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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 32,898 50.95% 31,667 49.05%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 10,101 15.64% 11,678 18.09%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,254 6.59% 2,614 4.05%
Management, except farm managers 3,034 4.70% 1,684 2.61%
Farmers & farm managers 301 0.47% 27 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 919 1.42% 903 1.40%
Business operations specialists 436 0.68% 368 0.57%
Financial specialists 483 0.75% 535 0.83%
Professional & related occupations: 5,847 9.06% 9,064 14.04%
Computer & mathematical 633 0.98% 353 0.55%
Architecture & engineering: 744 1.15% 192 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 446 0.69% 71 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 298 0.46% 121 0.19%
Life, physical, & social science 597 0.92% 320 0.50%
Community & social services 433 0.67% 917 1.42%
Legal 212 0.33% 255 0.39%
Education, training, & library 1,392 2.16% 3,407 5.28%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 544 0.84% 393 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,292 2.00% 3,227 5.00%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,062 1.64% 2,318 3.59%
Health technologists & technicians 230 0.36% 909 1.41%
Service occupations: 4,023 6.23% 6,002 9.30%
Healthcare support 192 0.30% 1,408 2.18%
Protective services: 891 1.38% 271 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 659 1.02% 109 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 232 0.36% 162 0.25%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,496 2.32% 2,231 3.46%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,080 1.67% 771 1.19%
Personal care & service 364 0.56% 1,321 2.05%
Sales & office occupations: 6,075 9.41% 10,766 16.67%
Sales & related occupations 3,884 6.02% 3,730 5.78%
Office & administrative support 2,191 3.39% 7,036 10.90%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 396 0.61% 91 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,829 9.03% 241 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 3,525 5.46% 116 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 521 0.81% 25 0.04%
Construction trades 2,995 4.64% 91 0.14%
Extraction 9 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,304 3.57% 125 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,474 10.03% 2,889 4.47%
Production 3,605 5.58% 2,378 3.68%
Transportation & material moving: 2,869 4.44% 511 0.79%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 42 0.07% 11 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 41 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,487 2.30% 227 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 93 0.14% 7 0.01%
Material moving 1,206 1.87% 266 0.41%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 32,898 50.95% 31,667 49.05%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 920 1.42% 201 0.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 864 1.34% 193 0.30%
Mining 56 0.09% 8 0.01%
Construction 4,036 6.25% 394 0.61%
Manufacturing 6,333 9.81% 3,608 5.59%
Wholesale trade 1,464 2.27% 501 0.78%
Retail trade 4,308 6.67% 3,735 5.78%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,597 2.47% 538 0.83%
Transportation & warehousing 1,248 1.93% 375 0.58%
Utilities 349 0.54% 163 0.25%
Information 707 1.10% 668 1.03%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,344 2.08% 1,610 2.49%
Finance & insurance 814 1.26% 1,225 1.90%
Real estate & rental & leasing 530 0.82% 385 0.60%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,107 3.26% 1,697 2.63%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,028 1.59% 922 1.43%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,079 1.67% 775 1.20%
Educational, health & social services: 4,663 7.22% 13,239 20.50%
Educational services 2,596 4.02% 5,640 8.74%
Health care & social assistance 2,067 3.20% 7,599 11.77%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,471 3.83% 2,935 4.55%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 492 0.76% 320 0.50%
Accommodation & food services 1,979 3.07% 2,615 4.05%
Other services (except public administration) 1,439 2.23% 1,502 2.33%
Public administration 1,509 2.34% 1,039 1.61%

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

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