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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 72,866 52.21% 66,695 47.79%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 24,823 17.79% 25,404 18.20%
Management, business, & financial operations: 10,247 7.34% 8,464 6.06%
Management, except farm managers 6,758 4.84% 4,621 3.31%
Farmers & farm managers 644 0.46% 100 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 2,845 2.04% 3,743 2.68%
Business operations specialists 1,428 1.02% 2,074 1.49%
Financial specialists 1,417 1.02% 1,669 1.20%
Professional & related occupations: 14,576 10.44% 16,940 12.14%
Computer & mathematical 2,623 1.88% 1,138 0.82%
Architecture & engineering: 2,575 1.85% 319 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,762 1.26% 171 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 813 0.58% 148 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 1,249 0.89% 831 0.60%
Community & social services 938 0.67% 1,370 0.98%
Legal 888 0.64% 750 0.54%
Education, training, & library 3,155 2.26% 5,966 4.27%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,442 1.03% 1,395 1.00%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,706 1.22% 5,171 3.71%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,227 0.88% 3,384 2.42%
Health technologists & technicians 479 0.34% 1,787 1.28%
Service occupations: 9,054 6.49% 11,884 8.52%
Healthcare support 364 0.26% 2,158 1.55%
Protective services: 1,887 1.35% 391 0.28%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,337 0.96% 232 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 550 0.39% 159 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,263 2.34% 4,145 2.97%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,721 1.95% 1,628 1.17%
Personal care & service 819 0.59% 3,562 2.55%
Sales & office occupations: 13,036 9.34% 24,421 17.50%
Sales & related occupations 7,499 5.37% 7,550 5.41%
Office & administrative support 5,537 3.97% 16,871 12.09%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 362 0.26% 82 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 11,411 8.18% 350 0.25%
Construction & extraction: 6,922 4.96% 178 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 942 0.67% 8 0.01%
Construction trades 5,950 4.26% 170 0.12%
Extraction 30 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,489 3.22% 172 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 14,180 10.16% 4,554 3.26%
Production 8,121 5.82% 3,493 2.50%
Transportation & material moving: 6,059 4.34% 1,061 0.76%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 154 0.11% 51 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 121 0.09% 8 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,631 1.89% 271 0.19%
Rail, water & other transportation 640 0.46% 71 0.05%
Material moving 2,513 1.80% 660 0.47%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 72,866 52.21% 66,695 47.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,165 0.83% 238 0.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,132 0.81% 231 0.17%
Mining 33 0.02% 7 0.01%
Construction 8,417 6.03% 941 0.67%
Manufacturing 11,487 8.23% 4,893 3.51%
Wholesale trade 3,078 2.21% 998 0.72%
Retail trade 8,060 5.78% 7,361 5.27%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,824 3.46% 1,150 0.82%
Transportation & warehousing 4,019 2.88% 820 0.59%
Utilities 805 0.58% 330 0.24%
Information 2,123 1.52% 1,720 1.23%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,216 3.02% 6,729 4.82%
Finance & insurance 3,042 2.18% 5,722 4.10%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,174 0.84% 1,007 0.72%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,469 4.64% 5,980 4.28%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,369 3.13% 4,244 3.04%
Management of companies & enterprises 28 0.02% 25 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,072 1.48% 1,711 1.23%
Educational, health & social services: 9,674 6.93% 23,457 16.81%
Educational services 6,612 4.74% 10,092 7.23%
Health care & social assistance 3,062 2.19% 13,365 9.58%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 5,516 3.95% 5,716 4.10%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,369 0.98% 1,102 0.79%
Accommodation & food services 4,147 2.97% 4,614 3.31%
Other services (except public administration) 2,808 2.01% 3,120 2.24%
Public administration 5,029 3.60% 4,392 3.15%

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

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