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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 151,100 51.70% 141,173 48.30%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 53,566 18.33% 55,905 19.13%
Management, business, & financial operations: 23,938 8.19% 20,453 7.00%
Management, except farm managers 16,188 5.54% 11,630 3.98%
Farmers & farm managers 561 0.19% 55 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 7,189 2.46% 8,768 3.00%
Business operations specialists 3,191 1.09% 3,947 1.35%
Financial specialists 3,998 1.37% 4,821 1.65%
Professional & related occupations: 29,628 10.14% 35,452 12.13%
Computer & mathematical 5,834 2.00% 3,251 1.11%
Architecture & engineering: 5,646 1.93% 933 0.32%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4,243 1.45% 645 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,403 0.48% 288 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 4,580 1.57% 2,131 0.73%
Community & social services 1,752 0.60% 2,915 1.00%
Legal 1,821 0.62% 1,745 0.60%
Education, training, & library 4,263 1.46% 11,759 4.02%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,401 0.82% 2,097 0.72%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,331 1.14% 10,621 3.63%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,489 0.85% 7,473 2.56%
Health technologists & technicians 842 0.29% 3,148 1.08%
Service occupations: 17,417 5.96% 21,708 7.43%
Healthcare support 678 0.23% 3,654 1.25%
Protective services: 4,482 1.53% 1,231 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,303 0.79% 319 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,179 0.75% 912 0.31%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,808 1.99% 7,507 2.57%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,027 1.72% 2,928 1.00%
Personal care & service 1,422 0.49% 6,388 2.19%
Sales & office occupations: 26,812 9.17% 55,434 18.97%
Sales & related occupations 14,176 4.85% 14,567 4.98%
Office & administrative support 12,636 4.32% 40,867 13.98%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 693 0.24% 248 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 25,613 8.76% 834 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 15,343 5.25% 392 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,109 0.72% 43 0.01%
Construction trades 13,172 4.51% 349 0.12%
Extraction 62 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 10,270 3.51% 442 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 26,999 9.24% 7,044 2.41%
Production 13,642 4.67% 4,616 1.58%
Transportation & material moving: 13,357 4.57% 2,428 0.83%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 444 0.15% 118 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 198 0.07% 23 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 7,043 2.41% 1,159 0.40%
Rail, water & other transportation 814 0.28% 90 0.03%
Material moving 4,858 1.66% 1,038 0.36%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 151,100 51.70% 141,173 48.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,786 0.61% 455 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,482 0.51% 442 0.15%
Mining 304 0.10% 13 0.00%
Construction 17,697 6.05% 1,912 0.65%
Manufacturing 27,658 9.46% 11,997 4.10%
Wholesale trade 5,821 1.99% 2,438 0.83%
Retail trade 15,765 5.39% 15,062 5.15%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 10,811 3.70% 3,559 1.22%
Transportation & warehousing 8,616 2.95% 2,817 0.96%
Utilities 2,195 0.75% 742 0.25%
Information 3,162 1.08% 2,697 0.92%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 14,475 4.95% 24,619 8.42%
Finance & insurance 12,243 4.19% 22,330 7.64%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,232 0.76% 2,289 0.78%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 16,771 5.74% 13,606 4.66%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 11,253 3.85% 9,084 3.11%
Management of companies & enterprises 123 0.04% 161 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 5,395 1.85% 4,361 1.49%
Educational, health & social services: 14,614 5.00% 42,140 14.42%
Educational services 7,871 2.69% 16,615 5.68%
Health care & social assistance 6,743 2.31% 25,525 8.73%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 10,038 3.43% 10,642 3.64%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,856 0.98% 2,784 0.95%
Accommodation & food services 7,182 2.46% 7,858 2.69%
Other services (except public administration) 6,063 2.07% 6,331 2.17%
Public administration 6,439 2.20% 5,715 1.96%

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

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