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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 60,457 52.10% 55,584 47.90%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 20,095 17.32% 19,928 17.17%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,690 6.63% 5,549 4.78%
Management, except farm managers 5,547 4.78% 3,033 2.61%
Farmers & farm managers 365 0.31% 60 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 1,778 1.53% 2,456 2.12%
Business operations specialists 933 0.80% 1,147 0.99%
Financial specialists 845 0.73% 1,309 1.13%
Professional & related occupations: 12,405 10.69% 14,379 12.39%
Computer & mathematical 3,003 2.59% 1,065 0.92%
Architecture & engineering: 3,351 2.89% 384 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,671 2.30% 275 0.24%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 680 0.59% 109 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 406 0.35% 272 0.23%
Community & social services 749 0.65% 1,339 1.15%
Legal 437 0.38% 382 0.33%
Education, training, & library 2,232 1.92% 5,638 4.86%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 733 0.63% 763 0.66%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,494 1.29% 4,536 3.91%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,070 0.92% 3,001 2.59%
Health technologists & technicians 424 0.37% 1,535 1.32%
Service occupations: 7,662 6.60% 10,548 9.09%
Healthcare support 385 0.33% 2,856 2.46%
Protective services: 1,690 1.46% 371 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,134 0.98% 77 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 556 0.48% 294 0.25%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,567 2.21% 3,578 3.08%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,533 2.18% 1,177 1.01%
Personal care & service 487 0.42% 2,566 2.21%
Sales & office occupations: 10,869 9.37% 19,675 16.96%
Sales & related occupations 6,396 5.51% 6,338 5.46%
Office & administrative support 4,473 3.85% 13,337 11.49%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 418 0.36% 113 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,287 7.14% 285 0.25%
Construction & extraction: 4,748 4.09% 165 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 596 0.51% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 4,078 3.51% 160 0.14%
Extraction 74 0.06% 5 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,539 3.05% 120 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 13,126 11.31% 5,035 4.34%
Production 7,406 6.38% 3,890 3.35%
Transportation & material moving: 5,720 4.93% 1,145 0.99%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 162 0.14% 33 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 111 0.10% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 3,105 2.68% 434 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 249 0.21% 52 0.04%
Material moving 2,093 1.80% 626 0.54%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 60,457 52.10% 55,584 47.90%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 906 0.78% 200 0.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 820 0.71% 188 0.16%
Mining 86 0.07% 12 0.01%
Construction 5,618 4.84% 564 0.49%
Manufacturing 15,162 13.07% 6,591 5.68%
Wholesale trade 3,480 3.00% 1,124 0.97%
Retail trade 6,677 5.75% 6,593 5.68%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,937 3.39% 1,349 1.16%
Transportation & warehousing 2,947 2.54% 860 0.74%
Utilities 990 0.85% 489 0.42%
Information 1,356 1.17% 1,511 1.30%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,892 1.63% 3,662 3.16%
Finance & insurance 1,335 1.15% 3,172 2.73%
Real estate & rental & leasing 557 0.48% 490 0.42%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,567 3.94% 3,770 3.25%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,571 2.22% 1,987 1.71%
Management of companies & enterprises 32 0.03% 22 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,964 1.69% 1,761 1.52%
Educational, health & social services: 7,839 6.76% 21,317 18.37%
Educational services 4,493 3.87% 9,305 8.02%
Health care & social assistance 3,346 2.88% 12,012 10.35%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,830 3.30% 4,170 3.59%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 674 0.58% 626 0.54%
Accommodation & food services 3,156 2.72% 3,544 3.05%
Other services (except public administration) 2,601 2.24% 2,516 2.17%
Public administration 2,592 2.23% 2,217 1.91%

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

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