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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 28,154 50.62% 27,465 49.38%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,237 13.01% 9,568 17.20%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,369 6.06% 2,755 4.95%
Management, except farm managers 2,363 4.25% 1,364 2.45%
Farmers & farm managers 235 0.42% 27 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 771 1.39% 1,364 2.45%
Business operations specialists 412 0.74% 719 1.29%
Financial specialists 359 0.65% 645 1.16%
Professional & related occupations: 3,868 6.95% 6,813 12.25%
Computer & mathematical 369 0.66% 182 0.33%
Architecture & engineering: 748 1.34% 68 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 536 0.96% 28 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 212 0.38% 40 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 217 0.39% 46 0.08%
Community & social services 520 0.93% 665 1.20%
Legal 145 0.26% 155 0.28%
Education, training, & library 660 1.19% 2,635 4.74%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 272 0.49% 300 0.54%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 937 1.68% 2,762 4.97%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 755 1.36% 1,688 3.03%
Health technologists & technicians 182 0.33% 1,074 1.93%
Service occupations: 2,737 4.92% 5,564 10.00%
Healthcare support 131 0.24% 1,356 2.44%
Protective services: 677 1.22% 216 0.39%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 432 0.78% 88 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 245 0.44% 128 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 704 1.27% 1,682 3.02%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 991 1.78% 1,014 1.82%
Personal care & service 234 0.42% 1,296 2.33%
Sales & office occupations: 4,715 8.48% 9,092 16.35%
Sales & related occupations 3,130 5.63% 3,393 6.10%
Office & administrative support 1,585 2.85% 5,699 10.25%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 300 0.54% 43 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,893 10.60% 239 0.43%
Construction & extraction: 3,117 5.60% 123 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 434 0.78% 9 0.02%
Construction trades 2,648 4.76% 114 0.20%
Extraction 35 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,776 4.99% 116 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,272 13.07% 2,959 5.32%
Production 3,874 6.97% 2,374 4.27%
Transportation & material moving: 3,398 6.11% 585 1.05%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 178 0.32% 28 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 30 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,845 3.32% 313 0.56%
Rail, water & other transportation 206 0.37% 4 0.01%
Material moving 1,139 2.05% 240 0.43%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 28,154 50.62% 27,465 49.38%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 610 1.10% 90 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 610 1.10% 90 0.16%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 3,596 6.47% 278 0.50%
Manufacturing 6,860 12.33% 2,944 5.29%
Wholesale trade 1,648 2.96% 476 0.86%
Retail trade 3,374 6.07% 3,446 6.20%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,138 3.84% 456 0.82%
Transportation & warehousing 1,767 3.18% 379 0.68%
Utilities 371 0.67% 77 0.14%
Information 444 0.80% 356 0.64%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,287 2.31% 2,678 4.81%
Finance & insurance 869 1.56% 2,352 4.23%
Real estate & rental & leasing 418 0.75% 326 0.59%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,477 2.66% 1,353 2.43%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 620 1.11% 722 1.30%
Management of companies & enterprises 5 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 852 1.53% 631 1.13%
Educational, health & social services: 2,625 4.72% 9,879 17.76%
Educational services 1,039 1.87% 3,692 6.64%
Health care & social assistance 1,586 2.85% 6,187 11.12%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,440 2.59% 2,645 4.76%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 298 0.54% 291 0.52%
Accommodation & food services 1,142 2.05% 2,354 4.23%
Other services (except public administration) 1,611 2.90% 1,533 2.76%
Public administration 1,044 1.88% 1,331 2.39%

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

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