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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 39,000 52.20% 35,711 47.80%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 13,356 17.88% 13,290 17.79%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,841 6.48% 2,985 4.00%
Management, except farm managers 3,631 4.86% 1,700 2.28%
Farmers & farm managers 382 0.51% 112 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 828 1.11% 1,173 1.57%
Business operations specialists 423 0.57% 643 0.86%
Financial specialists 405 0.54% 530 0.71%
Professional & related occupations: 8,515 11.40% 10,305 13.79%
Computer & mathematical 664 0.89% 288 0.39%
Architecture & engineering: 891 1.19% 171 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 585 0.78% 91 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 306 0.41% 80 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 1,105 1.48% 672 0.90%
Community & social services 587 0.79% 779 1.04%
Legal 267 0.36% 243 0.33%
Education, training, & library 3,035 4.06% 4,702 6.29%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 888 1.19% 781 1.05%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,078 1.44% 2,669 3.57%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 808 1.08% 1,725 2.31%
Health technologists & technicians 270 0.36% 944 1.26%
Service occupations: 4,999 6.69% 6,470 8.66%
Healthcare support 96 0.13% 985 1.32%
Protective services: 852 1.14% 197 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 584 0.78% 109 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 268 0.36% 88 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,007 2.69% 2,883 3.86%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,575 2.11% 1,094 1.46%
Personal care & service 469 0.63% 1,311 1.75%
Sales & office occupations: 7,013 9.39% 11,685 15.64%
Sales & related occupations 4,211 5.64% 4,421 5.92%
Office & administrative support 2,802 3.75% 7,264 9.72%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 403 0.54% 182 0.24%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,617 7.52% 306 0.41%
Construction & extraction: 3,540 4.74% 159 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 409 0.55% 17 0.02%
Construction trades 3,101 4.15% 142 0.19%
Extraction 30 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,077 2.78% 147 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,612 10.19% 3,778 5.06%
Production 4,236 5.67% 2,896 3.88%
Transportation & material moving: 3,376 4.52% 882 1.18%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 76 0.10% 7 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 59 0.08% 7 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,803 2.41% 263 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 69 0.09% 3 0.00%
Material moving 1,369 1.83% 602 0.81%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 39,000 52.20% 35,711 47.80%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 884 1.18% 239 0.32%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 786 1.05% 239 0.32%
Mining 98 0.13% 0 0.00%
Construction 4,029 5.39% 388 0.52%
Manufacturing 6,124 8.20% 3,551 4.75%
Wholesale trade 1,537 2.06% 845 1.13%
Retail trade 4,445 5.95% 4,718 6.32%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,786 2.39% 399 0.53%
Transportation & warehousing 1,344 1.80% 332 0.44%
Utilities 442 0.59% 67 0.09%
Information 994 1.33% 867 1.16%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,432 1.92% 1,631 2.18%
Finance & insurance 843 1.13% 1,119 1.50%
Real estate & rental & leasing 589 0.79% 512 0.69%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,183 4.26% 2,508 3.36%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,768 2.37% 1,539 2.06%
Management of companies & enterprises 18 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,397 1.87% 969 1.30%
Educational, health & social services: 7,805 10.45% 13,993 18.73%
Educational services 6,284 8.41% 8,807 11.79%
Health care & social assistance 1,521 2.04% 5,186 6.94%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,596 4.81% 3,715 4.97%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 701 0.94% 475 0.64%
Accommodation & food services 2,895 3.87% 3,240 4.34%
Other services (except public administration) 1,529 2.05% 1,639 2.19%
Public administration 1,656 2.22% 1,218 1.63%

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

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