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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 191,193 55.66% 152,279 44.34%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 47,093 13.71% 52,106 15.17%
Management, business, & financial operations: 22,012 6.41% 16,320 4.75%
Management, except farm managers 12,914 3.76% 8,433 2.46%
Farmers & farm managers 3,922 1.14% 459 0.13%
Business & financial operations: 5,176 1.51% 7,428 2.16%
Business operations specialists 2,516 0.73% 3,278 0.95%
Financial specialists 2,660 0.77% 4,150 1.21%
Professional & related occupations: 25,081 7.30% 35,786 10.42%
Computer & mathematical 2,209 0.64% 835 0.24%
Architecture & engineering: 3,459 1.01% 495 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,306 0.67% 304 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,153 0.34% 191 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 1,308 0.38% 830 0.24%
Community & social services 2,920 0.85% 3,370 0.98%
Legal 1,514 0.44% 1,833 0.53%
Education, training, & library 6,864 2.00% 17,022 4.96%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,302 0.67% 2,030 0.59%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,505 1.31% 9,371 2.73%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,407 0.99% 6,368 1.85%
Health technologists & technicians 1,098 0.32% 3,003 0.87%
Service occupations: 26,083 7.59% 29,677 8.64%
Healthcare support 1,121 0.33% 6,733 1.96%
Protective services: 6,168 1.80% 1,479 0.43%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,923 1.14% 886 0.26%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,245 0.65% 593 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 7,082 2.06% 8,729 2.54%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 9,509 2.77% 4,092 1.19%
Personal care & service 2,203 0.64% 8,644 2.52%
Sales & office occupations: 32,201 9.38% 55,996 16.30%
Sales & related occupations 20,101 5.85% 16,810 4.89%
Office & administrative support 12,100 3.52% 39,186 11.41%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 19,065 5.55% 4,799 1.40%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 29,245 8.51% 737 0.21%
Construction & extraction: 15,510 4.52% 342 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,084 0.61% 51 0.01%
Construction trades 13,265 3.86% 265 0.08%
Extraction 161 0.05% 26 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 13,735 4.00% 395 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 37,506 10.92% 8,964 2.61%
Production 17,383 5.06% 5,574 1.62%
Transportation & material moving: 20,123 5.86% 3,390 0.99%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 385 0.11% 93 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 340 0.10% 25 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 10,614 3.09% 1,216 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 611 0.18% 123 0.04%
Material moving 8,173 2.38% 1,933 0.56%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 191,193 55.66% 152,279 44.34%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 26,019 7.58% 5,104 1.49%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 25,641 7.47% 5,084 1.48%
Mining 378 0.11% 20 0.01%
Construction 17,802 5.18% 2,025 0.59%
Manufacturing 21,708 6.32% 7,554 2.20%
Wholesale trade 11,059 3.22% 5,471 1.59%
Retail trade 21,170 6.16% 17,206 5.01%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 12,517 3.64% 3,295 0.96%
Transportation & warehousing 10,213 2.97% 2,698 0.79%
Utilities 2,304 0.67% 597 0.17%
Information 4,078 1.19% 3,142 0.91%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 7,698 2.24% 10,953 3.19%
Finance & insurance 4,386 1.28% 7,790 2.27%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,312 0.96% 3,163 0.92%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 14,305 4.16% 10,206 2.97%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,819 1.69% 5,884 1.71%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 20 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 8,486 2.47% 4,302 1.25%
Educational, health & social services: 21,476 6.25% 55,348 16.11%
Educational services 11,909 3.47% 24,920 7.26%
Health care & social assistance 9,567 2.79% 30,428 8.86%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 12,634 3.68% 12,379 3.60%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,858 0.83% 1,719 0.50%
Accommodation & food services 9,776 2.85% 10,660 3.10%
Other services (except public administration) 9,725 2.83% 7,666 2.23%
Public administration 11,002 3.20% 11,930 3.47%

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

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