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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 133,254 51.15% 127,271 48.85%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 46,053 17.68% 51,058 19.60%
Management, business, & financial operations: 20,954 8.04% 17,192 6.60%
Management, except farm managers 14,961 5.74% 9,548 3.66%
Farmers & farm managers 239 0.09% 138 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 5,754 2.21% 7,506 2.88%
Business operations specialists 2,597 1.00% 3,625 1.39%
Financial specialists 3,157 1.21% 3,881 1.49%
Professional & related occupations: 25,099 9.63% 33,866 13.00%
Computer & mathematical 4,702 1.80% 2,264 0.87%
Architecture & engineering: 4,238 1.63% 783 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,093 1.19% 485 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,145 0.44% 298 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 1,589 0.61% 896 0.34%
Community & social services 2,232 0.86% 3,281 1.26%
Legal 2,016 0.77% 2,099 0.81%
Education, training, & library 4,517 1.73% 12,474 4.79%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,103 0.81% 2,063 0.79%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,702 1.42% 10,006 3.84%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,807 1.08% 6,815 2.62%
Health technologists & technicians 895 0.34% 3,191 1.22%
Service occupations: 16,188 6.21% 20,565 7.89%
Healthcare support 611 0.23% 4,517 1.73%
Protective services: 4,311 1.65% 1,549 0.59%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,900 1.11% 983 0.38%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,411 0.54% 566 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,461 2.10% 6,477 2.49%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,560 1.75% 3,017 1.16%
Personal care & service 1,245 0.48% 5,005 1.92%
Sales & office occupations: 25,897 9.94% 47,177 18.11%
Sales & related occupations 15,904 6.10% 15,084 5.79%
Office & administrative support 9,993 3.84% 32,093 12.32%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 491 0.19% 210 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 22,704 8.71% 1,072 0.41%
Construction & extraction: 13,325 5.11% 569 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,938 0.74% 80 0.03%
Construction trades 11,319 4.34% 479 0.18%
Extraction 68 0.03% 10 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 9,379 3.60% 503 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 21,921 8.41% 7,189 2.76%
Production 10,544 4.05% 5,321 2.04%
Transportation & material moving: 11,377 4.37% 1,868 0.72%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 424 0.16% 62 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 213 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 6,289 2.41% 870 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 300 0.12% 35 0.01%
Material moving 4,151 1.59% 901 0.35%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 133,254 51.15% 127,271 48.85%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,087 0.42% 391 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 835 0.32% 349 0.13%
Mining 252 0.10% 42 0.02%
Construction 16,398 6.29% 1,836 0.70%
Manufacturing 17,924 6.88% 7,540 2.89%
Wholesale trade 6,636 2.55% 2,560 0.98%
Retail trade 14,853 5.70% 14,046 5.39%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 9,447 3.63% 3,517 1.35%
Transportation & warehousing 7,006 2.69% 2,553 0.98%
Utilities 2,441 0.94% 964 0.37%
Information 4,139 1.59% 3,856 1.48%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 9,046 3.47% 13,303 5.11%
Finance & insurance 6,455 2.48% 11,188 4.29%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,591 0.99% 2,115 0.81%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 12,433 4.77% 9,735 3.74%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 7,236 2.78% 6,211 2.38%
Management of companies & enterprises 102 0.04% 54 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 5,095 1.96% 3,470 1.33%
Educational, health & social services: 14,676 5.63% 41,712 16.01%
Educational services 7,925 3.04% 18,553 7.12%
Health care & social assistance 6,751 2.59% 23,159 8.89%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 9,498 3.65% 10,096 3.88%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,811 0.70% 1,463 0.56%
Accommodation & food services 7,687 2.95% 8,633 3.31%
Other services (except public administration) 6,249 2.40% 6,393 2.45%
Public administration 10,868 4.17% 12,286 4.72%

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

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