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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 70,332 49.92% 70,559 50.08%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 29,071 20.63% 31,218 22.16%
Management, business, & financial operations: 11,413 8.10% 10,809 7.67%
Management, except farm managers 7,833 5.56% 5,403 3.83%
Farmers & farm managers 94 0.07% 14 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 3,486 2.47% 5,392 3.83%
Business operations specialists 1,785 1.27% 2,982 2.12%
Financial specialists 1,701 1.21% 2,410 1.71%
Professional & related occupations: 17,658 12.53% 20,409 14.49%
Computer & mathematical 3,470 2.46% 2,019 1.43%
Architecture & engineering: 2,085 1.48% 399 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,660 1.18% 260 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 425 0.30% 139 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 1,401 0.99% 657 0.47%
Community & social services 1,220 0.87% 1,832 1.30%
Legal 2,078 1.47% 1,711 1.21%
Education, training, & library 3,939 2.80% 7,045 5.00%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,878 1.33% 1,804 1.28%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,587 1.13% 4,942 3.51%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,132 0.80% 3,140 2.23%
Health technologists & technicians 455 0.32% 1,802 1.28%
Service occupations: 10,345 7.34% 10,998 7.81%
Healthcare support 529 0.38% 2,079 1.48%
Protective services: 2,926 2.08% 993 0.70%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,091 1.48% 607 0.43%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 835 0.59% 386 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,740 2.65% 3,488 2.48%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,361 1.68% 1,739 1.23%
Personal care & service 789 0.56% 2,699 1.92%
Sales & office occupations: 14,134 10.03% 25,680 18.23%
Sales & related occupations 7,563 5.37% 7,557 5.36%
Office & administrative support 6,571 4.66% 18,123 12.86%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 546 0.39% 173 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 9,063 6.43% 300 0.21%
Construction & extraction: 5,484 3.89% 140 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 796 0.56% 30 0.02%
Construction trades 4,663 3.31% 105 0.07%
Extraction 25 0.02% 5 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,579 2.54% 160 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,173 5.09% 2,190 1.55%
Production 2,890 2.05% 1,380 0.98%
Transportation & material moving: 4,283 3.04% 810 0.57%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 116 0.08% 24 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 72 0.05% 9 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,452 1.74% 478 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 164 0.12% 58 0.04%
Material moving 1,479 1.05% 241 0.17%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 70,332 49.92% 70,559 50.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 984 0.70% 287 0.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 810 0.57% 264 0.19%
Mining 174 0.12% 23 0.02%
Construction 6,607 4.69% 955 0.68%
Manufacturing 2,774 1.97% 1,233 0.88%
Wholesale trade 1,780 1.26% 577 0.41%
Retail trade 8,681 6.16% 7,508 5.33%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,862 2.03% 826 0.59%
Transportation & warehousing 2,146 1.52% 674 0.48%
Utilities 716 0.51% 152 0.11%
Information 2,291 1.63% 1,754 1.24%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,146 2.23% 4,267 3.03%
Finance & insurance 1,812 1.29% 3,161 2.24%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,334 0.95% 1,106 0.79%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 7,848 5.57% 6,493 4.61%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,373 3.81% 4,708 3.34%
Management of companies & enterprises 22 0.02% 11 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,453 1.74% 1,774 1.26%
Educational, health & social services: 10,581 7.51% 23,017 16.34%
Educational services 7,282 5.17% 11,887 8.44%
Health care & social assistance 3,299 2.34% 11,130 7.90%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 6,302 4.47% 5,782 4.10%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,014 0.72% 1,106 0.79%
Accommodation & food services 5,288 3.75% 4,676 3.32%
Other services (except public administration) 3,579 2.54% 3,776 2.68%
Public administration 12,897 9.15% 14,084 10.00%

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

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