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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 282,704 51.78% 263,221 48.22%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 94,434 17.30% 103,570 18.97%
Management, business, & financial operations: 40,405 7.40% 39,875 7.30%
Management, except farm managers 26,995 4.94% 20,368 3.73%
Farmers & farm managers 518 0.09% 110 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 12,892 2.36% 19,397 3.55%
Business operations specialists 6,507 1.19% 9,830 1.80%
Financial specialists 6,385 1.17% 9,567 1.75%
Professional & related occupations: 54,029 9.90% 63,695 11.67%
Computer & mathematical 12,883 2.36% 9,211 1.69%
Architecture & engineering: 10,832 1.98% 2,171 0.40%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 8,514 1.56% 1,554 0.28%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,318 0.42% 617 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 2,567 0.47% 1,986 0.36%
Community & social services 3,705 0.68% 5,750 1.05%
Legal 4,180 0.77% 4,431 0.81%
Education, training, & library 7,885 1.44% 20,515 3.76%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 5,151 0.94% 4,906 0.90%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 6,826 1.25% 14,725 2.70%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 5,079 0.93% 10,106 1.85%
Health technologists & technicians 1,747 0.32% 4,619 0.85%
Service occupations: 37,640 6.89% 41,645 7.63%
Healthcare support 1,688 0.31% 9,265 1.70%
Protective services: 9,053 1.66% 2,561 0.47%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 5,361 0.98% 1,393 0.26%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 3,692 0.68% 1,168 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 12,137 2.22% 11,642 2.13%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 11,514 2.11% 5,414 0.99%
Personal care & service 3,248 0.59% 12,763 2.34%
Sales & office occupations: 60,542 11.09% 102,726 18.82%
Sales & related occupations 32,403 5.94% 27,471 5.03%
Office & administrative support 28,139 5.15% 75,255 13.78%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,456 0.27% 749 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 45,352 8.31% 2,339 0.43%
Construction & extraction: 26,675 4.89% 843 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,835 0.52% 117 0.02%
Construction trades 23,753 4.35% 726 0.13%
Extraction 87 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 18,677 3.42% 1,496 0.27%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 43,280 7.93% 12,192 2.23%
Production 17,620 3.23% 7,924 1.45%
Transportation & material moving: 25,660 4.70% 4,268 0.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 957 0.18% 131 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 432 0.08% 16 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 12,499 2.29% 1,513 0.28%
Rail, water & other transportation 962 0.18% 91 0.02%
Material moving 10,810 1.98% 2,517 0.46%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 282,704 51.78% 263,221 48.22%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,675 0.49% 1,215 0.22%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,492 0.46% 1,197 0.22%
Mining 183 0.03% 18 0.00%
Construction 33,311 6.10% 3,912 0.72%
Manufacturing 27,428 5.02% 11,687 2.14%
Wholesale trade 13,627 2.50% 5,114 0.94%
Retail trade 33,800 6.19% 28,902 5.29%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 19,036 3.49% 6,244 1.14%
Transportation & warehousing 15,926 2.92% 4,926 0.90%
Utilities 3,110 0.57% 1,318 0.24%
Information 11,173 2.05% 9,737 1.78%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 18,956 3.47% 27,759 5.08%
Finance & insurance 12,107 2.22% 22,512 4.12%
Real estate & rental & leasing 6,849 1.25% 5,247 0.96%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 31,290 5.73% 25,062 4.59%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 17,566 3.22% 15,459 2.83%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 85 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 13,724 2.51% 9,518 1.74%
Educational, health & social services: 27,156 4.97% 73,473 13.46%
Educational services 13,293 2.43% 28,384 5.20%
Health care & social assistance 13,863 2.54% 45,089 8.26%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 20,273 3.71% 18,562 3.40%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 4,676 0.86% 3,697 0.68%
Accommodation & food services 15,597 2.86% 14,865 2.72%
Other services (except public administration) 13,994 2.56% 14,279 2.62%
Public administration 29,985 5.49% 37,275 6.83%

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

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