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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 121,070 53.20% 106,522 46.80%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 31,128 13.68% 35,218 15.47%
Management, business, & financial operations: 14,390 6.32% 9,237 4.06%
Management, except farm managers 10,600 4.66% 5,520 2.43%
Farmers & farm managers 481 0.21% 128 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 3,309 1.45% 3,589 1.58%
Business operations specialists 1,764 0.78% 1,533 0.67%
Financial specialists 1,545 0.68% 2,056 0.90%
Professional & related occupations: 16,738 7.35% 25,981 11.42%
Computer & mathematical 1,593 0.70% 897 0.39%
Architecture & engineering: 3,842 1.69% 462 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,611 1.15% 288 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,231 0.54% 174 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 1,122 0.49% 646 0.28%
Community & social services 1,568 0.69% 1,753 0.77%
Legal 1,178 0.52% 882 0.39%
Education, training, & library 2,562 1.13% 10,254 4.51%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,803 0.79% 1,582 0.70%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,070 1.35% 9,505 4.18%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,380 1.05% 6,028 2.65%
Health technologists & technicians 690 0.30% 3,477 1.53%
Service occupations: 13,534 5.95% 20,634 9.07%
Healthcare support 575 0.25% 3,954 1.74%
Protective services: 3,817 1.68% 733 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,367 1.04% 384 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,450 0.64% 349 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,637 1.60% 7,485 3.29%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,439 1.95% 3,970 1.74%
Personal care & service 1,066 0.47% 4,492 1.97%
Sales & office occupations: 19,703 8.66% 41,952 18.43%
Sales & related occupations 13,873 6.10% 16,368 7.19%
Office & administrative support 5,830 2.56% 25,584 11.24%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,267 0.56% 303 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 27,454 12.06% 1,180 0.52%
Construction & extraction: 16,967 7.46% 632 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,933 0.85% 74 0.03%
Construction trades 14,850 6.52% 558 0.25%
Extraction 184 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 10,487 4.61% 548 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 27,984 12.30% 7,235 3.18%
Production 14,932 6.56% 5,160 2.27%
Transportation & material moving: 13,052 5.73% 2,075 0.91%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 452 0.20% 71 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 122 0.05% 22 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 6,057 2.66% 1,122 0.49%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,701 0.75% 84 0.04%
Material moving 4,720 2.07% 776 0.34%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 121,070 53.20% 106,522 46.80%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,535 1.11% 465 0.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,732 0.76% 425 0.19%
Mining 803 0.35% 40 0.02%
Construction 18,590 8.17% 1,886 0.83%
Manufacturing 23,861 10.48% 7,522 3.31%
Wholesale trade 6,900 3.03% 2,642 1.16%
Retail trade 13,761 6.05% 16,309 7.17%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 9,592 4.21% 2,691 1.18%
Transportation & warehousing 7,372 3.24% 2,002 0.88%
Utilities 2,220 0.98% 689 0.30%
Information 2,358 1.04% 2,116 0.93%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 5,108 2.24% 7,576 3.33%
Finance & insurance 2,499 1.10% 5,030 2.21%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,609 1.15% 2,546 1.12%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 9,960 4.38% 8,569 3.77%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,378 2.36% 4,726 2.08%
Management of companies & enterprises 48 0.02% 17 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,534 1.99% 3,826 1.68%
Educational, health & social services: 9,859 4.33% 36,088 15.86%
Educational services 4,701 2.07% 14,214 6.25%
Health care & social assistance 5,158 2.27% 21,874 9.61%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 7,353 3.23% 10,630 4.67%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,840 0.81% 1,318 0.58%
Accommodation & food services 5,513 2.42% 9,312 4.09%
Other services (except public administration) 6,048 2.66% 5,976 2.63%
Public administration 5,145 2.26% 4,052 1.78%

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

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