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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 152,890 53.23% 134,337 46.77%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 35,072 12.21% 43,139 15.02%
Management, business, & financial operations: 16,260 5.66% 12,600 4.39%
Management, except farm managers 12,014 4.18% 7,389 2.57%
Farmers & farm managers 256 0.09% 37 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 3,990 1.39% 5,174 1.80%
Business operations specialists 1,751 0.61% 2,265 0.79%
Financial specialists 2,239 0.78% 2,909 1.01%
Professional & related occupations: 18,812 6.55% 30,539 10.63%
Computer & mathematical 2,617 0.91% 1,003 0.35%
Architecture & engineering: 4,265 1.48% 619 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,870 1.00% 314 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,395 0.49% 305 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 893 0.31% 711 0.25%
Community & social services 1,754 0.61% 2,552 0.89%
Legal 1,060 0.37% 1,226 0.43%
Education, training, & library 3,579 1.25% 11,761 4.09%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,310 0.46% 1,814 0.63%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,334 1.16% 10,853 3.78%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,717 0.95% 7,243 2.52%
Health technologists & technicians 617 0.21% 3,610 1.26%
Service occupations: 18,101 6.30% 26,477 9.22%
Healthcare support 342 0.12% 4,855 1.69%
Protective services: 4,777 1.66% 1,508 0.53%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,075 1.07% 576 0.20%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,702 0.59% 932 0.32%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,777 2.01% 10,193 3.55%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,464 1.90% 3,753 1.31%
Personal care & service 1,741 0.61% 6,168 2.15%
Sales & office occupations: 23,073 8.03% 53,660 18.68%
Sales & related occupations 14,040 4.89% 19,240 6.70%
Office & administrative support 9,033 3.14% 34,420 11.98%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 211 0.07% 114 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 32,938 11.47% 934 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 17,820 6.20% 458 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,982 0.69% 66 0.02%
Construction trades 15,747 5.48% 392 0.14%
Extraction 91 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 15,118 5.26% 476 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 43,495 15.14% 10,013 3.49%
Production 22,911 7.98% 6,346 2.21%
Transportation & material moving: 20,584 7.17% 3,667 1.28%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 496 0.17% 202 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 161 0.06% 38 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 8,168 2.84% 1,429 0.50%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,569 0.55% 194 0.07%
Material moving 10,190 3.55% 1,804 0.63%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 152,890 53.23% 134,337 46.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 706 0.25% 235 0.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 546 0.19% 211 0.07%
Mining 160 0.06% 24 0.01%
Construction 17,754 6.18% 1,957 0.68%
Manufacturing 44,871 15.62% 11,062 3.85%
Wholesale trade 6,345 2.21% 2,340 0.81%
Retail trade 15,562 5.42% 19,055 6.63%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 13,462 4.69% 4,900 1.71%
Transportation & warehousing 10,976 3.82% 3,944 1.37%
Utilities 2,486 0.87% 956 0.33%
Information 2,598 0.90% 2,995 1.04%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 5,409 1.88% 9,665 3.36%
Finance & insurance 3,306 1.15% 7,378 2.57%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,103 0.73% 2,287 0.80%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 10,315 3.59% 10,680 3.72%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,480 1.91% 6,822 2.38%
Management of companies & enterprises 92 0.03% 57 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,743 1.65% 3,801 1.32%
Educational, health & social services: 12,402 4.32% 45,541 15.86%
Educational services 6,659 2.32% 18,470 6.43%
Health care & social assistance 5,743 2.00% 27,071 9.42%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 10,521 3.66% 14,668 5.11%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,231 1.12% 4,217 1.47%
Accommodation & food services 7,290 2.54% 10,451 3.64%
Other services (except public administration) 7,752 2.70% 6,689 2.33%
Public administration 5,193 1.81% 4,550 1.58%

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

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