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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 69,869 50.68% 67,994 49.32%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 18,969 13.76% 23,781 17.25%
Management, business, & financial operations: 8,361 6.06% 7,719 5.60%
Management, except farm managers 6,007 4.36% 4,126 2.99%
Farmers & farm managers 189 0.14% 64 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 2,165 1.57% 3,529 2.56%
Business operations specialists 1,253 0.91% 1,853 1.34%
Financial specialists 912 0.66% 1,676 1.22%
Professional & related occupations: 10,608 7.69% 16,062 11.65%
Computer & mathematical 1,656 1.20% 828 0.60%
Architecture & engineering: 2,585 1.88% 438 0.32%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,837 1.33% 255 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 748 0.54% 183 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 579 0.42% 211 0.15%
Community & social services 948 0.69% 1,326 0.96%
Legal 598 0.43% 636 0.46%
Education, training, & library 1,591 1.15% 6,572 4.77%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 858 0.62% 790 0.57%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,793 1.30% 5,261 3.82%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,324 0.96% 3,243 2.35%
Health technologists & technicians 469 0.34% 2,018 1.46%
Service occupations: 8,376 6.08% 12,941 9.39%
Healthcare support 297 0.22% 2,307 1.67%
Protective services: 2,700 1.96% 660 0.48%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,071 1.50% 443 0.32%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 629 0.46% 217 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,455 1.78% 4,524 3.28%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,448 1.78% 2,088 1.51%
Personal care & service 476 0.35% 3,362 2.44%
Sales & office occupations: 12,823 9.30% 24,795 17.99%
Sales & related occupations 7,464 5.41% 9,219 6.69%
Office & administrative support 5,359 3.89% 15,576 11.30%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 395 0.29% 74 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 15,140 10.98% 1,176 0.85%
Construction & extraction: 7,717 5.60% 391 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 838 0.61% 34 0.02%
Construction trades 6,739 4.89% 357 0.26%
Extraction 140 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 7,423 5.38% 785 0.57%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 14,166 10.28% 5,227 3.79%
Production 6,915 5.02% 3,990 2.89%
Transportation & material moving: 7,251 5.26% 1,237 0.90%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 242 0.18% 68 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 256 0.19% 17 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 3,654 2.65% 474 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 412 0.30% 35 0.03%
Material moving 2,687 1.95% 643 0.47%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 69,869 50.68% 67,994 49.32%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,454 1.05% 252 0.18%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 855 0.62% 174 0.13%
Mining 599 0.43% 78 0.06%
Construction 7,914 5.74% 836 0.61%
Manufacturing 11,392 8.26% 5,365 3.89%
Wholesale trade 3,055 2.22% 1,192 0.86%
Retail trade 7,852 5.70% 8,862 6.43%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,069 3.68% 1,292 0.94%
Transportation & warehousing 4,317 3.13% 1,042 0.76%
Utilities 752 0.55% 250 0.18%
Information 1,282 0.93% 1,188 0.86%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,698 2.68% 6,398 4.64%
Finance & insurance 2,432 1.76% 5,356 3.89%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,266 0.92% 1,042 0.76%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,026 3.65% 4,230 3.07%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,690 1.95% 2,625 1.90%
Management of companies & enterprises 19 0.01% 13 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,317 1.68% 1,592 1.15%
Educational, health & social services: 5,777 4.19% 21,867 15.86%
Educational services 2,730 1.98% 8,832 6.41%
Health care & social assistance 3,047 2.21% 13,035 9.46%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,053 2.94% 6,679 4.84%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 766 0.56% 660 0.48%
Accommodation & food services 3,287 2.38% 6,019 4.37%
Other services (except public administration) 3,477 2.52% 3,708 2.69%
Public administration 9,820 7.12% 6,125 4.44%

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

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