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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 32,168 50.21% 31,903 49.79%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,387 13.09% 11,359 17.73%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,830 5.98% 3,252 5.08%
Management, except farm managers 2,638 4.12% 1,609 2.51%
Farmers & farm managers 62 0.10% 27 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 1,130 1.76% 1,616 2.52%
Business operations specialists 500 0.78% 619 0.97%
Financial specialists 630 0.98% 997 1.56%
Professional & related occupations: 4,557 7.11% 8,107 12.65%
Computer & mathematical 310 0.48% 168 0.26%
Architecture & engineering: 762 1.19% 162 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 467 0.73% 64 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 295 0.46% 98 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 157 0.25% 78 0.12%
Community & social services 606 0.95% 714 1.11%
Legal 249 0.39% 235 0.37%
Education, training, & library 752 1.17% 3,429 5.35%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 514 0.80% 362 0.56%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,207 1.88% 2,959 4.62%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 890 1.39% 1,683 2.63%
Health technologists & technicians 317 0.49% 1,276 1.99%
Service occupations: 4,172 6.51% 6,488 10.13%
Healthcare support 124 0.19% 1,433 2.24%
Protective services: 1,325 2.07% 294 0.46%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,026 1.60% 175 0.27%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 299 0.47% 119 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,121 1.75% 2,207 3.44%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,225 1.91% 1,127 1.76%
Personal care & service 377 0.59% 1,427 2.23%
Sales & office occupations: 6,679 10.42% 12,284 19.17%
Sales & related occupations 4,080 6.37% 4,230 6.60%
Office & administrative support 2,599 4.06% 8,054 12.57%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 140 0.22% 6 0.01%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,313 9.85% 199 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 3,579 5.59% 74 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 616 0.96% 6 0.01%
Construction trades 2,880 4.50% 68 0.11%
Extraction 83 0.13% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,734 4.27% 125 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,477 10.11% 1,567 2.45%
Production 3,304 5.16% 1,043 1.63%
Transportation & material moving: 3,173 4.95% 524 0.82%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 62 0.10% 8 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 73 0.11% 5 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,856 2.90% 383 0.60%
Rail, water & other transportation 158 0.25% 0 0.00%
Material moving 1,024 1.60% 128 0.20%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 32,168 50.21% 31,903 49.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 577 0.90% 104 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 297 0.46% 81 0.13%
Mining 280 0.44% 23 0.04%
Construction 4,106 6.41% 322 0.50%
Manufacturing 5,063 7.90% 1,640 2.56%
Wholesale trade 1,585 2.47% 611 0.95%
Retail trade 3,914 6.11% 4,091 6.39%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,933 3.02% 563 0.88%
Transportation & warehousing 1,508 2.35% 380 0.59%
Utilities 425 0.66% 183 0.29%
Information 983 1.53% 900 1.40%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,267 3.54% 3,762 5.87%
Finance & insurance 1,603 2.50% 3,217 5.02%
Real estate & rental & leasing 664 1.04% 545 0.85%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,427 3.79% 1,976 3.08%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,266 1.98% 1,201 1.87%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,161 1.81% 775 1.21%
Educational, health & social services: 3,499 5.46% 11,801 18.42%
Educational services 1,514 2.36% 4,880 7.62%
Health care & social assistance 1,985 3.10% 6,921 10.80%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,912 2.98% 2,956 4.61%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 401 0.63% 358 0.56%
Accommodation & food services 1,511 2.36% 2,598 4.05%
Other services (except public administration) 1,993 3.11% 1,638 2.56%
Public administration 1,909 2.98% 1,539 2.40%

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

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