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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 253,409 51.23% 241,242 48.77%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 86,748 17.54% 96,085 19.42%
Management, business, & financial operations: 42,871 8.67% 35,266 7.13%
Management, except farm managers 30,046 6.07% 18,673 3.77%
Farmers & farm managers 504 0.10% 129 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 12,321 2.49% 16,464 3.33%
Business operations specialists 5,851 1.18% 8,404 1.70%
Financial specialists 6,470 1.31% 8,060 1.63%
Professional & related occupations: 43,877 8.87% 60,819 12.30%
Computer & mathematical 10,844 2.19% 6,149 1.24%
Architecture & engineering: 8,143 1.65% 1,277 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 6,108 1.23% 848 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,035 0.41% 429 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 2,742 0.55% 2,086 0.42%
Community & social services 2,754 0.56% 4,822 0.97%
Legal 3,069 0.62% 3,340 0.68%
Education, training, & library 6,336 1.28% 20,519 4.15%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 4,296 0.87% 4,200 0.85%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 5,693 1.15% 18,426 3.73%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 4,692 0.95% 12,145 2.46%
Health technologists & technicians 1,001 0.20% 6,281 1.27%
Service occupations: 29,224 5.91% 36,211 7.32%
Healthcare support 707 0.14% 7,176 1.45%
Protective services: 8,147 1.65% 2,746 0.56%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 5,695 1.15% 1,375 0.28%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,452 0.50% 1,371 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 9,340 1.89% 11,186 2.26%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 8,583 1.74% 5,693 1.15%
Personal care & service 2,447 0.49% 9,410 1.90%
Sales & office occupations: 50,584 10.23% 91,888 18.58%
Sales & related occupations 30,428 6.15% 27,538 5.57%
Office & administrative support 20,156 4.07% 64,350 13.01%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 585 0.12% 238 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 42,327 8.56% 1,713 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 24,553 4.96% 682 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 3,736 0.76% 126 0.03%
Construction trades 20,693 4.18% 556 0.11%
Extraction 124 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 17,774 3.59% 1,031 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 43,941 8.88% 15,107 3.05%
Production 21,898 4.43% 10,747 2.17%
Transportation & material moving: 22,043 4.46% 4,360 0.88%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 775 0.16% 201 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 409 0.08% 17 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 10,917 2.21% 1,869 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 941 0.19% 163 0.03%
Material moving 9,001 1.82% 2,110 0.43%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 253,409 51.23% 241,242 48.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,891 0.38% 598 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,326 0.27% 514 0.10%
Mining 565 0.11% 84 0.02%
Construction 30,540 6.17% 3,792 0.77%
Manufacturing 39,144 7.91% 17,469 3.53%
Wholesale trade 13,552 2.74% 5,445 1.10%
Retail trade 31,063 6.28% 29,578 5.98%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 17,980 3.63% 6,861 1.39%
Transportation & warehousing 13,678 2.77% 5,182 1.05%
Utilities 4,302 0.87% 1,679 0.34%
Information 6,550 1.32% 6,724 1.36%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 21,686 4.38% 30,500 6.17%
Finance & insurance 16,771 3.39% 25,896 5.24%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4,915 0.99% 4,604 0.93%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 24,626 4.98% 21,833 4.41%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 15,359 3.11% 13,717 2.77%
Management of companies & enterprises 390 0.08% 430 0.09%
Administrative & support & waste management services 8,877 1.79% 7,686 1.55%
Educational, health & social services: 20,925 4.23% 71,270 14.41%
Educational services 10,435 2.11% 27,865 5.63%
Health care & social assistance 10,490 2.12% 43,405 8.77%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 16,869 3.41% 17,224 3.48%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 4,372 0.88% 3,622 0.73%
Accommodation & food services 12,497 2.53% 13,602 2.75%
Other services (except public administration) 11,379 2.30% 12,650 2.56%
Public administration 17,204 3.48% 17,298 3.50%

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

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