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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 39,087 52.54% 35,310 47.46%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 11,014 14.80% 12,809 17.22%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,383 5.89% 2,996 4.03%
Management, except farm managers 3,146 4.23% 1,838 2.47%
Farmers & farm managers 109 0.15% 22 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 1,128 1.52% 1,136 1.53%
Business operations specialists 538 0.72% 518 0.70%
Financial specialists 590 0.79% 618 0.83%
Professional & related occupations: 6,631 8.91% 9,813 13.19%
Computer & mathematical 777 1.04% 292 0.39%
Architecture & engineering: 1,238 1.66% 232 0.31%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 851 1.14% 160 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 387 0.52% 72 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 365 0.49% 161 0.22%
Community & social services 526 0.71% 670 0.90%
Legal 317 0.43% 263 0.35%
Education, training, & library 1,691 2.27% 4,041 5.43%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 705 0.95% 626 0.84%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,012 1.36% 3,528 4.74%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 808 1.09% 2,185 2.94%
Health technologists & technicians 204 0.27% 1,343 1.81%
Service occupations: 4,424 5.95% 6,038 8.12%
Healthcare support 272 0.37% 1,306 1.76%
Protective services: 1,112 1.49% 261 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 770 1.03% 96 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 342 0.46% 165 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,107 1.49% 1,995 2.68%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,532 2.06% 960 1.29%
Personal care & service 401 0.54% 1,516 2.04%
Sales & office occupations: 6,480 8.71% 13,706 18.42%
Sales & related occupations 4,034 5.42% 4,752 6.39%
Office & administrative support 2,446 3.29% 8,954 12.04%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 279 0.38% 25 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,001 9.41% 195 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 4,454 5.99% 83 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 765 1.03% 7 0.01%
Construction trades 3,307 4.45% 76 0.10%
Extraction 382 0.51% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,547 3.42% 112 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 9,889 13.29% 2,537 3.41%
Production 5,581 7.50% 2,045 2.75%
Transportation & material moving: 4,308 5.79% 492 0.66%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 156 0.21% 10 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 53 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,993 2.68% 185 0.25%
Rail, water & other transportation 211 0.28% 9 0.01%
Material moving 1,895 2.55% 288 0.39%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 39,087 52.54% 35,310 47.46%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,465 1.97% 112 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 444 0.60% 68 0.09%
Mining 1,021 1.37% 44 0.06%
Construction 4,550 6.12% 547 0.74%
Manufacturing 8,229 11.06% 2,655 3.57%
Wholesale trade 1,913 2.57% 486 0.65%
Retail trade 4,894 6.58% 5,098 6.85%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,021 2.72% 582 0.78%
Transportation & warehousing 1,521 2.04% 401 0.54%
Utilities 500 0.67% 181 0.24%
Information 629 0.85% 712 0.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,152 1.55% 2,196 2.95%
Finance & insurance 742 1.00% 1,586 2.13%
Real estate & rental & leasing 410 0.55% 610 0.82%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,052 4.10% 2,123 2.85%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,591 2.14% 1,296 1.74%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 23 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,461 1.96% 804 1.08%
Educational, health & social services: 5,686 7.64% 14,770 19.85%
Educational services 3,460 4.65% 6,966 9.36%
Health care & social assistance 2,226 2.99% 7,804 10.49%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,225 2.99% 2,948 3.96%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 495 0.67% 378 0.51%
Accommodation & food services 1,730 2.33% 2,570 3.45%
Other services (except public administration) 1,723 2.32% 1,961 2.64%
Public administration 1,548 2.08% 1,120 1.51%

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

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