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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 40,135 54.27% 33,826 45.73%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,343 12.63% 9,844 13.31%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,791 6.48% 2,959 4.00%
Management, except farm managers 3,135 4.24% 1,850 2.50%
Farmers & farm managers 716 0.97% 143 0.19%
Business & financial operations: 940 1.27% 966 1.31%
Business operations specialists 507 0.69% 385 0.52%
Financial specialists 433 0.59% 581 0.79%
Professional & related occupations: 4,552 6.15% 6,885 9.31%
Computer & mathematical 364 0.49% 151 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 810 1.10% 153 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 517 0.70% 81 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 293 0.40% 72 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 237 0.32% 131 0.18%
Community & social services 579 0.78% 671 0.91%
Legal 188 0.25% 154 0.21%
Education, training, & library 851 1.15% 2,650 3.58%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 479 0.65% 313 0.42%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,044 1.41% 2,662 3.60%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 821 1.11% 1,562 2.11%
Health technologists & technicians 223 0.30% 1,100 1.49%
Service occupations: 4,103 5.55% 6,558 8.87%
Healthcare support 188 0.25% 1,280 1.73%
Protective services: 733 0.99% 128 0.17%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 473 0.64% 48 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 260 0.35% 80 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,443 1.95% 2,665 3.60%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,522 2.06% 925 1.25%
Personal care & service 217 0.29% 1,560 2.11%
Sales & office occupations: 6,274 8.48% 12,424 16.80%
Sales & related occupations 3,976 5.38% 4,655 6.29%
Office & administrative support 2,298 3.11% 7,769 10.50%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 392 0.53% 153 0.21%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,024 9.50% 276 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 3,689 4.99% 152 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 455 0.62% 25 0.03%
Construction trades 3,184 4.30% 127 0.17%
Extraction 50 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,335 4.51% 124 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 12,999 17.58% 4,571 6.18%
Production 7,187 9.72% 3,529 4.77%
Transportation & material moving: 5,812 7.86% 1,042 1.41%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 151 0.20% 45 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 46 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,994 4.05% 412 0.56%
Rail, water & other transportation 200 0.27% 7 0.01%
Material moving 2,421 3.27% 578 0.78%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 40,135 54.27% 33,826 45.73%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,257 1.70% 383 0.52%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,152 1.56% 377 0.51%
Mining 105 0.14% 6 0.01%
Construction 4,296 5.81% 425 0.57%
Manufacturing 11,453 15.49% 5,271 7.13%
Wholesale trade 1,546 2.09% 580 0.78%
Retail trade 4,562 6.17% 5,250 7.10%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,769 5.10% 1,266 1.71%
Transportation & warehousing 3,264 4.41% 1,098 1.48%
Utilities 505 0.68% 168 0.23%
Information 815 1.10% 570 0.77%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,242 1.68% 1,741 2.35%
Finance & insurance 701 0.95% 1,245 1.68%
Real estate & rental & leasing 541 0.73% 496 0.67%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,943 2.63% 1,564 2.11%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 889 1.20% 843 1.14%
Management of companies & enterprises 40 0.05% 97 0.13%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,014 1.37% 624 0.84%
Educational, health & social services: 3,648 4.93% 10,766 14.56%
Educational services 1,532 2.07% 4,004 5.41%
Health care & social assistance 2,116 2.86% 6,762 9.14%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,256 3.05% 3,308 4.47%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 373 0.50% 262 0.35%
Accommodation & food services 1,883 2.55% 3,046 4.12%
Other services (except public administration) 2,363 3.19% 1,713 2.32%
Public administration 985 1.33% 989 1.34%

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

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