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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 34,051 50.69% 33,127 49.31%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,796 14.58% 11,196 16.67%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,484 6.67% 3,001 4.47%
Management, except farm managers 2,752 4.10% 1,559 2.32%
Farmers & farm managers 855 1.27% 154 0.23%
Business & financial operations: 877 1.31% 1,288 1.92%
Business operations specialists 493 0.73% 601 0.89%
Financial specialists 384 0.57% 687 1.02%
Professional & related occupations: 5,312 7.91% 8,195 12.20%
Computer & mathematical 766 1.14% 476 0.71%
Architecture & engineering: 885 1.32% 111 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 587 0.87% 46 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 298 0.44% 65 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 441 0.66% 244 0.36%
Community & social services 399 0.59% 811 1.21%
Legal 159 0.24% 118 0.18%
Education, training, & library 1,178 1.75% 2,875 4.28%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 624 0.93% 596 0.89%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 860 1.28% 2,964 4.41%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 718 1.07% 1,927 2.87%
Health technologists & technicians 142 0.21% 1,037 1.54%
Service occupations: 3,905 5.81% 7,142 10.63%
Healthcare support 212 0.32% 1,654 2.46%
Protective services: 635 0.95% 96 0.14%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 435 0.65% 40 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 200 0.30% 56 0.08%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,571 2.34% 2,791 4.15%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,281 1.91% 882 1.31%
Personal care & service 206 0.31% 1,719 2.56%
Sales & office occupations: 6,414 9.55% 11,510 17.13%
Sales & related occupations 3,945 5.87% 3,938 5.86%
Office & administrative support 2,469 3.68% 7,572 11.27%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 350 0.52% 70 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,226 7.78% 167 0.25%
Construction & extraction: 3,025 4.50% 77 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 323 0.48% 5 0.01%
Construction trades 2,678 3.99% 68 0.10%
Extraction 24 0.04% 4 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,201 3.28% 90 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,360 12.44% 3,042 4.53%
Production 4,195 6.24% 2,602 3.87%
Transportation & material moving: 4,165 6.20% 440 0.65%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 79 0.12% 3 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 30 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,002 2.98% 94 0.14%
Rail, water & other transportation 370 0.55% 36 0.05%
Material moving 1,684 2.51% 307 0.46%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 34,051 50.69% 33,127 49.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,281 1.91% 265 0.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,267 1.89% 253 0.38%
Mining 14 0.02% 12 0.02%
Construction 3,329 4.96% 380 0.57%
Manufacturing 6,971 10.38% 3,729 5.55%
Wholesale trade 2,163 3.22% 642 0.96%
Retail trade 4,828 7.19% 4,657 6.93%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,401 3.57% 430 0.64%
Transportation & warehousing 1,876 2.79% 312 0.46%
Utilities 525 0.78% 118 0.18%
Information 656 0.98% 958 1.43%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,365 2.03% 1,978 2.94%
Finance & insurance 903 1.34% 1,574 2.34%
Real estate & rental & leasing 462 0.69% 404 0.60%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,908 2.84% 1,999 2.98%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,024 1.52% 1,064 1.58%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 34 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 884 1.32% 901 1.34%
Educational, health & social services: 4,051 6.03% 12,830 19.10%
Educational services 2,134 3.18% 4,500 6.70%
Health care & social assistance 1,917 2.85% 8,330 12.40%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,546 3.79% 3,270 4.87%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 442 0.66% 403 0.60%
Accommodation & food services 2,104 3.13% 2,867 4.27%
Other services (except public administration) 1,316 1.96% 1,134 1.69%
Public administration 1,236 1.84% 855 1.27%

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

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