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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 57,668 52.59% 51,987 47.41%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 15,890 14.49% 18,882 17.22%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,265 6.63% 5,234 4.77%
Management, except farm managers 5,366 4.89% 3,321 3.03%
Farmers & farm managers 371 0.34% 99 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 1,528 1.39% 1,814 1.65%
Business operations specialists 774 0.71% 884 0.81%
Financial specialists 754 0.69% 930 0.85%
Professional & related occupations: 8,625 7.87% 13,648 12.45%
Computer & mathematical 622 0.57% 239 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 1,655 1.51% 446 0.41%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,073 0.98% 237 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 582 0.53% 209 0.19%
Life, physical, & social science 582 0.53% 216 0.20%
Community & social services 841 0.77% 1,363 1.24%
Legal 384 0.35% 406 0.37%
Education, training, & library 1,467 1.34% 4,760 4.34%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,265 1.15% 998 0.91%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,809 1.65% 5,220 4.76%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,407 1.28% 3,381 3.08%
Health technologists & technicians 402 0.37% 1,839 1.68%
Service occupations: 7,323 6.68% 9,605 8.76%
Healthcare support 360 0.33% 2,341 2.13%
Protective services: 1,369 1.25% 260 0.24%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 833 0.76% 127 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 536 0.49% 133 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,544 2.32% 3,610 3.29%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,375 2.17% 1,403 1.28%
Personal care & service 675 0.62% 1,991 1.82%
Sales & office occupations: 10,372 9.46% 17,231 15.71%
Sales & related occupations 6,802 6.20% 6,348 5.79%
Office & administrative support 3,570 3.26% 10,883 9.92%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 380 0.35% 72 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 10,789 9.84% 498 0.45%
Construction & extraction: 6,672 6.08% 288 0.26%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 885 0.81% 40 0.04%
Construction trades 5,720 5.22% 248 0.23%
Extraction 67 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,117 3.75% 210 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 12,914 11.78% 5,699 5.20%
Production 7,537 6.87% 4,924 4.49%
Transportation & material moving: 5,377 4.90% 775 0.71%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 134 0.12% 17 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 78 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,894 2.64% 218 0.20%
Rail, water & other transportation 209 0.19% 31 0.03%
Material moving 2,062 1.88% 509 0.46%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 57,668 52.59% 51,987 47.41%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 997 0.91% 252 0.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 914 0.83% 233 0.21%
Mining 83 0.08% 19 0.02%
Construction 8,090 7.38% 844 0.77%
Manufacturing 11,376 10.37% 6,875 6.27%
Wholesale trade 3,079 2.81% 1,092 1.00%
Retail trade 7,195 6.56% 6,568 5.99%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,350 3.06% 805 0.73%
Transportation & warehousing 2,697 2.46% 660 0.60%
Utilities 653 0.60% 145 0.13%
Information 1,281 1.17% 995 0.91%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,131 1.94% 2,837 2.59%
Finance & insurance 1,137 1.04% 1,913 1.74%
Real estate & rental & leasing 994 0.91% 924 0.84%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,293 3.92% 3,471 3.17%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,304 2.10% 2,200 2.01%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 6 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,989 1.81% 1,265 1.15%
Educational, health & social services: 6,265 5.71% 18,469 16.84%
Educational services 2,602 2.37% 6,301 5.75%
Health care & social assistance 3,663 3.34% 12,168 11.10%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,758 4.34% 5,389 4.91%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,173 1.07% 835 0.76%
Accommodation & food services 3,585 3.27% 4,554 4.15%
Other services (except public administration) 2,850 2.60% 2,726 2.49%
Public administration 2,003 1.83% 1,664 1.52%

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

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