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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 120,021 53.78% 103,167 46.22%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 32,733 14.67% 34,005 15.24%
Management, business, & financial operations: 15,660 7.02% 11,539 5.17%
Management, except farm managers 11,558 5.18% 6,126 2.74%
Farmers & farm managers 310 0.14% 63 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 3,792 1.70% 5,350 2.40%
Business operations specialists 1,900 0.85% 2,727 1.22%
Financial specialists 1,892 0.85% 2,623 1.18%
Professional & related occupations: 17,073 7.65% 22,466 10.07%
Computer & mathematical 2,051 0.92% 875 0.39%
Architecture & engineering: 3,935 1.76% 565 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,864 1.28% 330 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,071 0.48% 235 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 970 0.43% 504 0.23%
Community & social services 1,834 0.82% 1,555 0.70%
Legal 929 0.42% 860 0.39%
Education, training, & library 2,514 1.13% 8,248 3.70%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,656 0.74% 1,826 0.82%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,184 1.43% 8,033 3.60%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,480 1.11% 5,280 2.37%
Health technologists & technicians 704 0.32% 2,753 1.23%
Service occupations: 13,089 5.86% 17,088 7.66%
Healthcare support 402 0.18% 3,675 1.65%
Protective services: 2,931 1.31% 595 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,926 0.86% 218 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,005 0.45% 377 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,965 1.78% 6,035 2.70%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,654 2.09% 2,708 1.21%
Personal care & service 1,137 0.51% 4,075 1.83%
Sales & office occupations: 21,217 9.51% 38,602 17.30%
Sales & related occupations 12,921 5.79% 12,525 5.61%
Office & administrative support 8,296 3.72% 26,077 11.68%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 376 0.17% 106 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 21,023 9.42% 816 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 12,410 5.56% 316 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,485 0.67% 14 0.01%
Construction trades 10,884 4.88% 302 0.14%
Extraction 41 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 8,613 3.86% 500 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 31,583 14.15% 12,550 5.62%
Production 17,422 7.81% 9,685 4.34%
Transportation & material moving: 14,161 6.34% 2,865 1.28%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 372 0.17% 50 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 201 0.09% 13 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 6,742 3.02% 930 0.42%
Rail, water & other transportation 583 0.26% 53 0.02%
Material moving 6,263 2.81% 1,819 0.82%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 120,021 53.78% 103,167 46.22%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 867 0.39% 234 0.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 741 0.33% 216 0.10%
Mining 126 0.06% 18 0.01%
Construction 13,860 6.21% 1,329 0.60%
Manufacturing 30,472 13.65% 13,337 5.98%
Wholesale trade 6,139 2.75% 2,216 0.99%
Retail trade 12,701 5.69% 12,347 5.53%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 11,416 5.11% 3,746 1.68%
Transportation & warehousing 7,327 3.28% 2,464 1.10%
Utilities 4,089 1.83% 1,282 0.57%
Information 2,095 0.94% 1,654 0.74%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 6,276 2.81% 12,169 5.45%
Finance & insurance 4,452 1.99% 10,463 4.69%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,824 0.82% 1,706 0.76%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 8,617 3.86% 7,545 3.38%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,629 2.07% 4,560 2.04%
Management of companies & enterprises 11 0.00% 14 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,977 1.78% 2,971 1.33%
Educational, health & social services: 9,984 4.47% 31,272 14.01%
Educational services 4,426 1.98% 11,857 5.31%
Health care & social assistance 5,558 2.49% 19,415 8.70%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 7,428 3.33% 8,509 3.81%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,586 0.71% 1,205 0.54%
Accommodation & food services 5,842 2.62% 7,304 3.27%
Other services (except public administration) 5,954 2.67% 5,680 2.54%
Public administration 4,212 1.89% 3,129 1.40%

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

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