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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 59,303 52.54% 53,564 47.46%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 18,201 16.13% 19,537 17.31%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,775 6.89% 6,180 5.48%
Management, except farm managers 5,298 4.69% 3,390 3.00%
Farmers & farm managers 91 0.08% 23 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 2,386 2.11% 2,767 2.45%
Business operations specialists 1,168 1.03% 1,374 1.22%
Financial specialists 1,218 1.08% 1,393 1.23%
Professional & related occupations: 10,426 9.24% 13,357 11.83%
Computer & mathematical 1,145 1.01% 589 0.52%
Architecture & engineering: 2,230 1.98% 332 0.29%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,741 1.54% 263 0.23%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 489 0.43% 69 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 892 0.79% 408 0.36%
Community & social services 775 0.69% 908 0.80%
Legal 1,276 1.13% 1,178 1.04%
Education, training, & library 1,285 1.14% 4,163 3.69%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 820 0.73% 666 0.59%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,003 1.77% 5,113 4.53%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,525 1.35% 3,397 3.01%
Health technologists & technicians 478 0.42% 1,716 1.52%
Service occupations: 6,999 6.20% 9,430 8.35%
Healthcare support 331 0.29% 2,174 1.93%
Protective services: 1,595 1.41% 279 0.25%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 861 0.76% 124 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 734 0.65% 155 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,278 2.02% 3,298 2.92%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,246 1.99% 1,405 1.24%
Personal care & service 549 0.49% 2,274 2.01%
Sales & office occupations: 11,690 10.36% 22,327 19.78%
Sales & related occupations 7,413 6.57% 6,911 6.12%
Office & administrative support 4,277 3.79% 15,416 13.66%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 179 0.16% 89 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 10,577 9.37% 300 0.27%
Construction & extraction: 6,057 5.37% 132 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 763 0.68% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 4,964 4.40% 132 0.12%
Extraction 330 0.29% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,520 4.00% 168 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 11,657 10.33% 1,881 1.67%
Production 5,176 4.59% 1,080 0.96%
Transportation & material moving: 6,481 5.74% 801 0.71%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 263 0.23% 54 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 76 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 3,877 3.44% 252 0.22%
Rail, water & other transportation 273 0.24% 46 0.04%
Material moving 1,992 1.76% 449 0.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 59,303 52.54% 53,564 47.46%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,644 1.46% 286 0.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 329 0.29% 166 0.15%
Mining 1,315 1.17% 120 0.11%
Construction 6,366 5.64% 648 0.57%
Manufacturing 7,987 7.08% 2,181 1.93%
Wholesale trade 3,092 2.74% 991 0.88%
Retail trade 7,016 6.22% 7,178 6.36%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,331 4.72% 1,605 1.42%
Transportation & warehousing 3,595 3.19% 947 0.84%
Utilities 1,736 1.54% 658 0.58%
Information 1,874 1.66% 1,862 1.65%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,865 2.54% 4,707 4.17%
Finance & insurance 1,897 1.68% 3,830 3.39%
Real estate & rental & leasing 968 0.86% 877 0.78%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,834 5.17% 4,745 4.20%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,504 3.10% 3,099 2.75%
Management of companies & enterprises 74 0.07% 21 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,256 2.00% 1,625 1.44%
Educational, health & social services: 5,829 5.16% 17,443 15.45%
Educational services 2,284 2.02% 5,848 5.18%
Health care & social assistance 3,545 3.14% 11,595 10.27%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,053 3.59% 4,420 3.92%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 815 0.72% 598 0.53%
Accommodation & food services 3,238 2.87% 3,822 3.39%
Other services (except public administration) 2,924 2.59% 2,613 2.32%
Public administration 4,488 3.98% 4,885 4.33%

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

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