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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 42,584 51.91% 39,456 48.09%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 16,593 20.23% 17,929 21.85%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,385 9.00% 5,919 7.21%
Management, except farm managers 5,305 6.47% 3,438 4.19%
Farmers & farm managers 68 0.08% 44 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 2,012 2.45% 2,437 2.97%
Business operations specialists 1,012 1.23% 1,197 1.46%
Financial specialists 1,000 1.22% 1,240 1.51%
Professional & related occupations: 9,208 11.22% 12,010 14.64%
Computer & mathematical 1,590 1.94% 900 1.10%
Architecture & engineering: 2,451 2.99% 399 0.49%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,086 2.54% 325 0.40%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 365 0.44% 74 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 600 0.73% 566 0.69%
Community & social services 507 0.62% 797 0.97%
Legal 374 0.46% 511 0.62%
Education, training, & library 1,621 1.98% 4,383 5.34%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,037 1.26% 919 1.12%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,028 1.25% 3,535 4.31%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 826 1.01% 2,685 3.27%
Health technologists & technicians 202 0.25% 850 1.04%
Service occupations: 4,447 5.42% 6,197 7.55%
Healthcare support 245 0.30% 1,697 2.07%
Protective services: 1,133 1.38% 227 0.28%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 785 0.96% 133 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 348 0.42% 94 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,428 1.74% 1,868 2.28%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,254 1.53% 611 0.74%
Personal care & service 387 0.47% 1,794 2.19%
Sales & office occupations: 7,695 9.38% 12,959 15.80%
Sales & related occupations 4,926 6.00% 4,020 4.90%
Office & administrative support 2,769 3.38% 8,939 10.90%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 123 0.15% 13 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,832 8.33% 193 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 4,075 4.97% 66 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 636 0.78% 7 0.01%
Construction trades 3,390 4.13% 59 0.07%
Extraction 49 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,757 3.36% 127 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,894 8.40% 2,165 2.64%
Production 4,373 5.33% 1,721 2.10%
Transportation & material moving: 2,521 3.07% 444 0.54%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 55 0.07% 18 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 105 0.13% 6 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,371 1.67% 207 0.25%
Rail, water & other transportation 248 0.30% 12 0.01%
Material moving 742 0.90% 201 0.25%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 42,584 51.91% 39,456 48.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 308 0.38% 91 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 267 0.33% 85 0.10%
Mining 41 0.05% 6 0.01%
Construction 4,645 5.66% 511 0.62%
Manufacturing 9,175 11.18% 3,996 4.87%
Wholesale trade 1,796 2.19% 735 0.90%
Retail trade 4,880 5.95% 4,100 5.00%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,642 3.22% 929 1.13%
Transportation & warehousing 1,457 1.78% 462 0.56%
Utilities 1,185 1.44% 467 0.57%
Information 1,259 1.53% 1,170 1.43%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,058 3.73% 4,249 5.18%
Finance & insurance 2,578 3.14% 3,736 4.55%
Real estate & rental & leasing 480 0.59% 513 0.63%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,861 4.71% 3,385 4.13%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,704 3.30% 2,515 3.07%
Management of companies & enterprises 7 0.01% 6 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,150 1.40% 864 1.05%
Educational, health & social services: 4,887 5.96% 14,340 17.48%
Educational services 2,770 3.38% 6,136 7.48%
Health care & social assistance 2,117 2.58% 8,204 10.00%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,459 3.00% 2,486 3.03%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 817 1.00% 603 0.74%
Accommodation & food services 1,642 2.00% 1,883 2.30%
Other services (except public administration) 1,614 1.97% 1,788 2.18%
Public administration 2,000 2.44% 1,676 2.04%

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

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