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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 38,404 53.67% 33,146 46.33%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,474 11.84% 9,730 13.60%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,217 5.89% 2,609 3.65%
Management, except farm managers 2,732 3.82% 1,708 2.39%
Farmers & farm managers 605 0.85% 52 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 880 1.23% 849 1.19%
Business operations specialists 462 0.65% 369 0.52%
Financial specialists 418 0.58% 480 0.67%
Professional & related occupations: 4,257 5.95% 7,121 9.95%
Computer & mathematical 289 0.40% 202 0.28%
Architecture & engineering: 1,088 1.52% 191 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 740 1.03% 119 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 348 0.49% 72 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 202 0.28% 114 0.16%
Community & social services 537 0.75% 602 0.84%
Legal 186 0.26% 154 0.22%
Education, training, & library 942 1.32% 2,600 3.63%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 290 0.41% 401 0.56%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 723 1.01% 2,857 3.99%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 633 0.88% 1,906 2.66%
Health technologists & technicians 90 0.13% 951 1.33%
Service occupations: 4,154 5.81% 7,291 10.19%
Healthcare support 163 0.23% 1,496 2.09%
Protective services: 1,278 1.79% 286 0.40%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 985 1.38% 157 0.22%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 293 0.41% 129 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,208 1.69% 3,292 4.60%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,234 1.72% 967 1.35%
Personal care & service 271 0.38% 1,250 1.75%
Sales & office occupations: 5,230 7.31% 10,883 15.21%
Sales & related occupations 3,311 4.63% 3,639 5.09%
Office & administrative support 1,919 2.68% 7,244 10.12%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 289 0.40% 85 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,368 8.90% 209 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 3,293 4.60% 88 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 362 0.51% 9 0.01%
Construction trades 2,925 4.09% 79 0.11%
Extraction 6 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,075 4.30% 121 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 13,889 19.41% 4,948 6.92%
Production 8,361 11.69% 3,682 5.15%
Transportation & material moving: 5,528 7.73% 1,266 1.77%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 107 0.15% 66 0.09%
Aircraft & traffic control 12 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,457 3.43% 410 0.57%
Rail, water & other transportation 150 0.21% 44 0.06%
Material moving 2,802 3.92% 746 1.04%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 38,404 53.67% 33,146 46.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,009 1.41% 205 0.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 944 1.32% 174 0.24%
Mining 65 0.09% 31 0.04%
Construction 3,661 5.12% 461 0.64%
Manufacturing 13,817 19.31% 5,339 7.46%
Wholesale trade 2,105 2.94% 763 1.07%
Retail trade 3,965 5.54% 4,402 6.15%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,370 3.31% 639 0.89%
Transportation & warehousing 1,984 2.77% 509 0.71%
Utilities 386 0.54% 130 0.18%
Information 562 0.79% 636 0.89%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 943 1.32% 1,537 2.15%
Finance & insurance 581 0.81% 1,150 1.61%
Real estate & rental & leasing 362 0.51% 387 0.54%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,622 2.27% 1,571 2.20%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 693 0.97% 878 1.23%
Management of companies & enterprises 10 0.01% 15 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 919 1.28% 678 0.95%
Educational, health & social services: 3,033 4.24% 10,925 15.27%
Educational services 1,551 2.17% 3,991 5.58%
Health care & social assistance 1,482 2.07% 6,934 9.69%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,982 2.77% 3,572 4.99%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 306 0.43% 305 0.43%
Accommodation & food services 1,676 2.34% 3,267 4.57%
Other services (except public administration) 1,636 2.29% 1,906 2.66%
Public administration 1,699 2.37% 1,190 1.66%

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

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