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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 20,551 50.35% 20,262 49.65%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,584 16.13% 7,491 18.35%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,690 6.59% 1,932 4.73%
Management, except farm managers 1,955 4.79% 1,246 3.05%
Farmers & farm managers 86 0.21% 13 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 649 1.59% 673 1.65%
Business operations specialists 311 0.76% 304 0.74%
Financial specialists 338 0.83% 369 0.90%
Professional & related occupations: 3,894 9.54% 5,559 13.62%
Computer & mathematical 643 1.58% 241 0.59%
Architecture & engineering: 860 2.11% 72 0.18%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 643 1.58% 34 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 217 0.53% 38 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 189 0.46% 101 0.25%
Community & social services 391 0.96% 485 1.19%
Legal 193 0.47% 165 0.40%
Education, training, & library 676 1.66% 2,087 5.11%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 401 0.98% 447 1.10%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 541 1.33% 1,961 4.80%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 359 0.88% 1,367 3.35%
Health technologists & technicians 182 0.45% 594 1.46%
Service occupations: 3,161 7.75% 4,295 10.52%
Healthcare support 189 0.46% 1,187 2.91%
Protective services: 739 1.81% 99 0.24%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 439 1.08% 31 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 300 0.74% 68 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 873 2.14% 1,457 3.57%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 920 2.25% 530 1.30%
Personal care & service 440 1.08% 1,022 2.50%
Sales & office occupations: 3,705 9.08% 7,218 17.69%
Sales & related occupations 2,217 5.43% 2,507 6.14%
Office & administrative support 1,488 3.65% 4,711 11.54%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 141 0.35% 25 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,326 8.15% 107 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 2,016 4.94% 59 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 297 0.73% 17 0.04%
Construction trades 1,710 4.19% 42 0.10%
Extraction 9 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,310 3.21% 48 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 3,634 8.90% 1,126 2.76%
Production 2,375 5.82% 759 1.86%
Transportation & material moving: 1,259 3.08% 367 0.90%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 6 0.01% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 11 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 681 1.67% 178 0.44%
Rail, water & other transportation 62 0.15% 7 0.02%
Material moving 499 1.22% 182 0.45%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 20,551 50.35% 20,262 49.65%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 312 0.76% 71 0.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 222 0.54% 71 0.17%
Mining 90 0.22% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,291 5.61% 265 0.65%
Manufacturing 4,263 10.45% 1,296 3.18%
Wholesale trade 644 1.58% 213 0.52%
Retail trade 2,769 6.78% 3,026 7.41%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 808 1.98% 337 0.83%
Transportation & warehousing 629 1.54% 292 0.72%
Utilities 179 0.44% 45 0.11%
Information 572 1.40% 508 1.24%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 921 2.26% 1,465 3.59%
Finance & insurance 604 1.48% 1,158 2.84%
Real estate & rental & leasing 317 0.78% 307 0.75%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,525 3.74% 1,315 3.22%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 970 2.38% 864 2.12%
Management of companies & enterprises 14 0.03% 23 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 541 1.33% 428 1.05%
Educational, health & social services: 2,775 6.80% 7,902 19.36%
Educational services 1,364 3.34% 2,735 6.70%
Health care & social assistance 1,411 3.46% 5,167 12.66%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,772 4.34% 2,132 5.22%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 421 1.03% 287 0.70%
Accommodation & food services 1,351 3.31% 1,845 4.52%
Other services (except public administration) 914 2.24% 1,172 2.87%
Public administration 985 2.41% 560 1.37%

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

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