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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 23,395 54.41% 19,605 45.59%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,337 12.41% 6,733 15.66%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,768 6.44% 1,860 4.33%
Management, except farm managers 1,874 4.36% 1,074 2.50%
Farmers & farm managers 351 0.82% 27 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 543 1.26% 759 1.77%
Business operations specialists 267 0.62% 289 0.67%
Financial specialists 276 0.64% 470 1.09%
Professional & related occupations: 2,569 5.97% 4,873 11.33%
Computer & mathematical 197 0.46% 82 0.19%
Architecture & engineering: 690 1.60% 65 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 439 1.02% 7 0.02%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 251 0.58% 58 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 93 0.22% 111 0.26%
Community & social services 259 0.60% 588 1.37%
Legal 183 0.43% 56 0.13%
Education, training, & library 482 1.12% 1,906 4.43%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 216 0.50% 193 0.45%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 449 1.04% 1,872 4.35%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 356 0.83% 1,137 2.64%
Health technologists & technicians 93 0.22% 735 1.71%
Service occupations: 2,720 6.33% 3,888 9.04%
Healthcare support 95 0.22% 879 2.04%
Protective services: 582 1.35% 112 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 353 0.82% 30 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 229 0.53% 82 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 989 2.30% 1,447 3.37%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 848 1.97% 472 1.10%
Personal care & service 206 0.48% 978 2.27%
Sales & office occupations: 3,297 7.67% 6,862 15.96%
Sales & related occupations 2,083 4.84% 2,526 5.87%
Office & administrative support 1,214 2.82% 4,336 10.08%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 246 0.57% 22 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,016 11.67% 155 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 3,093 7.19% 37 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 395 0.92% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,686 6.25% 37 0.09%
Extraction 12 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,923 4.47% 118 0.27%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,779 15.77% 1,945 4.52%
Production 4,039 9.39% 1,489 3.46%
Transportation & material moving: 2,740 6.37% 456 1.06%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 73 0.17% 17 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 42 0.10% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,343 3.12% 147 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 102 0.24% 18 0.04%
Material moving 1,180 2.74% 274 0.64%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 23,395 54.41% 19,605 45.59%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 802 1.87% 127 0.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 631 1.47% 72 0.17%
Mining 171 0.40% 55 0.13%
Construction 3,487 8.11% 240 0.56%
Manufacturing 6,377 14.83% 2,182 5.07%
Wholesale trade 1,291 3.00% 439 1.02%
Retail trade 2,260 5.26% 2,778 6.46%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,034 4.73% 435 1.01%
Transportation & warehousing 1,073 2.50% 290 0.67%
Utilities 961 2.23% 145 0.34%
Information 392 0.91% 402 0.93%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 747 1.74% 1,504 3.50%
Finance & insurance 423 0.98% 1,147 2.67%
Real estate & rental & leasing 324 0.75% 357 0.83%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,219 2.83% 867 2.02%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 586 1.36% 496 1.15%
Management of companies & enterprises 20 0.05% 20 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 613 1.43% 351 0.82%
Educational, health & social services: 1,687 3.92% 7,402 17.21%
Educational services 833 1.94% 2,807 6.53%
Health care & social assistance 854 1.99% 4,595 10.69%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,558 3.62% 1,647 3.83%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 266 0.62% 261 0.61%
Accommodation & food services 1,292 3.00% 1,386 3.22%
Other services (except public administration) 881 2.05% 1,058 2.46%
Public administration 660 1.53% 524 1.22%

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

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