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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 66,798 53.21% 58,745 46.79%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 15,040 11.98% 19,134 15.24%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,368 5.07% 4,386 3.49%
Management, except farm managers 4,644 3.70% 2,670 2.13%
Farmers & farm managers 276 0.22% 62 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 1,448 1.15% 1,654 1.32%
Business operations specialists 678 0.54% 711 0.57%
Financial specialists 770 0.61% 943 0.75%
Professional & related occupations: 8,672 6.91% 14,748 11.75%
Computer & mathematical 697 0.56% 164 0.13%
Architecture & engineering: 1,514 1.21% 192 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 962 0.77% 101 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 552 0.44% 91 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 552 0.44% 231 0.18%
Community & social services 948 0.76% 1,326 1.06%
Legal 413 0.33% 501 0.40%
Education, training, & library 1,727 1.38% 5,771 4.60%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 708 0.56% 615 0.49%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,113 1.68% 5,948 4.74%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,368 1.09% 3,683 2.93%
Health technologists & technicians 745 0.59% 2,265 1.80%
Service occupations: 8,206 6.54% 12,598 10.03%
Healthcare support 585 0.47% 2,931 2.33%
Protective services: 1,946 1.55% 249 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,228 0.98% 77 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 718 0.57% 172 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,295 1.83% 4,791 3.82%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,633 2.10% 1,785 1.42%
Personal care & service 747 0.60% 2,842 2.26%
Sales & office occupations: 11,988 9.55% 23,416 18.65%
Sales & related occupations 7,122 5.67% 9,370 7.46%
Office & administrative support 4,866 3.88% 14,046 11.19%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 445 0.35% 72 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 14,203 11.31% 347 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 7,766 6.19% 142 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 852 0.68% 21 0.02%
Construction trades 6,642 5.29% 121 0.10%
Extraction 272 0.22% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,437 5.13% 205 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 16,916 13.47% 3,178 2.53%
Production 7,943 6.33% 2,182 1.74%
Transportation & material moving: 8,973 7.15% 996 0.79%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 221 0.18% 61 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 76 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,203 3.35% 396 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,140 0.91% 99 0.08%
Material moving 3,333 2.65% 440 0.35%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 66,798 53.21% 58,745 46.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,587 1.26% 289 0.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 825 0.66% 150 0.12%
Mining 762 0.61% 139 0.11%
Construction 7,917 6.31% 594 0.47%
Manufacturing 12,194 9.71% 3,027 2.41%
Wholesale trade 2,960 2.36% 881 0.70%
Retail trade 8,161 6.50% 9,600 7.65%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,897 5.49% 1,310 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 5,563 4.43% 953 0.76%
Utilities 1,334 1.06% 357 0.28%
Information 1,990 1.59% 1,210 0.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,384 1.90% 3,786 3.02%
Finance & insurance 1,590 1.27% 3,142 2.50%
Real estate & rental & leasing 794 0.63% 644 0.51%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,268 3.40% 4,106 3.27%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,649 1.31% 2,145 1.71%
Management of companies & enterprises 9 0.01% 16 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,610 2.08% 1,945 1.55%
Educational, health & social services: 7,878 6.28% 22,996 18.32%
Educational services 3,719 2.96% 8,448 6.73%
Health care & social assistance 4,159 3.31% 14,548 11.59%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,768 3.00% 5,593 4.46%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 725 0.58% 644 0.51%
Accommodation & food services 3,043 2.42% 4,949 3.94%
Other services (except public administration) 3,664 2.92% 2,999 2.39%
Public administration 3,130 2.49% 2,354 1.88%

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

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