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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 51,421 55.25% 41,653 44.75%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 11,526 12.38% 10,595 11.38%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,725 7.23% 3,604 3.87%
Management, except farm managers 4,735 5.09% 2,120 2.28%
Farmers & farm managers 636 0.68% 156 0.17%
Business & financial operations: 1,354 1.45% 1,328 1.43%
Business operations specialists 718 0.77% 641 0.69%
Financial specialists 636 0.68% 687 0.74%
Professional & related occupations: 4,801 5.16% 6,991 7.51%
Computer & mathematical 590 0.63% 289 0.31%
Architecture & engineering: 1,276 1.37% 142 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 836 0.90% 53 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 440 0.47% 89 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 279 0.30% 126 0.14%
Community & social services 501 0.54% 582 0.63%
Legal 153 0.16% 145 0.16%
Education, training, & library 865 0.93% 3,052 3.28%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 507 0.54% 446 0.48%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 630 0.68% 2,209 2.37%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 559 0.60% 1,335 1.43%
Health technologists & technicians 71 0.08% 874 0.94%
Service occupations: 3,617 3.89% 6,609 7.10%
Healthcare support 126 0.14% 962 1.03%
Protective services: 816 0.88% 199 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 486 0.52% 59 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 330 0.35% 140 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,254 1.35% 2,621 2.82%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,094 1.18% 1,205 1.29%
Personal care & service 327 0.35% 1,622 1.74%
Sales & office occupations: 7,686 8.26% 14,136 15.19%
Sales & related occupations 4,780 5.14% 4,557 4.90%
Office & administrative support 2,906 3.12% 9,579 10.29%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 301 0.32% 82 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,729 8.30% 353 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 4,631 4.98% 215 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 493 0.53% 17 0.02%
Construction trades 4,108 4.41% 198 0.21%
Extraction 30 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,098 3.33% 138 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 20,562 22.09% 9,878 10.61%
Production 14,921 16.03% 8,474 9.10%
Transportation & material moving: 5,641 6.06% 1,404 1.51%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 63 0.07% 30 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 61 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,692 2.89% 427 0.46%
Rail, water & other transportation 227 0.24% 36 0.04%
Material moving 2,598 2.79% 911 0.98%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 51,421 55.25% 41,653 44.75%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 968 1.04% 289 0.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 949 1.02% 279 0.30%
Mining 19 0.02% 10 0.01%
Construction 4,281 4.60% 556 0.60%
Manufacturing 26,289 28.25% 13,325 14.32%
Wholesale trade 2,090 2.25% 1,085 1.17%
Retail trade 4,319 4.64% 4,708 5.06%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,300 2.47% 604 0.65%
Transportation & warehousing 2,003 2.15% 561 0.60%
Utilities 297 0.32% 43 0.05%
Information 633 0.68% 604 0.65%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,230 1.32% 1,932 2.08%
Finance & insurance 755 0.81% 1,416 1.52%
Real estate & rental & leasing 475 0.51% 516 0.55%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,766 1.90% 2,003 2.15%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 969 1.04% 1,049 1.13%
Management of companies & enterprises 34 0.04% 30 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 763 0.82% 924 0.99%
Educational, health & social services: 2,750 2.95% 10,403 11.18%
Educational services 1,388 1.49% 4,163 4.47%
Health care & social assistance 1,362 1.46% 6,240 6.70%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,059 2.21% 3,226 3.47%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 506 0.54% 351 0.38%
Accommodation & food services 1,553 1.67% 2,875 3.09%
Other services (except public administration) 1,936 2.08% 2,138 2.30%
Public administration 800 0.86% 780 0.84%

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

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