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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 54,174 53.42% 47,229 46.58%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 14,099 13.90% 15,867 15.65%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,417 6.33% 4,270 4.21%
Management, except farm managers 4,389 4.33% 2,734 2.70%
Farmers & farm managers 455 0.45% 53 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 1,573 1.55% 1,483 1.46%
Business operations specialists 802 0.79% 593 0.58%
Financial specialists 771 0.76% 890 0.88%
Professional & related occupations: 7,682 7.58% 11,597 11.44%
Computer & mathematical 941 0.93% 313 0.31%
Architecture & engineering: 1,051 1.04% 160 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 775 0.76% 75 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 276 0.27% 85 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 388 0.38% 188 0.19%
Community & social services 880 0.87% 976 0.96%
Legal 422 0.42% 367 0.36%
Education, training, & library 1,396 1.38% 4,554 4.49%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 846 0.83% 948 0.93%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,758 1.73% 4,091 4.03%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,298 1.28% 2,610 2.57%
Health technologists & technicians 460 0.45% 1,481 1.46%
Service occupations: 7,653 7.55% 10,333 10.19%
Healthcare support 295 0.29% 1,859 1.83%
Protective services: 2,157 2.13% 602 0.59%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,368 1.35% 460 0.45%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 789 0.78% 142 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,283 2.25% 3,408 3.36%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,232 2.20% 1,622 1.60%
Personal care & service 686 0.68% 2,842 2.80%
Sales & office occupations: 10,444 10.30% 17,626 17.38%
Sales & related occupations 7,112 7.01% 6,036 5.95%
Office & administrative support 3,332 3.29% 11,590 11.43%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 463 0.46% 90 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 10,463 10.32% 330 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 6,148 6.06% 163 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 748 0.74% 7 0.01%
Construction trades 5,352 5.28% 139 0.14%
Extraction 48 0.05% 17 0.02%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,315 4.26% 167 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 11,052 10.90% 2,983 2.94%
Production 5,063 4.99% 2,070 2.04%
Transportation & material moving: 5,989 5.91% 913 0.90%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 128 0.13% 42 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 112 0.11% 3 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 3,158 3.11% 290 0.29%
Rail, water & other transportation 606 0.60% 48 0.05%
Material moving 1,985 1.96% 530 0.52%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 54,174 53.42% 47,229 46.58%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,322 1.30% 292 0.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,042 1.03% 230 0.23%
Mining 280 0.28% 62 0.06%
Construction 6,929 6.83% 634 0.63%
Manufacturing 7,417 7.31% 2,369 2.34%
Wholesale trade 3,492 3.44% 1,106 1.09%
Retail trade 7,503 7.40% 6,649 6.56%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,646 4.58% 1,139 1.12%
Transportation & warehousing 3,472 3.42% 735 0.72%
Utilities 1,174 1.16% 404 0.40%
Information 1,298 1.28% 1,323 1.30%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,915 2.87% 3,846 3.79%
Finance & insurance 1,800 1.78% 2,855 2.82%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,115 1.10% 991 0.98%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,317 3.27% 3,087 3.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,824 1.80% 1,713 1.69%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.01% 20 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,487 1.47% 1,354 1.34%
Educational, health & social services: 5,397 5.32% 16,608 16.38%
Educational services 2,661 2.62% 6,333 6.25%
Health care & social assistance 2,736 2.70% 10,275 10.13%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,733 3.68% 4,706 4.64%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 697 0.69% 755 0.74%
Accommodation & food services 3,036 2.99% 3,951 3.90%
Other services (except public administration) 3,366 3.32% 3,103 3.06%
Public administration 2,839 2.80% 2,367 2.33%

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

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