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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 230,247 53.97% 196,391 46.03%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 99,787 23.39% 86,554 20.29%
Management, business, & financial operations: 56,675 13.28% 33,484 7.85%
Management, except farm managers 39,857 9.34% 19,981 4.68%
Farmers & farm managers 220 0.05% 60 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 16,598 3.89% 13,443 3.15%
Business operations specialists 6,840 1.60% 6,941 1.63%
Financial specialists 9,758 2.29% 6,502 1.52%
Professional & related occupations: 43,112 10.11% 53,070 12.44%
Computer & mathematical 9,476 2.22% 3,902 0.91%
Architecture & engineering: 6,785 1.59% 940 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,254 1.23% 764 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,531 0.36% 176 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 2,324 0.54% 2,081 0.49%
Community & social services 2,138 0.50% 3,603 0.84%
Legal 4,789 1.12% 2,897 0.68%
Education, training, & library 5,929 1.39% 19,678 4.61%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 6,462 1.51% 6,483 1.52%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 5,209 1.22% 13,486 3.16%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 4,390 1.03% 10,098 2.37%
Health technologists & technicians 819 0.19% 3,388 0.79%
Service occupations: 25,686 6.02% 28,668 6.72%
Healthcare support 932 0.22% 6,828 1.60%
Protective services: 5,627 1.32% 925 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,344 0.78% 317 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,283 0.54% 608 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 7,114 1.67% 6,514 1.53%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 9,908 2.32% 5,564 1.30%
Personal care & service 2,105 0.49% 8,837 2.07%
Sales & office occupations: 44,633 10.46% 69,105 16.20%
Sales & related occupations 30,102 7.06% 23,712 5.56%
Office & administrative support 14,531 3.41% 45,393 10.64%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 296 0.07% 116 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 31,432 7.37% 783 0.18%
Construction & extraction: 21,180 4.96% 378 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,285 0.54% 57 0.01%
Construction trades 18,863 4.42% 321 0.08%
Extraction 32 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 10,252 2.40% 405 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 28,413 6.66% 11,165 2.62%
Production 15,539 3.64% 8,862 2.08%
Transportation & material moving: 12,874 3.02% 2,303 0.54%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 408 0.10% 73 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 458 0.11% 54 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 7,204 1.69% 787 0.18%
Rail, water & other transportation 556 0.13% 55 0.01%
Material moving 4,248 1.00% 1,334 0.31%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 230,247 53.97% 196,391 46.03%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 705 0.17% 319 0.07%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 505 0.12% 223 0.05%
Mining 200 0.05% 96 0.02%
Construction 25,781 6.04% 1,846 0.43%
Manufacturing 35,760 8.38% 20,760 4.87%
Wholesale trade 9,318 2.18% 4,734 1.11%
Retail trade 24,944 5.85% 22,013 5.16%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 10,117 2.37% 3,519 0.82%
Transportation & warehousing 8,777 2.06% 3,142 0.74%
Utilities 1,340 0.31% 377 0.09%
Information 10,975 2.57% 8,392 1.97%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 28,800 6.75% 21,901 5.13%
Finance & insurance 23,669 5.55% 16,438 3.85%
Real estate & rental & leasing 5,131 1.20% 5,463 1.28%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 35,386 8.29% 26,309 6.17%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 23,895 5.60% 18,749 4.39%
Management of companies & enterprises 454 0.11% 359 0.08%
Administrative & support & waste management services 11,037 2.59% 7,201 1.69%
Educational, health & social services: 19,428 4.55% 59,192 13.87%
Educational services 9,421 2.21% 23,527 5.51%
Health care & social assistance 10,007 2.35% 35,665 8.36%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 13,268 3.11% 11,089 2.60%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 4,293 1.01% 3,357 0.79%
Accommodation & food services 8,975 2.10% 7,732 1.81%
Other services (except public administration) 9,118 2.14% 11,979 2.81%
Public administration 6,647 1.56% 4,338 1.02%

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

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