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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 70,090 50.49% 68,725 49.51%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 27,239 19.62% 28,627 20.62%
Management, business, & financial operations: 13,247 9.54% 11,190 8.06%
Management, except farm managers 9,015 6.49% 5,810 4.19%
Farmers & farm managers 27 0.02% 10 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 4,205 3.03% 5,370 3.87%
Business operations specialists 1,805 1.30% 2,891 2.08%
Financial specialists 2,400 1.73% 2,479 1.79%
Professional & related occupations: 13,992 10.08% 17,437 12.56%
Computer & mathematical 4,316 3.11% 2,282 1.64%
Architecture & engineering: 2,090 1.51% 396 0.29%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,588 1.14% 293 0.21%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 502 0.36% 103 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 731 0.53% 509 0.37%
Community & social services 708 0.51% 1,221 0.88%
Legal 1,084 0.78% 942 0.68%
Education, training, & library 1,722 1.24% 5,766 4.15%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,412 1.02% 1,093 0.79%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,929 1.39% 5,228 3.77%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,719 1.24% 3,548 2.56%
Health technologists & technicians 210 0.15% 1,680 1.21%
Service occupations: 7,009 5.05% 8,741 6.30%
Healthcare support 192 0.14% 1,661 1.20%
Protective services: 1,865 1.34% 609 0.44%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,305 0.94% 299 0.22%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 560 0.40% 310 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,330 1.68% 2,635 1.90%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,973 1.42% 1,132 0.82%
Personal care & service 649 0.47% 2,704 1.95%
Sales & office occupations: 15,358 11.06% 27,486 19.80%
Sales & related occupations 9,288 6.69% 8,047 5.80%
Office & administrative support 6,070 4.37% 19,439 14.00%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 92 0.07% 64 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 10,019 7.22% 434 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 5,466 3.94% 176 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 699 0.50% 48 0.03%
Construction trades 4,758 3.43% 128 0.09%
Extraction 9 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,553 3.28% 258 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,373 7.47% 3,373 2.43%
Production 5,026 3.62% 2,367 1.71%
Transportation & material moving: 5,347 3.85% 1,006 0.72%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 218 0.16% 64 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 132 0.10% 7 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,744 1.98% 414 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 292 0.21% 67 0.05%
Material moving 1,961 1.41% 454 0.33%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 70,090 50.49% 68,725 49.51%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 314 0.23% 76 0.05%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 164 0.12% 67 0.05%
Mining 150 0.11% 9 0.01%
Construction 7,066 5.09% 871 0.63%
Manufacturing 9,181 6.61% 4,186 3.02%
Wholesale trade 4,038 2.91% 1,742 1.25%
Retail trade 9,118 6.57% 8,198 5.91%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,583 3.30% 1,861 1.34%
Transportation & warehousing 3,504 2.52% 1,316 0.95%
Utilities 1,079 0.78% 545 0.39%
Information 2,427 1.75% 2,085 1.50%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 8,427 6.07% 11,314 8.15%
Finance & insurance 6,767 4.87% 9,857 7.10%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,660 1.20% 1,457 1.05%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 7,480 5.39% 6,700 4.83%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,059 3.64% 4,269 3.08%
Management of companies & enterprises 152 0.11% 161 0.12%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,269 1.63% 2,270 1.64%
Educational, health & social services: 5,717 4.12% 19,362 13.95%
Educational services 2,680 1.93% 7,123 5.13%
Health care & social assistance 3,037 2.19% 12,239 8.82%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,442 3.20% 4,336 3.12%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,179 0.85% 1,021 0.74%
Accommodation & food services 3,263 2.35% 3,315 2.39%
Other services (except public administration) 3,181 2.29% 3,679 2.65%
Public administration 4,116 2.97% 4,315 3.11%

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

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