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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 143,061 54.29% 120,443 45.71%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 42,635 16.18% 41,744 15.84%
Management, business, & financial operations: 18,036 6.84% 12,662 4.81%
Management, except farm managers 12,189 4.63% 7,328 2.78%
Farmers & farm managers 1,100 0.42% 168 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 4,747 1.80% 5,166 1.96%
Business operations specialists 2,337 0.89% 2,276 0.86%
Financial specialists 2,410 0.91% 2,890 1.10%
Professional & related occupations: 24,599 9.34% 29,082 11.04%
Computer & mathematical 3,360 1.28% 1,263 0.48%
Architecture & engineering: 8,021 3.04% 925 0.35%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 6,513 2.47% 661 0.25%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,508 0.57% 264 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 943 0.36% 581 0.22%
Community & social services 1,771 0.67% 2,472 0.94%
Legal 1,333 0.51% 1,065 0.40%
Education, training, & library 3,879 1.47% 11,232 4.26%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,157 0.82% 1,729 0.66%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,135 1.19% 9,815 3.72%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,481 0.94% 6,701 2.54%
Health technologists & technicians 654 0.25% 3,114 1.18%
Service occupations: 14,566 5.53% 21,653 8.22%
Healthcare support 736 0.28% 4,831 1.83%
Protective services: 2,965 1.13% 670 0.25%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,114 0.80% 383 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 851 0.32% 287 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,365 2.04% 7,107 2.70%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,396 1.67% 2,980 1.13%
Personal care & service 1,104 0.42% 6,065 2.30%
Sales & office occupations: 24,826 9.42% 44,897 17.04%
Sales & related occupations 14,783 5.61% 13,751 5.22%
Office & administrative support 10,043 3.81% 31,146 11.82%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 733 0.28% 96 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 27,594 10.47% 2,134 0.81%
Construction & extraction: 14,760 5.60% 1,309 0.50%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,482 0.56% 33 0.01%
Construction trades 13,201 5.01% 1,268 0.48%
Extraction 77 0.03% 8 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 12,834 4.87% 825 0.31%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 32,707 12.41% 9,919 3.76%
Production 21,023 7.98% 7,784 2.95%
Transportation & material moving: 11,684 4.43% 2,135 0.81%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 255 0.10% 109 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 438 0.17% 42 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 5,817 2.21% 804 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 878 0.33% 139 0.05%
Material moving 4,296 1.63% 1,041 0.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 143,061 54.29% 120,443 45.71%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,390 0.91% 610 0.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,844 0.70% 326 0.12%
Mining 546 0.21% 284 0.11%
Construction 14,525 5.51% 1,680 0.64%
Manufacturing 47,289 17.95% 17,014 6.46%
Wholesale trade 5,820 2.21% 2,305 0.87%
Retail trade 14,321 5.43% 15,299 5.81%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 7,327 2.78% 3,155 1.20%
Transportation & warehousing 6,158 2.34% 2,762 1.05%
Utilities 1,169 0.44% 393 0.15%
Information 2,865 1.09% 2,731 1.04%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 5,760 2.19% 8,326 3.16%
Finance & insurance 3,359 1.27% 6,338 2.41%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,401 0.91% 1,988 0.75%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 9,238 3.51% 8,595 3.26%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,025 1.91% 5,236 1.99%
Management of companies & enterprises 67 0.03% 99 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,146 1.57% 3,260 1.24%
Educational, health & social services: 12,946 4.91% 40,579 15.40%
Educational services 6,840 2.60% 15,679 5.95%
Health care & social assistance 6,106 2.32% 24,900 9.45%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 9,121 3.46% 10,203 3.87%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,836 0.70% 1,439 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 7,285 2.76% 8,764 3.33%
Other services (except public administration) 6,351 2.41% 6,223 2.36%
Public administration 5,108 1.94% 3,723 1.41%

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

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