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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 180,852 52.76% 161,954 47.24%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 55,524 16.20% 54,087 15.78%
Management, business, & financial operations: 26,277 7.67% 17,174 5.01%
Management, except farm managers 19,392 5.66% 10,092 2.94%
Farmers & farm managers 216 0.06% 80 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 6,669 1.95% 7,002 2.04%
Business operations specialists 3,173 0.93% 3,593 1.05%
Financial specialists 3,496 1.02% 3,409 0.99%
Professional & related occupations: 29,247 8.53% 36,913 10.77%
Computer & mathematical 4,870 1.42% 2,182 0.64%
Architecture & engineering: 6,758 1.97% 843 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4,973 1.45% 567 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,785 0.52% 276 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 1,805 0.53% 1,268 0.37%
Community & social services 1,922 0.56% 3,186 0.93%
Legal 1,739 0.51% 1,502 0.44%
Education, training, & library 5,120 1.49% 13,140 3.83%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,309 0.97% 2,717 0.79%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,724 1.09% 12,075 3.52%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,001 0.88% 7,814 2.28%
Health technologists & technicians 723 0.21% 4,261 1.24%
Service occupations: 20,577 6.00% 29,340 8.56%
Healthcare support 767 0.22% 6,016 1.75%
Protective services: 4,570 1.33% 1,185 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,040 0.89% 505 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,530 0.45% 680 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 7,149 2.09% 12,095 3.53%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 6,518 1.90% 3,856 1.12%
Personal care & service 1,573 0.46% 6,188 1.81%
Sales & office occupations: 32,359 9.44% 62,859 18.34%
Sales & related occupations 20,338 5.93% 20,163 5.88%
Office & administrative support 12,021 3.51% 42,696 12.45%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 301 0.09% 270 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 27,299 7.96% 1,037 0.30%
Construction & extraction: 15,681 4.57% 423 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,924 0.56% 58 0.02%
Construction trades 13,729 4.00% 348 0.10%
Extraction 28 0.01% 17 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 11,618 3.39% 614 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 44,792 13.07% 14,361 4.19%
Production 27,541 8.03% 10,665 3.11%
Transportation & material moving: 17,251 5.03% 3,696 1.08%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 531 0.15% 154 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 180 0.05% 17 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 8,237 2.40% 1,680 0.49%
Rail, water & other transportation 506 0.15% 152 0.04%
Material moving 7,797 2.27% 1,693 0.49%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 180,852 52.76% 161,954 47.24%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 724 0.21% 440 0.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 494 0.14% 386 0.11%
Mining 230 0.07% 54 0.02%
Construction 18,357 5.35% 2,274 0.66%
Manufacturing 50,099 14.61% 19,708 5.75%
Wholesale trade 9,854 2.87% 4,706 1.37%
Retail trade 19,805 5.78% 21,451 6.26%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 11,075 3.23% 5,110 1.49%
Transportation & warehousing 9,292 2.71% 4,296 1.25%
Utilities 1,783 0.52% 814 0.24%
Information 4,466 1.30% 3,987 1.16%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 8,120 2.37% 12,292 3.59%
Finance & insurance 5,434 1.59% 9,375 2.73%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,686 0.78% 2,917 0.85%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 15,033 4.39% 13,263 3.87%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 8,850 2.58% 7,783 2.27%
Management of companies & enterprises 242 0.07% 266 0.08%
Administrative & support & waste management services 5,941 1.73% 5,214 1.52%
Educational, health & social services: 16,547 4.83% 50,223 14.65%
Educational services 9,121 2.66% 20,103 5.86%
Health care & social assistance 7,426 2.17% 30,120 8.79%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 12,298 3.59% 15,331 4.47%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,188 0.93% 2,210 0.64%
Accommodation & food services 9,110 2.66% 13,121 3.83%
Other services (except public administration) 8,212 2.40% 8,156 2.38%
Public administration 6,262 1.83% 5,013 1.46%

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

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