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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 31,448 53.16% 27,710 46.84%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,920 13.39% 8,487 14.35%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,675 6.21% 2,401 4.06%
Management, except farm managers 2,565 4.34% 1,449 2.45%
Farmers & farm managers 351 0.59% 26 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 759 1.28% 926 1.57%
Business operations specialists 382 0.65% 404 0.68%
Financial specialists 377 0.64% 522 0.88%
Professional & related occupations: 4,245 7.18% 6,086 10.29%
Computer & mathematical 373 0.63% 119 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 854 1.44% 96 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 547 0.92% 53 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 307 0.52% 43 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 215 0.36% 46 0.08%
Community & social services 377 0.64% 504 0.85%
Legal 180 0.30% 161 0.27%
Education, training, & library 862 1.46% 2,396 4.05%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 296 0.50% 334 0.56%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,088 1.84% 2,430 4.11%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 824 1.39% 1,421 2.40%
Health technologists & technicians 264 0.45% 1,009 1.71%
Service occupations: 3,691 6.24% 5,618 9.50%
Healthcare support 156 0.26% 1,205 2.04%
Protective services: 1,109 1.87% 188 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 784 1.33% 97 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 325 0.55% 91 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 977 1.65% 1,651 2.79%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,121 1.89% 1,089 1.84%
Personal care & service 328 0.55% 1,485 2.51%
Sales & office occupations: 5,426 9.17% 10,268 17.36%
Sales & related occupations 3,750 6.34% 4,021 6.80%
Office & administrative support 1,676 2.83% 6,247 10.56%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 271 0.46% 75 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,893 11.65% 290 0.49%
Construction & extraction: 3,325 5.62% 148 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 491 0.83% 3 0.01%
Construction trades 2,832 4.79% 145 0.25%
Extraction 2 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,568 6.03% 142 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,247 12.25% 2,972 5.02%
Production 3,363 5.68% 2,339 3.95%
Transportation & material moving: 3,884 6.57% 633 1.07%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 92 0.16% 2 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 201 0.34% 12 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 2,055 3.47% 342 0.58%
Rail, water & other transportation 213 0.36% 8 0.01%
Material moving 1,323 2.24% 269 0.45%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 31,448 53.16% 27,710 46.84%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 695 1.17% 140 0.24%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 647 1.09% 135 0.23%
Mining 48 0.08% 5 0.01%
Construction 3,851 6.51% 387 0.65%
Manufacturing 5,427 9.17% 2,899 4.90%
Wholesale trade 1,639 2.77% 470 0.79%
Retail trade 4,191 7.08% 4,441 7.51%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,267 7.21% 1,086 1.84%
Transportation & warehousing 3,180 5.38% 905 1.53%
Utilities 1,087 1.84% 181 0.31%
Information 563 0.95% 414 0.70%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 978 1.65% 1,618 2.74%
Finance & insurance 568 0.96% 1,135 1.92%
Real estate & rental & leasing 410 0.69% 483 0.82%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,993 3.37% 1,671 2.82%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 857 1.45% 729 1.23%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 11 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,136 1.92% 931 1.57%
Educational, health & social services: 2,791 4.72% 9,341 15.79%
Educational services 1,193 2.02% 3,292 5.56%
Health care & social assistance 1,598 2.70% 6,049 10.23%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,667 2.82% 2,300 3.89%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 321 0.54% 323 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 1,346 2.28% 1,977 3.34%
Other services (except public administration) 1,528 2.58% 1,780 3.01%
Public administration 1,858 3.14% 1,163 1.97%

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

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