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Lewiston-Auburn, ME

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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 23,490 52.13% 21,571 47.87%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,296 11.75% 6,468 14.35%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,629 5.83% 1,904 4.23%
Management, except farm managers 1,820 4.04% 1,149 2.55%
Farmers & farm managers 131 0.29% 30 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 678 1.50% 725 1.61%
Business operations specialists 344 0.76% 382 0.85%
Financial specialists 334 0.74% 343 0.76%
Professional & related occupations: 2,667 5.92% 4,564 10.13%
Computer & mathematical 292 0.65% 222 0.49%
Architecture & engineering: 545 1.21% 53 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 368 0.82% 38 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 177 0.39% 15 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 107 0.24% 140 0.31%
Community & social services 199 0.44% 574 1.27%
Legal 119 0.26% 131 0.29%
Education, training, & library 636 1.41% 1,642 3.64%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 305 0.68% 294 0.65%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 464 1.03% 1,508 3.35%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 400 0.89% 975 2.16%
Health technologists & technicians 64 0.14% 533 1.18%
Service occupations: 2,333 5.18% 4,247 9.43%
Healthcare support 76 0.17% 1,069 2.37%
Protective services: 673 1.49% 93 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 475 1.05% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 198 0.44% 93 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 663 1.47% 1,271 2.82%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 747 1.66% 586 1.30%
Personal care & service 174 0.39% 1,228 2.73%
Sales & office occupations: 4,702 10.43% 8,489 18.84%
Sales & related occupations 2,656 5.89% 2,574 5.71%
Office & administrative support 2,046 4.54% 5,915 13.13%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 190 0.42% 38 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,598 10.20% 176 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 2,841 6.30% 58 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 318 0.71% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,516 5.58% 58 0.13%
Extraction 7 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,757 3.90% 118 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,371 14.14% 2,153 4.78%
Production 3,719 8.25% 1,632 3.62%
Transportation & material moving: 2,652 5.89% 521 1.16%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 61 0.14% 10 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 32 0.07% 9 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 1,270 2.82% 199 0.44%
Rail, water & other transportation 135 0.30% 6 0.01%
Material moving 1,154 2.56% 297 0.66%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 23,490 52.13% 21,571 47.87%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 338 0.75% 93 0.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 338 0.75% 93 0.21%
Mining 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,576 5.72% 190 0.42%
Manufacturing 6,207 13.77% 2,430 5.39%
Wholesale trade 1,402 3.11% 372 0.83%
Retail trade 3,464 7.69% 3,184 7.07%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,201 2.67% 463 1.03%
Transportation & warehousing 1,039 2.31% 377 0.84%
Utilities 162 0.36% 86 0.19%
Information 456 1.01% 474 1.05%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 786 1.74% 1,952 4.33%
Finance & insurance 487 1.08% 1,733 3.85%
Real estate & rental & leasing 299 0.66% 219 0.49%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,725 3.83% 1,657 3.68%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 834 1.85% 1,011 2.24%
Management of companies & enterprises 28 0.06% 87 0.19%
Administrative & support & waste management services 863 1.92% 559 1.24%
Educational, health & social services: 2,298 5.10% 7,702 17.09%
Educational services 1,169 2.59% 2,791 6.19%
Health care & social assistance 1,129 2.51% 4,911 10.90%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,112 2.47% 1,658 3.68%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 171 0.38% 189 0.42%
Accommodation & food services 941 2.09% 1,469 3.26%
Other services (except public administration) 878 1.95% 787 1.75%
Public administration 1,047 2.32% 609 1.35%

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

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