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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 85,979 52.87% 76,635 47.13%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 22,600 13.90% 25,166 15.48%
Management, business, & financial operations: 10,994 6.76% 7,944 4.89%
Management, except farm managers 7,208 4.43% 4,578 2.82%
Farmers & farm managers 1,038 0.64% 200 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 2,748 1.69% 3,166 1.95%
Business operations specialists 1,308 0.80% 1,369 0.84%
Financial specialists 1,440 0.89% 1,797 1.11%
Professional & related occupations: 11,606 7.14% 17,222 10.59%
Computer & mathematical 1,423 0.88% 488 0.30%
Architecture & engineering: 1,617 0.99% 262 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,105 0.68% 138 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 512 0.31% 124 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 323 0.20% 252 0.15%
Community & social services 1,351 0.83% 1,445 0.89%
Legal 506 0.31% 584 0.36%
Education, training, & library 2,349 1.44% 6,441 3.96%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,560 0.96% 1,458 0.90%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,477 1.52% 6,292 3.87%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,851 1.14% 4,046 2.49%
Health technologists & technicians 626 0.38% 2,246 1.38%
Service occupations: 10,433 6.42% 14,829 9.12%
Healthcare support 471 0.29% 2,924 1.80%
Protective services: 1,758 1.08% 286 0.18%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,059 0.65% 127 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 699 0.43% 159 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,140 2.55% 5,564 3.42%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,332 2.05% 2,261 1.39%
Personal care & service 732 0.45% 3,794 2.33%
Sales & office occupations: 17,841 10.97% 29,476 18.13%
Sales & related occupations 11,740 7.22% 10,338 6.36%
Office & administrative support 6,101 3.75% 19,138 11.77%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 515 0.32% 222 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 14,694 9.04% 558 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 8,222 5.06% 297 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,025 0.63% 55 0.03%
Construction trades 7,146 4.39% 242 0.15%
Extraction 51 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,472 3.98% 261 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 19,896 12.24% 6,384 3.93%
Production 9,283 5.71% 4,790 2.95%
Transportation & material moving: 10,613 6.53% 1,594 0.98%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 322 0.20% 37 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 86 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 5,924 3.64% 626 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 426 0.26% 42 0.03%
Material moving 3,855 2.37% 889 0.55%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 85,979 52.87% 76,635 47.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,873 1.15% 534 0.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,698 1.04% 521 0.32%
Mining 175 0.11% 13 0.01%
Construction 9,816 6.04% 929 0.57%
Manufacturing 14,007 8.61% 6,331 3.89%
Wholesale trade 5,766 3.55% 2,187 1.34%
Retail trade 12,084 7.43% 11,010 6.77%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,998 4.30% 2,477 1.52%
Transportation & warehousing 5,894 3.62% 1,983 1.22%
Utilities 1,104 0.68% 494 0.30%
Information 2,449 1.51% 1,950 1.20%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,433 2.73% 6,034 3.71%
Finance & insurance 2,894 1.78% 4,597 2.83%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,539 0.95% 1,437 0.88%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,427 3.34% 5,635 3.47%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,677 1.65% 3,190 1.96%
Management of companies & enterprises 26 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,724 1.68% 2,445 1.50%
Educational, health & social services: 8,907 5.48% 25,728 15.82%
Educational services 4,333 2.66% 9,707 5.97%
Health care & social assistance 4,574 2.81% 16,021 9.85%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 6,941 4.27% 7,408 4.56%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,365 0.84% 867 0.53%
Accommodation & food services 5,576 3.43% 6,541 4.02%
Other services (except public administration) 4,817 2.96% 4,225 2.60%
Public administration 2,461 1.51% 2,187 1.34%

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

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