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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 48,835 54.08% 41,471 45.92%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 15,881 17.59% 14,483 16.04%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,150 5.70% 3,842 4.25%
Management, except farm managers 3,546 3.93% 2,375 2.63%
Farmers & farm managers 451 0.50% 96 0.11%
Business & financial operations: 1,153 1.28% 1,371 1.52%
Business operations specialists 654 0.72% 654 0.72%
Financial specialists 499 0.55% 717 0.79%
Professional & related occupations: 10,731 11.88% 10,641 11.78%
Computer & mathematical 1,232 1.36% 421 0.47%
Architecture & engineering: 1,880 2.08% 333 0.37%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,305 1.45% 187 0.21%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 575 0.64% 146 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 1,061 1.17% 795 0.88%
Community & social services 497 0.55% 685 0.76%
Legal 174 0.19% 224 0.25%
Education, training, & library 4,290 4.75% 4,516 5.00%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 603 0.67% 556 0.62%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 994 1.10% 3,111 3.44%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 695 0.77% 1,919 2.12%
Health technologists & technicians 299 0.33% 1,192 1.32%
Service occupations: 5,815 6.44% 8,112 8.98%
Healthcare support 116 0.13% 1,214 1.34%
Protective services: 1,010 1.12% 337 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 708 0.78% 101 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 302 0.33% 236 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,817 3.12% 3,500 3.88%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,541 1.71% 1,288 1.43%
Personal care & service 331 0.37% 1,773 1.96%
Sales & office occupations: 7,214 7.99% 13,553 15.01%
Sales & related occupations 4,025 4.46% 5,023 5.56%
Office & administrative support 3,189 3.53% 8,530 9.45%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 485 0.54% 145 0.16%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,759 7.48% 290 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 3,984 4.41% 108 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 375 0.42% 9 0.01%
Construction trades 3,608 4.00% 99 0.11%
Extraction 1 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,775 3.07% 182 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 12,681 14.04% 4,888 5.41%
Production 8,314 9.21% 3,643 4.03%
Transportation & material moving: 4,367 4.84% 1,245 1.38%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 144 0.16% 40 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 18 0.02% 10 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,904 2.11% 396 0.44%
Rail, water & other transportation 253 0.28% 18 0.02%
Material moving 2,048 2.27% 781 0.86%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 48,835 54.08% 41,471 45.92%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,082 1.20% 284 0.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,037 1.15% 272 0.30%
Mining 45 0.05% 12 0.01%
Construction 4,438 4.91% 456 0.50%
Manufacturing 13,991 15.49% 5,591 6.19%
Wholesale trade 1,350 1.49% 433 0.48%
Retail trade 4,638 5.14% 5,573 6.17%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,052 2.27% 593 0.66%
Transportation & warehousing 1,851 2.05% 521 0.58%
Utilities 201 0.22% 72 0.08%
Information 814 0.90% 771 0.85%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,433 1.59% 2,586 2.86%
Finance & insurance 911 1.01% 1,899 2.10%
Real estate & rental & leasing 522 0.58% 687 0.76%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,759 3.06% 2,409 2.67%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,689 1.87% 1,546 1.71%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.01% 2 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,064 1.18% 861 0.95%
Educational, health & social services: 9,829 10.88% 15,789 17.48%
Educational services 8,300 9.19% 9,267 10.26%
Health care & social assistance 1,529 1.69% 6,522 7.22%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,685 4.08% 4,312 4.77%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 522 0.58% 509 0.56%
Accommodation & food services 3,163 3.50% 3,803 4.21%
Other services (except public administration) 1,647 1.82% 1,700 1.88%
Public administration 1,117 1.24% 974 1.08%

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

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