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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 35,211 54.45% 29,452 45.55%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 15,275 23.62% 11,632 17.99%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,327 6.69% 3,029 4.68%
Management, except farm managers 2,927 4.53% 1,694 2.62%
Farmers & farm managers 412 0.64% 44 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 988 1.53% 1,291 2.00%
Business operations specialists 490 0.76% 843 1.30%
Financial specialists 498 0.77% 448 0.69%
Professional & related occupations: 10,948 16.93% 8,603 13.30%
Computer & mathematical 1,572 2.43% 443 0.69%
Architecture & engineering: 1,491 2.31% 242 0.37%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,026 1.59% 105 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 465 0.72% 137 0.21%
Life, physical, & social science 1,672 2.59% 642 0.99%
Community & social services 457 0.71% 576 0.89%
Legal 88 0.14% 91 0.14%
Education, training, & library 4,274 6.61% 4,053 6.27%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 780 1.21% 841 1.30%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 614 0.95% 1,715 2.65%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 515 0.80% 1,067 1.65%
Health technologists & technicians 99 0.15% 648 1.00%
Service occupations: 4,963 7.68% 5,698 8.81%
Healthcare support 100 0.15% 684 1.06%
Protective services: 796 1.23% 164 0.25%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 457 0.71% 27 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 339 0.52% 137 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,310 3.57% 2,782 4.30%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,197 1.85% 744 1.15%
Personal care & service 560 0.87% 1,324 2.05%
Sales & office occupations: 5,010 7.75% 10,180 15.74%
Sales & related occupations 2,644 4.09% 3,354 5.19%
Office & administrative support 2,366 3.66% 6,826 10.56%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 292 0.45% 90 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,151 6.42% 167 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 2,491 3.85% 62 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 216 0.33% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,223 3.44% 62 0.10%
Extraction 52 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,660 2.57% 105 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,520 8.54% 1,685 2.61%
Production 2,523 3.90% 1,176 1.82%
Transportation & material moving: 2,997 4.63% 509 0.79%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 64 0.10% 15 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 44 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,395 2.16% 200 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 175 0.27% 20 0.03%
Material moving 1,319 2.04% 274 0.42%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 35,211 54.45% 29,452 45.55%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 927 1.43% 189 0.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 783 1.21% 189 0.29%
Mining 144 0.22% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,794 4.32% 322 0.50%
Manufacturing 4,800 7.42% 2,024 3.13%
Wholesale trade 626 0.97% 212 0.33%
Retail trade 3,467 5.36% 3,295 5.10%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,509 2.33% 475 0.73%
Transportation & warehousing 1,214 1.88% 401 0.62%
Utilities 295 0.46% 74 0.11%
Information 820 1.27% 718 1.11%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,096 1.69% 1,477 2.28%
Finance & insurance 726 1.12% 1,083 1.67%
Real estate & rental & leasing 370 0.57% 394 0.61%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,930 4.53% 1,917 2.96%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,113 3.27% 1,330 2.06%
Management of companies & enterprises 11 0.02% 34 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 806 1.25% 553 0.86%
Educational, health & social services: 9,985 15.44% 13,446 20.79%
Educational services 9,027 13.96% 9,264 14.33%
Health care & social assistance 958 1.48% 4,182 6.47%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,580 5.54% 3,407 5.27%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 477 0.74% 520 0.80%
Accommodation & food services 3,103 4.80% 2,887 4.46%
Other services (except public administration) 1,230 1.90% 1,152 1.78%
Public administration 1,447 2.24% 818 1.27%

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

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