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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 56,106 8.88% 293,333 46.42%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 109,939 17.40% 109,130 17.27%
Management, business, & financial operations: 54,038 8.55% 39,704 6.28%
Management, except farm managers 38,052 6.02% 21,896 3.47%
Farmers & farm managers 1,687 0.27% 207 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 14,299 2.26% 17,601 2.79%
Business operations specialists 6,988 1.11% 8,605 1.36%
Financial specialists 7,311 1.16% 8,996 1.42%
Professional & related occupations: 55,901 8.85% 69,426 10.99%
Computer & mathematical 9,185 1.45% 4,523 0.72%
Architecture & engineering: 9,421 1.49% 1,396 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 6,756 1.07% 761 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,665 0.42% 635 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 2,331 0.37% 2,063 0.33%
Community & social services 3,727 0.59% 4,870 0.77%
Legal 3,296 0.52% 3,044 0.48%
Education, training, & library 8,024 1.27% 23,926 3.79%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 11,021 1.74% 6,821 1.08%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 8,896 1.41% 22,783 3.61%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 6,699 1.06% 14,873 2.35%
Health technologists & technicians 2,197 0.35% 7,910 1.25%
Service occupations: 35,423 5.61% 44,671 7.07%
Healthcare support 1,228 0.19% 7,348 1.16%
Protective services: 7,393 1.17% 2,099 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 4,675 0.74% 856 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,718 0.43% 1,243 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 13,194 2.09% 15,843 2.51%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 10,666 1.69% 6,721 1.06%
Personal care & service 2,942 0.47% 12,660 2.00%
Sales & office occupations: 65,424 10.35% 113,637 17.98%
Sales & related occupations 39,356 6.23% 35,997 5.70%
Office & administrative support 26,068 4.13% 77,640 12.29%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,377 0.22% 304 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 58,022 9.18% 2,683 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 35,285 5.58% 1,174 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 4,368 0.69% 92 0.01%
Construction trades 30,753 4.87% 1,082 0.17%
Extraction 164 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 22,737 3.60% 1,509 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 68,396 10.82% 22,908 3.63%
Production 34,793 5.51% 17,027 2.69%
Transportation & material moving: 33,603 5.32% 5,881 0.93%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 939 0.15% 245 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 876 0.14% 8 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 16,462 2.61% 2,044 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,444 0.23% 166 0.03%
Material moving 13,882 2.20% 3,418 0.54%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 56,106 54.42% 46,984 45.58%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 298 0.29% 150 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 215 0.21% 126 0.12%
Mining 83 0.08% 24 0.02%
Construction 5,179 5.02% 530 0.51%
Manufacturing 16,379 15.89% 7,715 7.48%
Wholesale trade 2,472 2.40% 1,183 1.15%
Retail trade 7,359 7.14% 6,520 6.32%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,940 2.85% 1,207 1.17%
Transportation & warehousing 2,671 2.59% 1,109 1.08%
Utilities 269 0.26% 98 0.10%
Information 1,866 1.81% 1,235 1.20%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,697 2.62% 3,691 3.58%
Finance & insurance 1,962 1.90% 2,941 2.85%
Real estate & rental & leasing 735 0.71% 750 0.73%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 7,068 6.86% 4,656 4.52%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,388 5.23% 3,348 3.25%
Management of companies & enterprises 53 0.05% 21 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,627 1.58% 1,287 1.25%
Educational, health & social services: 3,612 3.50% 13,823 13.41%
Educational services 1,893 1.84% 5,507 5.34%
Health care & social assistance 1,719 1.67% 8,316 8.07%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,586 2.51% 3,174 3.08%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 508 0.49% 508 0.49%
Accommodation & food services 2,078 2.02% 2,666 2.59%
Other services (except public administration) 2,120 2.06% 2,076 2.01%
Public administration 1,530 1.48% 1,024 0.99%

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

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