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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 26,228 51.86% 24,348 48.14%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,712 13.27% 9,165 18.12%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,903 5.74% 2,426 4.80%
Management, except farm managers 1,902 3.76% 1,326 2.62%
Farmers & farm managers 234 0.46% 68 0.13%
Business & financial operations: 767 1.52% 1,032 2.04%
Business operations specialists 320 0.63% 550 1.09%
Financial specialists 447 0.88% 482 0.95%
Professional & related occupations: 3,809 7.53% 6,739 13.32%
Computer & mathematical 225 0.44% 93 0.18%
Architecture & engineering: 575 1.14% 66 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 312 0.62% 25 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 263 0.52% 41 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 284 0.56% 116 0.23%
Community & social services 423 0.84% 467 0.92%
Legal 327 0.65% 288 0.57%
Education, training, & library 593 1.17% 2,726 5.39%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 357 0.71% 328 0.65%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,025 2.03% 2,655 5.25%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 754 1.49% 1,697 3.36%
Health technologists & technicians 271 0.54% 958 1.89%
Service occupations: 4,304 8.51% 5,089 10.06%
Healthcare support 320 0.63% 1,557 3.08%
Protective services: 1,298 2.57% 242 0.48%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,059 2.09% 184 0.36%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 239 0.47% 58 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,144 2.26% 1,411 2.79%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,247 2.47% 827 1.64%
Personal care & service 295 0.58% 1,052 2.08%
Sales & office occupations: 4,665 9.22% 8,736 17.27%
Sales & related occupations 3,033 6.00% 3,231 6.39%
Office & administrative support 1,632 3.23% 5,505 10.88%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 460 0.91% 136 0.27%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,499 10.87% 103 0.20%
Construction & extraction: 2,958 5.85% 26 0.05%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 339 0.67% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,401 4.75% 26 0.05%
Extraction 218 0.43% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,541 5.02% 77 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,588 9.07% 1,119 2.21%
Production 1,654 3.27% 679 1.34%
Transportation & material moving: 2,934 5.80% 440 0.87%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 71 0.14% 19 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 60 0.12% 11 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 1,793 3.55% 269 0.53%
Rail, water & other transportation 178 0.35% 0 0.00%
Material moving 832 1.65% 141 0.28%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 26,228 51.86% 24,348 48.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,529 3.02% 239 0.47%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 904 1.79% 237 0.47%
Mining 625 1.24% 2 0.00%
Construction 3,359 6.64% 255 0.50%
Manufacturing 2,430 4.80% 809 1.60%
Wholesale trade 1,306 2.58% 427 0.84%
Retail trade 3,269 6.46% 3,285 6.50%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,029 4.01% 556 1.10%
Transportation & warehousing 1,484 2.93% 392 0.78%
Utilities 545 1.08% 164 0.32%
Information 584 1.15% 465 0.92%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,126 2.23% 1,483 2.93%
Finance & insurance 781 1.54% 1,170 2.31%
Real estate & rental & leasing 345 0.68% 313 0.62%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,746 3.45% 1,413 2.79%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 930 1.84% 1,023 2.02%
Management of companies & enterprises 22 0.04% 6 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 794 1.57% 384 0.76%
Educational, health & social services: 3,559 7.04% 11,058 21.86%
Educational services 1,205 2.38% 3,875 7.66%
Health care & social assistance 2,354 4.65% 7,183 14.20%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,729 3.42% 1,787 3.53%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 307 0.61% 280 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 1,422 2.81% 1,507 2.98%
Other services (except public administration) 1,330 2.63% 1,235 2.44%
Public administration 2,232 4.41% 1,336 2.64%

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

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