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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 271,145 51.46% 255,785 48.54%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 96,107 18.24% 99,330 18.85%
Management, business, & financial operations: 39,197 7.44% 28,566 5.42%
Management, except farm managers 27,965 5.31% 16,855 3.20%
Farmers & farm managers 1,886 0.36% 349 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 9,346 1.77% 11,362 2.16%
Business operations specialists 4,769 0.91% 5,866 1.11%
Financial specialists 4,577 0.87% 5,496 1.04%
Professional & related occupations: 56,910 10.80% 70,764 13.43%
Computer & mathematical 11,240 2.13% 4,651 0.88%
Architecture & engineering: 14,816 2.81% 2,263 0.43%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 11,258 2.14% 1,326 0.25%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 3,558 0.68% 937 0.18%
Life, physical, & social science 3,587 0.68% 2,499 0.47%
Community & social services 3,371 0.64% 6,215 1.18%
Legal 2,274 0.43% 2,159 0.41%
Education, training, & library 10,454 1.98% 26,675 5.06%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 4,834 0.92% 4,699 0.89%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 6,334 1.20% 21,603 4.10%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 5,054 0.96% 14,048 2.67%
Health technologists & technicians 1,280 0.24% 7,555 1.43%
Service occupations: 31,126 5.91% 45,285 8.59%
Healthcare support 1,375 0.26% 10,849 2.06%
Protective services: 7,045 1.34% 1,790 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 4,388 0.83% 548 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,657 0.50% 1,242 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 11,016 2.09% 15,102 2.87%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 8,736 1.66% 4,895 0.93%
Personal care & service 2,954 0.56% 12,649 2.40%
Sales & office occupations: 46,928 8.91% 86,859 16.48%
Sales & related occupations 27,932 5.30% 27,113 5.15%
Office & administrative support 18,996 3.61% 59,746 11.34%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,812 0.34% 501 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 36,450 6.92% 1,391 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 18,894 3.59% 639 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,428 0.46% 83 0.02%
Construction trades 16,342 3.10% 556 0.11%
Extraction 124 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 17,556 3.33% 752 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 58,722 11.14% 22,419 4.25%
Production 37,075 7.04% 17,455 3.31%
Transportation & material moving: 21,647 4.11% 4,964 0.94%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 709 0.13% 129 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 207 0.04% 18 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 11,515 2.19% 2,463 0.47%
Rail, water & other transportation 879 0.17% 124 0.02%
Material moving 8,337 1.58% 2,230 0.42%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 271,145 51.46% 255,785 48.54%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 4,593 0.87% 1,206 0.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 4,233 0.80% 1,181 0.22%
Mining 360 0.07% 25 0.00%
Construction 21,513 4.08% 2,879 0.55%
Manufacturing 76,899 14.59% 34,372 6.52%
Wholesale trade 11,697 2.22% 5,515 1.05%
Retail trade 30,182 5.73% 29,869 5.67%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 13,542 2.57% 4,990 0.95%
Transportation & warehousing 10,472 1.99% 4,145 0.79%
Utilities 3,070 0.58% 845 0.16%
Information 7,694 1.46% 6,798 1.29%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 9,571 1.82% 14,285 2.71%
Finance & insurance 5,698 1.08% 10,944 2.08%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,873 0.74% 3,341 0.63%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 24,808 4.71% 20,995 3.98%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 16,379 3.11% 14,317 2.72%
Management of companies & enterprises 22 0.00% 60 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 8,407 1.60% 6,618 1.26%
Educational, health & social services: 32,934 6.25% 97,604 18.52%
Educational services 19,355 3.67% 42,116 7.99%
Health care & social assistance 13,579 2.58% 55,488 10.53%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 17,075 3.24% 18,165 3.45%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,680 0.70% 3,088 0.59%
Accommodation & food services 13,395 2.54% 15,077 2.86%
Other services (except public administration) 11,115 2.11% 11,577 2.20%
Public administration 9,522 1.81% 7,530 1.43%

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

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