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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 37,586 52.21% 34,406 47.79%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 11,839 16.44% 11,232 15.60%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,167 7.18% 3,747 5.20%
Management, except farm managers 3,955 5.49% 2,330 3.24%
Farmers & farm managers 63 0.09% 23 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 1,149 1.60% 1,394 1.94%
Business operations specialists 639 0.89% 589 0.82%
Financial specialists 510 0.71% 805 1.12%
Professional & related occupations: 6,672 9.27% 7,485 10.40%
Computer & mathematical 1,369 1.90% 386 0.54%
Architecture & engineering: 2,164 3.01% 206 0.29%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,585 2.20% 105 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 579 0.80% 101 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 162 0.23% 78 0.11%
Community & social services 521 0.72% 616 0.86%
Legal 216 0.30% 373 0.52%
Education, training, & library 710 0.99% 2,657 3.69%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 655 0.91% 704 0.98%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 875 1.22% 2,465 3.42%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 606 0.84% 1,476 2.05%
Health technologists & technicians 269 0.37% 989 1.37%
Service occupations: 5,952 8.27% 7,736 10.75%
Healthcare support 201 0.28% 923 1.28%
Protective services: 1,486 2.06% 396 0.55%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,004 1.39% 280 0.39%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 482 0.67% 116 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,343 3.25% 3,274 4.55%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,474 2.05% 1,559 2.17%
Personal care & service 448 0.62% 1,584 2.20%
Sales & office occupations: 6,023 8.37% 13,332 18.52%
Sales & related occupations 3,762 5.23% 5,359 7.44%
Office & administrative support 2,261 3.14% 7,973 11.07%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 296 0.41% 50 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,461 11.75% 423 0.59%
Construction & extraction: 4,984 6.92% 244 0.34%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 728 1.01% 29 0.04%
Construction trades 4,162 5.78% 215 0.30%
Extraction 94 0.13% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,477 4.83% 179 0.25%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,015 6.97% 1,633 2.27%
Production 1,762 2.45% 1,047 1.45%
Transportation & material moving: 3,253 4.52% 586 0.81%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 154 0.21% 28 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 310 0.43% 17 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 1,625 2.26% 269 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 214 0.30% 64 0.09%
Material moving 950 1.32% 208 0.29%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 37,586 52.21% 34,406 47.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 402 0.56% 135 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 314 0.44% 103 0.14%
Mining 88 0.12% 32 0.04%
Construction 5,472 7.60% 748 1.04%
Manufacturing 2,545 3.54% 1,140 1.58%
Wholesale trade 877 1.22% 221 0.31%
Retail trade 4,493 6.24% 5,674 7.88%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,313 3.21% 554 0.77%
Transportation & warehousing 1,796 2.49% 426 0.59%
Utilities 517 0.72% 128 0.18%
Information 813 1.13% 834 1.16%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,996 2.77% 3,173 4.41%
Finance & insurance 707 0.98% 1,663 2.31%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,289 1.79% 1,510 2.10%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,554 6.33% 3,142 4.36%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,127 4.34% 1,964 2.73%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,427 1.98% 1,178 1.64%
Educational, health & social services: 2,612 3.63% 9,079 12.61%
Educational services 1,272 1.77% 3,626 5.04%
Health care & social assistance 1,340 1.86% 5,453 7.57%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,384 6.09% 5,139 7.14%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 885 1.23% 550 0.76%
Accommodation & food services 3,499 4.86% 4,589 6.37%
Other services (except public administration) 1,966 2.73% 1,901 2.64%
Public administration 5,159 7.17% 2,666 3.70%

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

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