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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 300,133 51.47% 282,939 48.53%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 111,720 19.16% 116,452 19.97%
Management, business, & financial operations: 50,844 8.72% 39,772 6.82%
Management, except farm managers 33,970 5.83% 19,931 3.42%
Farmers & farm managers 695 0.12% 235 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 16,179 2.77% 19,606 3.36%
Business operations specialists 7,225 1.24% 9,874 1.69%
Financial specialists 8,954 1.54% 9,732 1.67%
Professional & related occupations: 60,876 10.44% 76,680 13.15%
Computer & mathematical 13,216 2.27% 6,680 1.15%
Architecture & engineering: 14,435 2.48% 1,920 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 11,511 1.97% 1,332 0.23%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,924 0.50% 588 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 2,805 0.48% 2,116 0.36%
Community & social services 3,546 0.61% 6,669 1.14%
Legal 3,818 0.65% 4,142 0.71%
Education, training, & library 10,101 1.73% 27,712 4.75%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 5,428 0.93% 5,088 0.87%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 7,527 1.29% 22,353 3.83%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 5,996 1.03% 15,912 2.73%
Health technologists & technicians 1,531 0.26% 6,441 1.10%
Service occupations: 35,354 6.06% 45,704 7.84%
Healthcare support 1,973 0.34% 12,662 2.17%
Protective services: 8,745 1.50% 1,901 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 5,347 0.92% 766 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 3,398 0.58% 1,135 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 10,608 1.82% 13,711 2.35%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 10,799 1.85% 4,976 0.85%
Personal care & service 3,229 0.55% 12,454 2.14%
Sales & office occupations: 56,241 9.65% 101,063 17.33%
Sales & related occupations 33,097 5.68% 29,678 5.09%
Office & administrative support 23,144 3.97% 71,385 12.24%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 912 0.16% 473 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 42,075 7.22% 1,307 0.22%
Construction & extraction: 24,136 4.14% 482 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 3,235 0.55% 68 0.01%
Construction trades 20,722 3.55% 406 0.07%
Extraction 179 0.03% 8 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 17,939 3.08% 825 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 53,831 9.23% 17,940 3.08%
Production 32,514 5.58% 13,587 2.33%
Transportation & material moving: 21,317 3.66% 4,353 0.75%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 518 0.09% 222 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 374 0.06% 26 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 11,759 2.02% 1,961 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 985 0.17% 142 0.02%
Material moving 7,681 1.32% 2,002 0.34%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 300,133 51.47% 282,939 48.53%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,149 0.37% 834 0.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,957 0.34% 785 0.13%
Mining 192 0.03% 49 0.01%
Construction 28,604 4.91% 3,080 0.53%
Manufacturing 60,213 10.33% 23,727 4.07%
Wholesale trade 13,253 2.27% 5,539 0.95%
Retail trade 34,096 5.85% 29,396 5.04%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 16,790 2.88% 6,810 1.17%
Transportation & warehousing 12,114 2.08% 5,240 0.90%
Utilities 4,676 0.80% 1,570 0.27%
Information 8,410 1.44% 6,704 1.15%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 30,426 5.22% 42,498 7.29%
Finance & insurance 25,337 4.35% 38,458 6.60%
Real estate & rental & leasing 5,089 0.87% 4,040 0.69%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 28,431 4.88% 22,491 3.86%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 18,646 3.20% 15,357 2.63%
Management of companies & enterprises 104 0.02% 68 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 9,681 1.66% 7,066 1.21%
Educational, health & social services: 33,934 5.82% 97,390 16.70%
Educational services 17,471 3.00% 37,966 6.51%
Health care & social assistance 16,463 2.82% 59,424 10.19%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 16,919 2.90% 18,646 3.20%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 4,577 0.78% 3,897 0.67%
Accommodation & food services 12,342 2.12% 14,749 2.53%
Other services (except public administration) 12,161 2.09% 12,466 2.14%
Public administration 14,747 2.53% 13,358 2.29%

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

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