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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 72,748 50.74% 70,628 49.26%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 22,209 15.49% 26,280 18.33%
Management, business, & financial operations: 10,347 7.22% 8,856 6.18%
Management, except farm managers 7,403 5.16% 4,671 3.26%
Farmers & farm managers 371 0.26% 73 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 2,573 1.79% 4,112 2.87%
Business operations specialists 1,104 0.77% 1,679 1.17%
Financial specialists 1,469 1.02% 2,433 1.70%
Professional & related occupations: 11,862 8.27% 17,424 12.15%
Computer & mathematical 2,154 1.50% 1,018 0.71%
Architecture & engineering: 1,691 1.18% 384 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,179 0.82% 245 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 512 0.36% 139 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 686 0.48% 462 0.32%
Community & social services 1,402 0.98% 1,376 0.96%
Legal 1,090 0.76% 864 0.60%
Education, training, & library 1,983 1.38% 7,022 4.90%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,209 0.84% 984 0.69%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,647 1.15% 5,314 3.71%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,256 0.88% 3,233 2.25%
Health technologists & technicians 391 0.27% 2,081 1.45%
Service occupations: 9,775 6.82% 11,514 8.03%
Healthcare support 279 0.19% 2,041 1.42%
Protective services: 3,109 2.17% 787 0.55%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,038 1.42% 413 0.29%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,071 0.75% 374 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,572 1.79% 3,370 2.35%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,047 2.13% 2,350 1.64%
Personal care & service 768 0.54% 2,966 2.07%
Sales & office occupations: 13,577 9.47% 27,606 19.25%
Sales & related occupations 8,214 5.73% 8,322 5.80%
Office & administrative support 5,363 3.74% 19,284 13.45%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 426 0.30% 114 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 12,023 8.39% 546 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 6,247 4.36% 288 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 823 0.57% 26 0.02%
Construction trades 5,394 3.76% 252 0.18%
Extraction 30 0.02% 10 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,776 4.03% 258 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 14,738 10.28% 4,568 3.19%
Production 7,222 5.04% 3,361 2.34%
Transportation & material moving: 7,516 5.24% 1,207 0.84%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 285 0.20% 39 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 159 0.11% 8 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 3,767 2.63% 506 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 412 0.29% 78 0.05%
Material moving 2,893 2.02% 576 0.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 72,748 50.74% 70,628 49.26%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,115 0.78% 359 0.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,008 0.70% 327 0.23%
Mining 107 0.07% 32 0.02%
Construction 8,122 5.66% 1,076 0.75%
Manufacturing 10,523 7.34% 4,626 3.23%
Wholesale trade 3,794 2.65% 1,270 0.89%
Retail trade 8,524 5.95% 8,533 5.95%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,843 3.38% 1,492 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 3,850 2.69% 1,122 0.78%
Utilities 993 0.69% 370 0.26%
Information 1,831 1.28% 1,684 1.17%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,916 2.73% 6,799 4.74%
Finance & insurance 2,693 1.88% 5,571 3.89%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,223 0.85% 1,228 0.86%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,849 4.78% 5,266 3.67%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,589 2.50% 3,482 2.43%
Management of companies & enterprises 31 0.02% 19 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,229 2.25% 1,765 1.23%
Educational, health & social services: 6,431 4.49% 21,968 15.32%
Educational services 3,264 2.28% 9,126 6.37%
Health care & social assistance 3,167 2.21% 12,842 8.96%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,716 3.29% 5,359 3.74%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,314 0.92% 830 0.58%
Accommodation & food services 3,402 2.37% 4,529 3.16%
Other services (except public administration) 4,138 2.89% 4,018 2.80%
Public administration 7,946 5.54% 8,178 5.70%

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

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