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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 137,159 54.00% 116,843 46.00%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 37,007 14.57% 36,321 14.30%
Management, business, & financial operations: 18,058 7.11% 11,714 4.61%
Management, except farm managers 12,255 4.82% 6,144 2.42%
Farmers & farm managers 1,281 0.50% 222 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 4,522 1.78% 5,348 2.11%
Business operations specialists 2,326 0.92% 2,671 1.05%
Financial specialists 2,196 0.86% 2,677 1.05%
Professional & related occupations: 18,949 7.46% 24,607 9.69%
Computer & mathematical 2,753 1.08% 1,063 0.42%
Architecture & engineering: 6,068 2.39% 599 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4,736 1.86% 333 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,332 0.52% 266 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 586 0.23% 404 0.16%
Community & social services 1,675 0.66% 2,045 0.81%
Legal 769 0.30% 834 0.33%
Education, training, & library 2,868 1.13% 8,616 3.39%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,756 0.69% 1,756 0.69%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,474 0.97% 9,290 3.66%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,998 0.79% 6,057 2.38%
Health technologists & technicians 476 0.19% 3,233 1.27%
Service occupations: 12,767 5.03% 20,171 7.94%
Healthcare support 413 0.16% 4,246 1.67%
Protective services: 2,469 0.97% 445 0.18%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,469 0.58% 168 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,000 0.39% 277 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,494 1.77% 7,549 2.97%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,425 1.74% 2,703 1.06%
Personal care & service 966 0.38% 5,228 2.06%
Sales & office occupations: 22,456 8.84% 42,575 16.76%
Sales & related occupations 13,935 5.49% 13,218 5.20%
Office & administrative support 8,521 3.35% 29,357 11.56%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 546 0.21% 286 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 22,509 8.86% 938 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 11,948 4.70% 464 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,458 0.57% 53 0.02%
Construction trades 10,442 4.11% 411 0.16%
Extraction 48 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 10,561 4.16% 474 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 41,874 16.49% 16,552 6.52%
Production 27,325 10.76% 12,957 5.10%
Transportation & material moving: 14,549 5.73% 3,595 1.42%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 310 0.12% 98 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 147 0.06% 31 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 6,886 2.71% 1,183 0.47%
Rail, water & other transportation 809 0.32% 151 0.06%
Material moving 6,397 2.52% 2,132 0.84%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 137,159 54.00% 116,843 46.00%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,273 0.89% 697 0.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,979 0.78% 621 0.24%
Mining 294 0.12% 76 0.03%
Construction 14,496 5.71% 1,820 0.72%
Manufacturing 46,511 18.31% 19,295 7.60%
Wholesale trade 7,252 2.86% 3,563 1.40%
Retail trade 14,964 5.89% 14,806 5.83%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 7,785 3.06% 3,682 1.45%
Transportation & warehousing 6,832 2.69% 3,248 1.28%
Utilities 953 0.38% 434 0.17%
Information 2,761 1.09% 3,146 1.24%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 6,069 2.39% 9,846 3.88%
Finance & insurance 4,171 1.64% 8,432 3.32%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,898 0.75% 1,414 0.56%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 8,378 3.30% 6,607 2.60%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,760 1.87% 3,862 1.52%
Management of companies & enterprises 32 0.01% 38 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,586 1.41% 2,707 1.07%
Educational, health & social services: 9,807 3.86% 35,644 14.03%
Educational services 4,937 1.94% 12,123 4.77%
Health care & social assistance 4,870 1.92% 23,521 9.26%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 7,685 3.03% 9,051 3.56%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,587 0.62% 1,154 0.45%
Accommodation & food services 6,098 2.40% 7,897 3.11%
Other services (except public administration) 6,114 2.41% 6,248 2.46%
Public administration 3,064 1.21% 2,438 0.96%

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

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