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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 117,564 51.33% 111,473 48.67%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 39,276 17.15% 39,904 17.42%
Management, business, & financial operations: 16,321 7.13% 12,686 5.54%
Management, except farm managers 10,808 4.72% 7,114 3.11%
Farmers & farm managers 915 0.40% 153 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 4,598 2.01% 5,419 2.37%
Business operations specialists 2,292 1.00% 2,632 1.15%
Financial specialists 2,306 1.01% 2,787 1.22%
Professional & related occupations: 22,955 10.02% 27,218 11.88%
Computer & mathematical 4,239 1.85% 2,256 0.98%
Architecture & engineering: 3,374 1.47% 709 0.31%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,446 1.07% 339 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 928 0.41% 370 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 2,031 0.89% 1,575 0.69%
Community & social services 1,531 0.67% 2,218 0.97%
Legal 1,457 0.64% 1,105 0.48%
Education, training, & library 6,038 2.64% 10,316 4.50%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,049 0.89% 1,932 0.84%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,236 0.98% 7,107 3.10%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,748 0.76% 4,529 1.98%
Health technologists & technicians 488 0.21% 2,578 1.13%
Service occupations: 14,243 6.22% 20,835 9.10%
Healthcare support 521 0.23% 3,855 1.68%
Protective services: 3,554 1.55% 1,122 0.49%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,416 1.05% 565 0.25%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,138 0.50% 557 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,189 2.27% 7,505 3.28%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,734 1.63% 2,382 1.04%
Personal care & service 1,245 0.54% 5,971 2.61%
Sales & office occupations: 20,333 8.88% 42,062 18.36%
Sales & related occupations 11,603 5.07% 11,820 5.16%
Office & administrative support 8,730 3.81% 30,242 13.20%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 735 0.32% 251 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 17,970 7.85% 701 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 10,237 4.47% 365 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,177 0.51% 34 0.01%
Construction trades 8,986 3.92% 328 0.14%
Extraction 74 0.03% 3 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 7,733 3.38% 336 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 25,007 10.92% 7,720 3.37%
Production 14,116 6.16% 5,393 2.35%
Transportation & material moving: 10,891 4.76% 2,327 1.02%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 305 0.13% 94 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 128 0.06% 27 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 5,014 2.19% 1,028 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 368 0.16% 90 0.04%
Material moving 5,076 2.22% 1,088 0.48%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 117,564 51.33% 111,473 48.67%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,918 0.84% 509 0.22%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,842 0.80% 481 0.21%
Mining 76 0.03% 28 0.01%
Construction 11,357 4.96% 1,369 0.60%
Manufacturing 22,661 9.89% 7,424 3.24%
Wholesale trade 4,865 2.12% 1,654 0.72%
Retail trade 12,938 5.65% 12,328 5.38%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,603 2.45% 2,375 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 4,465 1.95% 1,879 0.82%
Utilities 1,138 0.50% 496 0.22%
Information 2,921 1.28% 2,344 1.02%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 5,641 2.46% 9,734 4.25%
Finance & insurance 3,941 1.72% 7,952 3.47%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,700 0.74% 1,782 0.78%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 9,057 3.95% 7,638 3.33%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,882 2.57% 4,965 2.17%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.00% 34 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,169 1.38% 2,639 1.15%
Educational, health & social services: 16,922 7.39% 38,873 16.97%
Educational services 12,198 5.33% 19,623 8.57%
Health care & social assistance 4,724 2.06% 19,250 8.40%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 8,625 3.77% 9,473 4.14%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,547 0.68% 1,403 0.61%
Accommodation & food services 7,078 3.09% 8,070 3.52%
Other services (except public administration) 5,275 2.30% 6,049 2.64%
Public administration 9,781 4.27% 11,703 5.11%

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

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