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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 85,747 54.08% 72,818 45.92%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 23,187 14.62% 24,263 15.30%
Management, business, & financial operations: 10,392 6.55% 6,245 3.94%
Management, except farm managers 7,293 4.60% 3,791 2.39%
Farmers & farm managers 791 0.50% 65 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 2,308 1.46% 2,389 1.51%
Business operations specialists 1,303 0.82% 921 0.58%
Financial specialists 1,005 0.63% 1,468 0.93%
Professional & related occupations: 12,795 8.07% 18,018 11.36%
Computer & mathematical 758 0.48% 231 0.15%
Architecture & engineering: 3,061 1.93% 319 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,974 1.24% 168 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,087 0.69% 151 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 1,048 0.66% 536 0.34%
Community & social services 739 0.47% 1,041 0.66%
Legal 1,163 0.73% 966 0.61%
Education, training, & library 2,206 1.39% 7,849 4.95%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,339 0.84% 1,016 0.64%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,481 1.56% 6,060 3.82%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,729 1.09% 3,333 2.10%
Health technologists & technicians 752 0.47% 2,727 1.72%
Service occupations: 9,163 5.78% 15,507 9.78%
Healthcare support 278 0.18% 3,207 2.02%
Protective services: 2,383 1.50% 446 0.28%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,710 1.08% 226 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 673 0.42% 220 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,893 1.82% 5,697 3.59%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,727 1.72% 2,531 1.60%
Personal care & service 882 0.56% 3,626 2.29%
Sales & office occupations: 14,694 9.27% 27,773 17.52%
Sales & related occupations 9,764 6.16% 10,526 6.64%
Office & administrative support 4,930 3.11% 17,247 10.88%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 787 0.50% 76 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 19,064 12.02% 661 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 11,610 7.32% 320 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,166 1.37% 28 0.02%
Construction trades 7,353 4.64% 260 0.16%
Extraction 2,091 1.32% 32 0.02%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 7,454 4.70% 341 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 18,852 11.89% 4,538 2.86%
Production 8,679 5.47% 3,111 1.96%
Transportation & material moving: 10,173 6.42% 1,427 0.90%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 292 0.18% 35 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 365 0.23% 13 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 4,956 3.13% 706 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 906 0.57% 45 0.03%
Material moving 3,654 2.30% 628 0.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 85,747 54.08% 72,818 45.92%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 13,804 8.71% 1,766 1.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,765 1.11% 208 0.13%
Mining 12,039 7.59% 1,558 0.98%
Construction 9,759 6.15% 1,008 0.64%
Manufacturing 8,475 5.34% 4,022 2.54%
Wholesale trade 5,064 3.19% 1,703 1.07%
Retail trade 9,883 6.23% 10,880 6.86%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,425 4.05% 1,406 0.89%
Transportation & warehousing 5,468 3.45% 1,239 0.78%
Utilities 957 0.60% 167 0.11%
Information 1,573 0.99% 1,350 0.85%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,586 2.26% 4,850 3.06%
Finance & insurance 1,854 1.17% 3,713 2.34%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,732 1.09% 1,137 0.72%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,818 4.30% 5,461 3.44%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,439 2.80% 3,603 2.27%
Management of companies & enterprises 21 0.01% 14 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,358 1.49% 1,844 1.16%
Educational, health & social services: 7,404 4.67% 25,683 16.20%
Educational services 3,642 2.30% 10,823 6.83%
Health care & social assistance 3,762 2.37% 14,860 9.37%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 5,371 3.39% 7,636 4.82%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,603 1.01% 1,243 0.78%
Accommodation & food services 3,768 2.38% 6,393 4.03%
Other services (except public administration) 3,791 2.39% 4,199 2.65%
Public administration 3,794 2.39% 2,854 1.80%

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

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