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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 84,569 54.22% 71,395 45.78%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 19,076 12.23% 23,751 15.23%
Management, business, & financial operations: 8,372 5.37% 5,788 3.71%
Management, except farm managers 6,329 4.06% 3,583 2.30%
Farmers & farm managers 182 0.12% 35 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 1,861 1.19% 2,170 1.39%
Business operations specialists 1,050 0.67% 1,062 0.68%
Financial specialists 811 0.52% 1,108 0.71%
Professional & related occupations: 10,704 6.86% 17,963 11.52%
Computer & mathematical 782 0.50% 383 0.25%
Architecture & engineering: 2,822 1.81% 368 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,877 1.20% 182 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 945 0.61% 186 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 815 0.52% 404 0.26%
Community & social services 1,197 0.77% 1,359 0.87%
Legal 621 0.40% 692 0.44%
Education, training, & library 1,749 1.12% 7,657 4.91%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 930 0.60% 831 0.53%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,788 1.15% 6,269 4.02%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,396 0.90% 3,505 2.25%
Health technologists & technicians 392 0.25% 2,764 1.77%
Service occupations: 9,934 6.37% 15,645 10.03%
Healthcare support 425 0.27% 3,711 2.38%
Protective services: 3,442 2.21% 1,365 0.88%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,651 1.70% 895 0.57%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 791 0.51% 470 0.30%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,638 1.69% 4,717 3.02%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,783 1.78% 2,459 1.58%
Personal care & service 646 0.41% 3,393 2.18%
Sales & office occupations: 12,959 8.31% 27,829 17.84%
Sales & related occupations 8,345 5.35% 9,605 6.16%
Office & administrative support 4,614 2.96% 18,224 11.68%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 579 0.37% 165 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 20,348 13.05% 562 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 12,665 8.12% 349 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,773 1.14% 14 0.01%
Construction trades 10,587 6.79% 335 0.21%
Extraction 305 0.20% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 7,683 4.93% 213 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 21,673 13.90% 3,443 2.21%
Production 12,582 8.07% 2,161 1.39%
Transportation & material moving: 9,091 5.83% 1,282 0.82%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 306 0.20% 22 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 86 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,269 2.74% 821 0.53%
Rail, water & other transportation 942 0.60% 66 0.04%
Material moving 3,488 2.24% 373 0.24%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 84,569 54.22% 71,395 45.78%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,529 1.62% 352 0.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 877 0.56% 206 0.13%
Mining 1,652 1.06% 146 0.09%
Construction 13,072 8.38% 1,454 0.93%
Manufacturing 20,212 12.96% 3,926 2.52%
Wholesale trade 3,364 2.16% 1,209 0.78%
Retail trade 9,224 5.91% 10,417 6.68%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,289 4.03% 2,131 1.37%
Transportation & warehousing 5,084 3.26% 1,829 1.17%
Utilities 1,205 0.77% 302 0.19%
Information 1,477 0.95% 1,541 0.99%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,758 1.77% 4,285 2.75%
Finance & insurance 1,488 0.95% 3,204 2.05%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,270 0.81% 1,081 0.69%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,668 3.63% 4,444 2.85%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,782 1.78% 2,580 1.65%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.00% 44 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,880 1.85% 1,820 1.17%
Educational, health & social services: 6,408 4.11% 26,965 17.29%
Educational services 3,433 2.20% 11,307 7.25%
Health care & social assistance 2,975 1.91% 15,658 10.04%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,190 2.69% 5,917 3.79%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 736 0.47% 522 0.33%
Accommodation & food services 3,454 2.21% 5,395 3.46%
Other services (except public administration) 4,746 3.04% 4,303 2.76%
Public administration 4,632 2.97% 4,451 2.85%

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

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