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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 130,216 54.09% 110,507 45.91%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 35,372 14.69% 34,796 14.45%
Management, business, & financial operations: 15,376 6.39% 10,506 4.36%
Management, except farm managers 10,923 4.54% 6,110 2.54%
Farmers & farm managers 218 0.09% 52 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 4,235 1.76% 4,344 1.80%
Business operations specialists 2,273 0.94% 1,851 0.77%
Financial specialists 1,962 0.82% 2,493 1.04%
Professional & related occupations: 19,996 8.31% 24,290 10.09%
Computer & mathematical 1,735 0.72% 666 0.28%
Architecture & engineering: 3,315 1.38% 447 0.19%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,248 0.93% 266 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,067 0.44% 181 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 496 0.21% 365 0.15%
Community & social services 1,407 0.58% 1,972 0.82%
Legal 1,038 0.43% 938 0.39%
Education, training, & library 6,170 2.56% 13,193 5.48%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,899 0.79% 1,102 0.46%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,936 1.64% 5,607 2.33%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,834 1.18% 3,697 1.54%
Health technologists & technicians 1,102 0.46% 1,910 0.79%
Service occupations: 18,396 7.64% 22,351 9.28%
Healthcare support 916 0.38% 4,330 1.80%
Protective services: 5,621 2.34% 1,251 0.52%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,287 1.37% 457 0.19%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,334 0.97% 794 0.33%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,560 2.31% 7,664 3.18%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,038 2.09% 4,561 1.89%
Personal care & service 1,261 0.52% 4,545 1.89%
Sales & office occupations: 26,331 10.94% 41,286 17.15%
Sales & related occupations 14,625 6.08% 13,779 5.72%
Office & administrative support 11,706 4.86% 27,507 11.43%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 758 0.31% 105 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 20,204 8.39% 635 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 10,569 4.39% 239 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,202 0.50% 31 0.01%
Construction trades 9,326 3.87% 208 0.09%
Extraction 41 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 9,635 4.00% 396 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 29,155 12.11% 11,334 4.71%
Production 13,373 5.56% 9,659 4.01%
Transportation & material moving: 15,782 6.56% 1,675 0.70%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 591 0.25% 59 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 238 0.10% 13 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 8,862 3.68% 627 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 850 0.35% 122 0.05%
Material moving 5,241 2.18% 854 0.35%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 130,216 54.09% 110,507 45.91%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,193 0.50% 243 0.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,091 0.45% 220 0.09%
Mining 102 0.04% 23 0.01%
Construction 11,665 4.85% 1,219 0.51%
Manufacturing 22,211 9.23% 12,624 5.24%
Wholesale trade 6,267 2.60% 2,792 1.16%
Retail trade 15,205 6.32% 13,454 5.59%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 13,549 5.63% 2,865 1.19%
Transportation & warehousing 11,844 4.92% 2,293 0.95%
Utilities 1,705 0.71% 572 0.24%
Information 3,569 1.48% 4,526 1.88%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,965 2.06% 6,357 2.64%
Finance & insurance 2,401 1.00% 4,243 1.76%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,564 1.07% 2,114 0.88%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 10,064 4.18% 7,538 3.13%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,300 1.79% 3,540 1.47%
Management of companies & enterprises 10 0.00% 8 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 5,754 2.39% 3,990 1.66%
Educational, health & social services: 17,053 7.08% 38,229 15.88%
Educational services 10,323 4.29% 20,691 8.60%
Health care & social assistance 6,730 2.80% 17,538 7.29%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 9,613 3.99% 10,004 4.16%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,818 0.76% 1,110 0.46%
Accommodation & food services 7,795 3.24% 8,894 3.69%
Other services (except public administration) 5,788 2.40% 5,378 2.23%
Public administration 9,074 3.77% 5,278 2.19%

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

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