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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 66,754 51.27% 63,455 48.73%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 17,990 13.82% 22,643 17.39%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,948 6.10% 6,760 5.19%
Management, except farm managers 6,189 4.75% 4,159 3.19%
Farmers & farm managers 88 0.07% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 1,671 1.28% 2,601 2.00%
Business operations specialists 820 0.63% 1,187 0.91%
Financial specialists 851 0.65% 1,414 1.09%
Professional & related occupations: 10,042 7.71% 15,883 12.20%
Computer & mathematical 925 0.71% 576 0.44%
Architecture & engineering: 2,278 1.75% 315 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,739 1.34% 221 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 539 0.41% 94 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 543 0.42% 343 0.26%
Community & social services 855 0.66% 1,233 0.95%
Legal 695 0.53% 498 0.38%
Education, training, & library 1,878 1.44% 6,118 4.70%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,066 0.82% 1,123 0.86%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,802 1.38% 5,677 4.36%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,455 1.12% 3,886 2.98%
Health technologists & technicians 347 0.27% 1,791 1.38%
Service occupations: 8,298 6.37% 12,696 9.75%
Healthcare support 206 0.16% 2,083 1.60%
Protective services: 1,806 1.39% 713 0.55%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,330 1.02% 348 0.27%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 476 0.37% 365 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,078 2.36% 4,460 3.43%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,426 1.86% 2,170 1.67%
Personal care & service 782 0.60% 3,270 2.51%
Sales & office occupations: 11,248 8.64% 23,664 18.17%
Sales & related occupations 7,057 5.42% 9,462 7.27%
Office & administrative support 4,191 3.22% 14,202 10.91%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 307 0.24% 72 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 14,541 11.17% 648 0.50%
Construction & extraction: 8,229 6.32% 382 0.29%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 954 0.73% 52 0.04%
Construction trades 7,242 5.56% 330 0.25%
Extraction 33 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,312 4.85% 266 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 14,370 11.04% 3,732 2.87%
Production 6,701 5.15% 2,007 1.54%
Transportation & material moving: 7,669 5.89% 1,725 1.32%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 170 0.13% 112 0.09%
Aircraft & traffic control 157 0.12% 17 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 3,593 2.76% 799 0.61%
Rail, water & other transportation 659 0.51% 99 0.08%
Material moving 3,090 2.37% 698 0.54%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 66,754 51.27% 63,455 48.73%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 483 0.37% 91 0.07%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 461 0.35% 91 0.07%
Mining 22 0.02% 0 0.00%
Construction 9,742 7.48% 1,254 0.96%
Manufacturing 12,326 9.47% 3,768 2.89%
Wholesale trade 2,822 2.17% 1,266 0.97%
Retail trade 7,459 5.73% 9,151 7.03%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,152 4.72% 2,211 1.70%
Transportation & warehousing 5,244 4.03% 1,983 1.52%
Utilities 908 0.70% 228 0.18%
Information 1,490 1.14% 1,263 0.97%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,631 2.02% 4,034 3.10%
Finance & insurance 1,507 1.16% 2,951 2.27%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,124 0.86% 1,083 0.83%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,113 3.93% 4,470 3.43%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,673 2.05% 2,613 2.01%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 7 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,440 1.87% 1,850 1.42%
Educational, health & social services: 6,109 4.69% 21,050 16.17%
Educational services 3,101 2.38% 8,001 6.14%
Health care & social assistance 3,008 2.31% 13,049 10.02%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 5,627 4.32% 7,968 6.12%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,298 1.00% 1,045 0.80%
Accommodation & food services 4,329 3.32% 6,923 5.32%
Other services (except public administration) 3,281 2.52% 3,893 2.99%
Public administration 3,519 2.70% 3,036 2.33%

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

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