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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 82,686 53.01% 73,284 46.99%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 19,880 12.75% 23,310 14.95%
Management, business, & financial operations: 9,342 5.99% 6,817 4.37%
Management, except farm managers 6,867 4.40% 4,395 2.82%
Farmers & farm managers 146 0.09% 37 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 2,329 1.49% 2,385 1.53%
Business operations specialists 1,297 0.83% 888 0.57%
Financial specialists 1,032 0.66% 1,497 0.96%
Professional & related occupations: 10,538 6.76% 16,493 10.57%
Computer & mathematical 958 0.61% 554 0.36%
Architecture & engineering: 2,729 1.75% 449 0.29%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,854 1.19% 189 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 875 0.56% 260 0.17%
Life, physical, & social science 872 0.56% 364 0.23%
Community & social services 670 0.43% 933 0.60%
Legal 535 0.34% 654 0.42%
Education, training, & library 1,772 1.14% 6,863 4.40%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,010 0.65% 808 0.52%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,992 1.28% 5,868 3.76%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,559 1.00% 3,726 2.39%
Health technologists & technicians 433 0.28% 2,142 1.37%
Service occupations: 13,820 8.86% 17,519 11.23%
Healthcare support 129 0.08% 1,977 1.27%
Protective services: 3,415 2.19% 723 0.46%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,033 1.30% 270 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,382 0.89% 453 0.29%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,004 2.57% 7,249 4.65%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,375 2.16% 2,873 1.84%
Personal care & service 2,897 1.86% 4,697 3.01%
Sales & office occupations: 12,015 7.70% 27,379 17.55%
Sales & related occupations 7,674 4.92% 10,685 6.85%
Office & administrative support 4,341 2.78% 16,694 10.70%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 820 0.53% 92 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 19,649 12.60% 983 0.63%
Construction & extraction: 12,904 8.27% 714 0.46%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,758 1.13% 16 0.01%
Construction trades 10,921 7.00% 687 0.44%
Extraction 225 0.14% 11 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,745 4.32% 269 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 16,502 10.58% 4,001 2.57%
Production 8,414 5.39% 2,734 1.75%
Transportation & material moving: 8,088 5.19% 1,267 0.81%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 278 0.18% 32 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 191 0.12% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 3,928 2.52% 569 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,046 0.67% 118 0.08%
Material moving 2,645 1.70% 548 0.35%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 82,686 53.01% 73,284 46.99%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,054 1.32% 214 0.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,027 0.66% 170 0.11%
Mining 1,027 0.66% 44 0.03%
Construction 12,195 7.82% 1,481 0.95%
Manufacturing 15,296 9.81% 4,584 2.94%
Wholesale trade 2,727 1.75% 874 0.56%
Retail trade 8,664 5.55% 10,336 6.63%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,084 3.26% 1,557 1.00%
Transportation & warehousing 3,868 2.48% 1,031 0.66%
Utilities 1,216 0.78% 526 0.34%
Information 1,382 0.89% 1,126 0.72%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,925 1.88% 4,546 2.91%
Finance & insurance 1,670 1.07% 3,226 2.07%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,255 0.80% 1,320 0.85%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,295 3.39% 4,424 2.84%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,765 1.77% 2,981 1.91%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 33 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,530 1.62% 1,410 0.90%
Educational, health & social services: 5,870 3.76% 21,555 13.82%
Educational services 2,469 1.58% 8,770 5.62%
Health care & social assistance 3,401 2.18% 12,785 8.20%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 11,613 7.45% 15,714 10.08%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 7,238 4.64% 8,210 5.26%
Accommodation & food services 4,375 2.81% 7,504 4.81%
Other services (except public administration) 3,758 2.41% 2,935 1.88%
Public administration 5,823 3.73% 3,938 2.52%

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

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