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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 141,111 50.37% 139,043 49.63%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 42,198 15.06% 54,111 19.31%
Management, business, & financial operations: 17,531 6.26% 14,164 5.06%
Management, except farm managers 12,575 4.49% 8,426 3.01%
Farmers & farm managers 224 0.08% 121 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 4,732 1.69% 5,617 2.00%
Business operations specialists 2,464 0.88% 3,296 1.18%
Financial specialists 2,268 0.81% 2,321 0.83%
Professional & related occupations: 24,667 8.80% 39,947 14.26%
Computer & mathematical 3,321 1.19% 1,947 0.69%
Architecture & engineering: 4,168 1.49% 726 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,922 1.04% 482 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,246 0.44% 244 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 1,439 0.51% 1,230 0.44%
Community & social services 2,244 0.80% 4,165 1.49%
Legal 1,330 0.47% 1,161 0.41%
Education, training, & library 6,234 2.23% 17,001 6.07%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,572 0.92% 2,375 0.85%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,359 1.20% 11,342 4.05%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,769 0.99% 7,852 2.80%
Health technologists & technicians 590 0.21% 3,490 1.25%
Service occupations: 20,441 7.30% 25,664 9.16%
Healthcare support 1,052 0.38% 6,443 2.30%
Protective services: 5,491 1.96% 1,325 0.47%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,844 1.37% 498 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,647 0.59% 827 0.30%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,964 2.13% 9,501 3.39%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 6,129 2.19% 2,325 0.83%
Personal care & service 1,805 0.64% 6,070 2.17%
Sales & office occupations: 25,267 9.02% 47,721 17.03%
Sales & related occupations 13,796 4.92% 14,535 5.19%
Office & administrative support 11,471 4.09% 33,186 11.85%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 533 0.19% 233 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 20,139 7.19% 747 0.27%
Construction & extraction: 10,057 3.59% 221 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,271 0.45% 14 0.00%
Construction trades 8,716 3.11% 207 0.07%
Extraction 70 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 10,082 3.60% 526 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 32,533 11.61% 10,567 3.77%
Production 18,255 6.52% 7,620 2.72%
Transportation & material moving: 14,278 5.10% 2,947 1.05%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 305 0.11% 104 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 168 0.06% 11 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 7,140 2.55% 1,158 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 496 0.18% 100 0.04%
Material moving 6,169 2.20% 1,574 0.56%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 141,111 50.37% 139,043 49.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 912 0.33% 339 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 802 0.29% 339 0.12%
Mining 110 0.04% 0 0.00%
Construction 10,715 3.82% 1,245 0.44%
Manufacturing 29,150 10.40% 11,816 4.22%
Wholesale trade 7,037 2.51% 2,493 0.89%
Retail trade 16,548 5.91% 16,308 5.82%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 10,822 3.86% 4,020 1.43%
Transportation & warehousing 9,015 3.22% 3,511 1.25%
Utilities 1,807 0.65% 509 0.18%
Information 3,752 1.34% 3,448 1.23%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 7,024 2.51% 11,024 3.93%
Finance & insurance 4,871 1.74% 9,035 3.23%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,153 0.77% 1,989 0.71%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 9,918 3.54% 8,305 2.96%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,447 1.94% 5,382 1.92%
Management of companies & enterprises 48 0.02% 41 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,423 1.58% 2,882 1.03%
Educational, health & social services: 21,151 7.55% 57,319 20.46%
Educational services 12,800 4.57% 27,861 9.94%
Health care & social assistance 8,351 2.98% 29,458 10.51%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 9,759 3.48% 11,002 3.93%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,914 0.68% 1,698 0.61%
Accommodation & food services 7,845 2.80% 9,304 3.32%
Other services (except public administration) 6,585 2.35% 6,210 2.22%
Public administration 7,738 2.76% 5,514 1.97%

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

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