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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 23,906 52.93% 21,259 47.07%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,374 18.54% 9,026 19.98%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,588 10.16% 3,527 7.81%
Management, except farm managers 3,353 7.42% 1,814 4.02%
Farmers & farm managers 117 0.26% 8 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 1,118 2.48% 1,705 3.78%
Business operations specialists 576 1.28% 750 1.66%
Financial specialists 542 1.20% 955 2.11%
Professional & related occupations: 3,786 8.38% 5,499 12.18%
Computer & mathematical 928 2.05% 628 1.39%
Architecture & engineering: 985 2.18% 129 0.29%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 733 1.62% 65 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 252 0.56% 64 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 238 0.53% 126 0.28%
Community & social services 246 0.54% 350 0.77%
Legal 205 0.45% 195 0.43%
Education, training, & library 626 1.39% 1,843 4.08%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 213 0.47% 466 1.03%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 345 0.76% 1,762 3.90%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 258 0.57% 1,313 2.91%
Health technologists & technicians 87 0.19% 449 0.99%
Service occupations: 2,363 5.23% 2,513 5.56%
Healthcare support 30 0.07% 392 0.87%
Protective services: 944 2.09% 165 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 786 1.74% 56 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 158 0.35% 109 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 495 1.10% 874 1.94%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 705 1.56% 327 0.72%
Personal care & service 189 0.42% 755 1.67%
Sales & office occupations: 5,121 11.34% 8,568 18.97%
Sales & related occupations 3,325 7.36% 2,291 5.07%
Office & administrative support 1,796 3.98% 6,277 13.90%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 47 0.10% 44 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,516 10.00% 105 0.23%
Construction & extraction: 2,517 5.57% 19 0.04%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 507 1.12% 4 0.01%
Construction trades 2,001 4.43% 15 0.03%
Extraction 9 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,999 4.43% 86 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,485 7.72% 1,003 2.22%
Production 1,788 3.96% 635 1.41%
Transportation & material moving: 1,697 3.76% 368 0.81%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 25 0.06% 35 0.08%
Aircraft & traffic control 78 0.17% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 971 2.15% 177 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 73 0.16% 19 0.04%
Material moving 550 1.22% 137 0.30%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 23,906 52.93% 21,259 47.07%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 272 0.60% 67 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 205 0.45% 58 0.13%
Mining 67 0.15% 9 0.02%
Construction 3,742 8.29% 496 1.10%
Manufacturing 3,193 7.07% 1,449 3.21%
Wholesale trade 1,886 4.18% 835 1.85%
Retail trade 2,801 6.20% 2,657 5.88%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,689 3.74% 538 1.19%
Transportation & warehousing 1,135 2.51% 380 0.84%
Utilities 554 1.23% 158 0.35%
Information 705 1.56% 680 1.51%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,012 4.45% 3,149 6.97%
Finance & insurance 1,500 3.32% 2,777 6.15%
Real estate & rental & leasing 512 1.13% 372 0.82%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,942 4.30% 1,989 4.40%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,232 2.73% 1,316 2.91%
Management of companies & enterprises 50 0.11% 86 0.19%
Administrative & support & waste management services 660 1.46% 587 1.30%
Educational, health & social services: 1,622 3.59% 5,936 13.14%
Educational services 1,058 2.34% 2,680 5.93%
Health care & social assistance 564 1.25% 3,256 7.21%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,127 2.50% 1,360 3.01%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 448 0.99% 387 0.86%
Accommodation & food services 679 1.50% 973 2.15%
Other services (except public administration) 1,130 2.50% 988 2.19%
Public administration 1,785 3.95% 1,115 2.47%

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

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