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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 32,329 50.41% 31,806 49.59%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,159 14.28% 10,298 16.06%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,971 6.19% 2,901 4.52%
Management, except farm managers 2,477 3.86% 1,560 2.43%
Farmers & farm managers 414 0.65% 69 0.11%
Business & financial operations: 1,080 1.68% 1,272 1.98%
Business operations specialists 557 0.87% 604 0.94%
Financial specialists 523 0.82% 668 1.04%
Professional & related occupations: 5,188 8.09% 7,397 11.53%
Computer & mathematical 670 1.04% 314 0.49%
Architecture & engineering: 1,110 1.73% 142 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 828 1.29% 78 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 282 0.44% 64 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 234 0.36% 132 0.21%
Community & social services 419 0.65% 721 1.12%
Legal 240 0.37% 210 0.33%
Education, training, & library 1,055 1.64% 2,928 4.57%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 815 1.27% 583 0.91%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 645 1.01% 2,367 3.69%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 507 0.79% 1,550 2.42%
Health technologists & technicians 138 0.22% 817 1.27%
Service occupations: 3,662 5.71% 6,589 10.27%
Healthcare support 140 0.22% 1,145 1.79%
Protective services: 597 0.93% 180 0.28%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 411 0.64% 46 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 186 0.29% 134 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,543 2.41% 2,547 3.97%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,081 1.69% 705 1.10%
Personal care & service 301 0.47% 2,012 3.14%
Sales & office occupations: 5,716 8.91% 11,946 18.63%
Sales & related occupations 3,470 5.41% 3,976 6.20%
Office & administrative support 2,246 3.50% 7,970 12.43%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 119 0.19% 73 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,995 7.79% 167 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 2,956 4.61% 72 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 375 0.58% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,581 4.02% 64 0.10%
Extraction 0 0.00% 8 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,039 3.18% 95 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,678 13.53% 2,733 4.26%
Production 5,337 8.32% 1,987 3.10%
Transportation & material moving: 3,341 5.21% 746 1.16%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 56 0.09% 5 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 50 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,499 2.34% 242 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 63 0.10% 51 0.08%
Material moving 1,673 2.61% 448 0.70%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 32,329 50.41% 31,806 49.59%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 639 1.00% 181 0.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 585 0.91% 165 0.26%
Mining 54 0.08% 16 0.02%
Construction 3,225 5.03% 237 0.37%
Manufacturing 8,547 13.33% 2,802 4.37%
Wholesale trade 1,526 2.38% 649 1.01%
Retail trade 3,895 6.07% 4,423 6.90%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,669 2.60% 848 1.32%
Transportation & warehousing 1,364 2.13% 712 1.11%
Utilities 305 0.48% 136 0.21%
Information 747 1.16% 785 1.22%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,465 2.28% 2,442 3.81%
Finance & insurance 1,019 1.59% 2,142 3.34%
Real estate & rental & leasing 446 0.70% 300 0.47%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,303 3.59% 2,277 3.55%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,174 1.83% 1,101 1.72%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 16 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,129 1.76% 1,160 1.81%
Educational, health & social services: 3,631 5.66% 11,884 18.53%
Educational services 2,307 3.60% 5,142 8.02%
Health care & social assistance 1,324 2.06% 6,742 10.51%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,269 3.54% 2,818 4.39%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 460 0.72% 466 0.73%
Accommodation & food services 1,809 2.82% 2,352 3.67%
Other services (except public administration) 1,352 2.11% 1,647 2.57%
Public administration 1,061 1.65% 813 1.27%

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

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