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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 48,038 52.55% 43,378 47.45%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 13,020 14.24% 13,725 15.01%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,977 7.63% 4,380 4.79%
Management, except farm managers 3,689 4.04% 1,975 2.16%
Farmers & farm managers 1,971 2.16% 542 0.59%
Business & financial operations: 1,317 1.44% 1,863 2.04%
Business operations specialists 663 0.73% 965 1.06%
Financial specialists 654 0.72% 898 0.98%
Professional & related occupations: 6,043 6.61% 9,345 10.22%
Computer & mathematical 868 0.95% 402 0.44%
Architecture & engineering: 903 0.99% 132 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 473 0.52% 49 0.05%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 430 0.47% 83 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 383 0.42% 181 0.20%
Community & social services 504 0.55% 902 0.99%
Legal 240 0.26% 143 0.16%
Education, training, & library 1,665 1.82% 3,634 3.98%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 548 0.60% 711 0.78%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 932 1.02% 3,240 3.54%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 755 0.83% 1,731 1.89%
Health technologists & technicians 177 0.19% 1,509 1.65%
Service occupations: 4,640 5.08% 8,496 9.29%
Healthcare support 167 0.18% 1,584 1.73%
Protective services: 769 0.84% 271 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 477 0.52% 123 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 292 0.32% 148 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,606 1.76% 3,242 3.55%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,673 1.83% 1,156 1.26%
Personal care & service 425 0.46% 2,243 2.45%
Sales & office occupations: 8,254 9.03% 16,222 17.75%
Sales & related occupations 5,080 5.56% 5,230 5.72%
Office & administrative support 3,174 3.47% 10,992 12.02%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 721 0.79% 248 0.27%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,124 8.89% 288 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 4,920 5.38% 171 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 525 0.57% 10 0.01%
Construction trades 4,318 4.72% 158 0.17%
Extraction 77 0.08% 3 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,204 3.50% 117 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 13,279 14.53% 4,399 4.81%
Production 7,416 8.11% 3,291 3.60%
Transportation & material moving: 5,863 6.41% 1,108 1.21%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 107 0.12% 44 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 26 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,970 3.25% 233 0.25%
Rail, water & other transportation 212 0.23% 47 0.05%
Material moving 2,548 2.79% 784 0.86%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 48,038 52.55% 43,378 47.45%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,962 3.24% 859 0.94%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,851 3.12% 846 0.93%
Mining 111 0.12% 13 0.01%
Construction 5,681 6.21% 440 0.48%
Manufacturing 10,916 11.94% 5,018 5.49%
Wholesale trade 2,502 2.74% 921 1.01%
Retail trade 6,901 7.55% 7,854 8.59%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,012 3.29% 642 0.70%
Transportation & warehousing 2,521 2.76% 589 0.64%
Utilities 491 0.54% 53 0.06%
Information 924 1.01% 855 0.94%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,663 1.82% 2,634 2.88%
Finance & insurance 1,066 1.17% 2,107 2.30%
Real estate & rental & leasing 597 0.65% 527 0.58%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,320 2.54% 2,516 2.75%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,308 1.43% 1,500 1.64%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.00% 31 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,010 1.10% 985 1.08%
Educational, health & social services: 5,242 5.73% 14,994 16.40%
Educational services 3,329 3.64% 6,282 6.87%
Health care & social assistance 1,913 2.09% 8,712 9.53%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,826 3.09% 3,735 4.09%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 571 0.62% 423 0.46%
Accommodation & food services 2,255 2.47% 3,312 3.62%
Other services (except public administration) 1,866 2.04% 1,867 2.04%
Public administration 1,223 1.34% 1,043 1.14%

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

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