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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 50,802 53.13% 44,824 46.87%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 16,833 17.60% 17,396 18.19%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,818 8.18% 5,365 5.61%
Management, except farm managers 5,595 5.85% 3,129 3.27%
Farmers & farm managers 199 0.21% 72 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 2,024 2.12% 2,164 2.26%
Business operations specialists 1,091 1.14% 1,146 1.20%
Financial specialists 933 0.98% 1,018 1.06%
Professional & related occupations: 9,015 9.43% 12,031 12.58%
Computer & mathematical 1,386 1.45% 595 0.62%
Architecture & engineering: 2,253 2.36% 269 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,584 1.66% 111 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 669 0.70% 158 0.17%
Life, physical, & social science 604 0.63% 403 0.42%
Community & social services 499 0.52% 928 0.97%
Legal 549 0.57% 508 0.53%
Education, training, & library 1,453 1.52% 4,378 4.58%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,097 1.15% 1,050 1.10%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,174 1.23% 3,900 4.08%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 945 0.99% 2,631 2.75%
Health technologists & technicians 229 0.24% 1,269 1.33%
Service occupations: 5,681 5.94% 8,044 8.41%
Healthcare support 340 0.36% 2,382 2.49%
Protective services: 1,304 1.36% 196 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 991 1.04% 85 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 313 0.33% 111 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,557 1.63% 2,443 2.55%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,139 2.24% 1,023 1.07%
Personal care & service 341 0.36% 2,000 2.09%
Sales & office occupations: 8,081 8.45% 15,180 15.87%
Sales & related occupations 5,414 5.66% 4,677 4.89%
Office & administrative support 2,667 2.79% 10,503 10.98%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 221 0.23% 90 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 10,042 10.50% 231 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 6,664 6.97% 148 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 928 0.97% 19 0.02%
Construction trades 5,639 5.90% 129 0.13%
Extraction 97 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,378 3.53% 83 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 9,944 10.40% 3,883 4.06%
Production 6,662 6.97% 2,820 2.95%
Transportation & material moving: 3,282 3.43% 1,063 1.11%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 99 0.10% 12 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 143 0.15% 10 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,872 1.96% 655 0.68%
Rail, water & other transportation 75 0.08% 31 0.03%
Material moving 1,093 1.14% 355 0.37%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 50,802 53.13% 44,824 46.87%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 557 0.58% 260 0.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 455 0.48% 253 0.26%
Mining 102 0.11% 7 0.01%
Construction 7,837 8.20% 687 0.72%
Manufacturing 12,212 12.77% 5,145 5.38%
Wholesale trade 1,853 1.94% 686 0.72%
Retail trade 5,734 6.00% 5,557 5.81%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,102 2.20% 1,011 1.06%
Transportation & warehousing 1,555 1.63% 917 0.96%
Utilities 547 0.57% 94 0.10%
Information 1,394 1.46% 1,290 1.35%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,787 2.91% 4,234 4.43%
Finance & insurance 1,962 2.05% 3,398 3.55%
Real estate & rental & leasing 825 0.86% 836 0.87%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,712 4.93% 3,337 3.49%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,844 2.97% 2,161 2.26%
Management of companies & enterprises 24 0.03% 5 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,844 1.93% 1,171 1.22%
Educational, health & social services: 4,840 5.06% 15,735 16.45%
Educational services 2,536 2.65% 5,931 6.20%
Health care & social assistance 2,304 2.41% 9,804 10.25%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,483 2.60% 3,049 3.19%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 694 0.73% 664 0.69%
Accommodation & food services 1,789 1.87% 2,385 2.49%
Other services (except public administration) 2,141 2.24% 2,293 2.40%
Public administration 2,150 2.25% 1,540 1.61%

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

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