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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 175,950 51.74% 164,118 48.26%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 54,578 16.05% 60,826 17.89%
Management, business, & financial operations: 23,388 6.88% 16,885 4.97%
Management, except farm managers 16,373 4.81% 9,450 2.78%
Farmers & farm managers 1,560 0.46% 354 0.10%
Business & financial operations: 5,455 1.60% 7,081 2.08%
Business operations specialists 2,856 0.84% 3,863 1.14%
Financial specialists 2,599 0.76% 3,218 0.95%
Professional & related occupations: 31,190 9.17% 43,941 12.92%
Computer & mathematical 4,223 1.24% 1,634 0.48%
Architecture & engineering: 6,392 1.88% 746 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4,746 1.40% 410 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,646 0.48% 336 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 1,438 0.42% 935 0.27%
Community & social services 2,197 0.65% 4,252 1.25%
Legal 1,921 0.56% 1,501 0.44%
Education, training, & library 7,247 2.13% 17,999 5.29%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,004 0.88% 2,656 0.78%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,768 1.40% 14,218 4.18%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,616 1.06% 9,725 2.86%
Health technologists & technicians 1,152 0.34% 4,493 1.32%
Service occupations: 22,587 6.64% 29,366 8.64%
Healthcare support 816 0.24% 6,740 1.98%
Protective services: 5,871 1.73% 1,367 0.40%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 4,006 1.18% 404 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,865 0.55% 963 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 7,189 2.11% 10,571 3.11%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 6,828 2.01% 3,887 1.14%
Personal care & service 1,883 0.55% 6,801 2.00%
Sales & office occupations: 32,184 9.46% 59,627 17.53%
Sales & related occupations 19,510 5.74% 18,989 5.58%
Office & administrative support 12,674 3.73% 40,638 11.95%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,540 0.45% 515 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 26,732 7.86% 917 0.27%
Construction & extraction: 13,533 3.98% 305 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,814 0.53% 44 0.01%
Construction trades 11,575 3.40% 261 0.08%
Extraction 144 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 13,199 3.88% 612 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 38,329 11.27% 12,867 3.78%
Production 21,301 6.26% 9,715 2.86%
Transportation & material moving: 17,028 5.01% 3,152 0.93%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 471 0.14% 83 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 204 0.06% 8 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 9,314 2.74% 1,534 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 553 0.16% 135 0.04%
Material moving 6,486 1.91% 1,392 0.41%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 175,950 51.74% 164,118 48.26%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,668 1.08% 913 0.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 3,363 0.99% 904 0.27%
Mining 305 0.09% 9 0.00%
Construction 15,846 4.66% 1,878 0.55%
Manufacturing 33,854 9.96% 15,325 4.51%
Wholesale trade 9,486 2.79% 3,531 1.04%
Retail trade 20,837 6.13% 19,862 5.84%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 14,369 4.23% 4,996 1.47%
Transportation & warehousing 9,043 2.66% 3,442 1.01%
Utilities 5,326 1.57% 1,554 0.46%
Information 4,727 1.39% 4,631 1.36%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 8,001 2.35% 12,598 3.70%
Finance & insurance 4,983 1.47% 10,385 3.05%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,018 0.89% 2,213 0.65%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 13,451 3.96% 11,139 3.28%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 8,663 2.55% 7,411 2.18%
Management of companies & enterprises 36 0.01% 46 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,752 1.40% 3,682 1.08%
Educational, health & social services: 23,490 6.91% 62,006 18.23%
Educational services 13,822 4.06% 28,229 8.30%
Health care & social assistance 9,668 2.84% 33,777 9.93%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 11,391 3.35% 13,036 3.83%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,605 0.77% 2,129 0.63%
Accommodation & food services 8,786 2.58% 10,907 3.21%
Other services (except public administration) 8,294 2.44% 8,414 2.47%
Public administration 8,536 2.51% 5,789 1.70%

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

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