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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 155,738 54.77% 128,602 45.23%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 53,824 18.93% 53,879 18.95%
Management, business, & financial operations: 22,585 7.94% 20,138 7.08%
Management, except farm managers 14,950 5.26% 11,842 4.16%
Farmers & farm managers 75 0.03% 47 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 7,560 2.66% 8,249 2.90%
Business operations specialists 3,449 1.21% 4,347 1.53%
Financial specialists 4,111 1.45% 3,902 1.37%
Professional & related occupations: 31,239 10.99% 33,741 11.87%
Computer & mathematical 7,884 2.77% 3,373 1.19%
Architecture & engineering: 4,487 1.58% 1,142 0.40%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,511 1.23% 852 0.30%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 976 0.34% 290 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 1,758 0.62% 1,582 0.56%
Community & social services 1,757 0.62% 2,927 1.03%
Legal 3,150 1.11% 2,790 0.98%
Education, training, & library 4,107 1.44% 9,442 3.32%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 4,214 1.48% 4,393 1.54%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,882 1.37% 8,092 2.85%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,095 1.09% 5,791 2.04%
Health technologists & technicians 787 0.28% 2,301 0.81%
Service occupations: 21,139 7.43% 22,145 7.79%
Healthcare support 789 0.28% 3,474 1.22%
Protective services: 3,591 1.26% 1,054 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,121 0.75% 418 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,470 0.52% 636 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 8,557 3.01% 7,547 2.65%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 6,358 2.24% 4,241 1.49%
Personal care & service 1,844 0.65% 5,829 2.05%
Sales & office occupations: 30,786 10.83% 44,123 15.52%
Sales & related occupations 16,457 5.79% 14,746 5.19%
Office & administrative support 14,329 5.04% 29,377 10.33%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 299 0.11% 131 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 27,125 9.54% 1,218 0.43%
Construction & extraction: 19,731 6.94% 648 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,389 0.49% 85 0.03%
Construction trades 18,305 6.44% 563 0.20%
Extraction 37 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 7,394 2.60% 570 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 22,565 7.94% 7,106 2.50%
Production 10,028 3.53% 4,834 1.70%
Transportation & material moving: 12,537 4.41% 2,272 0.80%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 383 0.13% 122 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 294 0.10% 54 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 6,038 2.12% 711 0.25%
Rail, water & other transportation 638 0.22% 82 0.03%
Material moving 5,184 1.82% 1,303 0.46%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 155,738 54.77% 128,602 45.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,006 0.35% 649 0.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 348 0.12% 215 0.08%
Mining 658 0.23% 434 0.15%
Construction 22,570 7.94% 1,823 0.64%
Manufacturing 12,398 4.36% 6,015 2.12%
Wholesale trade 6,912 2.43% 2,917 1.03%
Retail trade 14,710 5.17% 13,152 4.63%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 9,384 3.30% 4,197 1.48%
Transportation & warehousing 8,171 2.87% 3,620 1.27%
Utilities 1,213 0.43% 577 0.20%
Information 10,857 3.82% 8,925 3.14%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 12,352 4.34% 12,896 4.54%
Finance & insurance 7,982 2.81% 9,591 3.37%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4,370 1.54% 3,305 1.16%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 22,582 7.94% 18,142 6.38%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 14,345 5.05% 12,214 4.30%
Management of companies & enterprises 110 0.04% 68 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 8,127 2.86% 5,860 2.06%
Educational, health & social services: 13,872 4.88% 33,618 11.82%
Educational services 6,384 2.25% 13,312 4.68%
Health care & social assistance 7,488 2.63% 20,306 7.14%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 15,589 5.48% 12,859 4.52%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,529 1.24% 2,910 1.02%
Accommodation & food services 12,060 4.24% 9,949 3.50%
Other services (except public administration) 6,591 2.32% 7,291 2.56%
Public administration 6,915 2.43% 6,118 2.15%

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

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