,929 50.83% 37,655 49.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 55 0.07% 64 0.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 55 0.07% 36 0.05%
Mining 0 0.00% 28 0.04%
Construction 3,463 4.52% 377 0.49%
Manufacturing 1,320 1.72% 868 1.13%
Wholesale trade 850 1.11% 364 0.48%
Retail trade 2,716 3.55% 2,753 3.59%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,202 2.88% 913 1.19%
Transportation & warehousing 2,033 2.65% 845 1.10%
Utilities 169 0.22% 68 0.09%
Information 2,693 3.52% 2,619 3.42%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,696 3.52% 2,727 3.56%
Finance & insurance 1,676 2.19% 1,839 2.40%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,020 1.33% 888 1.16%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 9,200 12.01% 7,662 10.00%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 7,761 10.13% 6,235 8.14%
Management of companies & enterprises 16 0.02% 7 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,423 1.86% 1,420 1.85%
Educational, health & social services: 2,843 3.71% 7,039 9.19%
Educational services 1,503 1.96% 2,930 3.83%
Health care & social assistance 1,340 1.75% 4,109 5.37%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,811 3.67% 2,829 3.69%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 658 0.86% 738 0.96%
Accommodation & food services 2,153 2.81% 2,091 2.73%
Other services (except public administration) 2,631 3.44% 3,986 5.20%
Public administration 5,449 7.12% 5,454 7.12%

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

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