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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 47,298 49.37% 48,513 50.63%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 16,077 16.78% 18,966 19.80%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,234 7.55% 6,322 6.60%
Management, except farm managers 5,168 5.39% 3,418 3.57%
Farmers & farm managers 199 0.21% 24 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 1,867 1.95% 2,880 3.01%
Business operations specialists 763 0.80% 1,225 1.28%
Financial specialists 1,104 1.15% 1,655 1.73%
Professional & related occupations: 8,843 9.23% 12,644 13.20%
Computer & mathematical 1,623 1.69% 707 0.74%
Architecture & engineering: 1,020 1.06% 223 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 720 0.75% 144 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 300 0.31% 79 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 457 0.48% 398 0.42%
Community & social services 1,100 1.15% 1,165 1.22%
Legal 946 0.99% 570 0.59%
Education, training, & library 1,559 1.63% 5,094 5.32%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 907 0.95% 761 0.79%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,231 1.28% 3,726 3.89%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 954 1.00% 2,302 2.40%
Health technologists & technicians 277 0.29% 1,424 1.49%
Service occupations: 6,815 7.11% 8,201 8.56%
Healthcare support 217 0.23% 1,426 1.49%
Protective services: 2,033 2.12% 581 0.61%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,390 1.45% 268 0.28%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 643 0.67% 313 0.33%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,898 1.98% 2,236 2.33%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,101 2.19% 1,904 1.99%
Personal care & service 566 0.59% 2,054 2.14%
Sales & office occupations: 9,454 9.87% 18,370 19.17%
Sales & related occupations 5,697 5.95% 5,769 6.02%
Office & administrative support 3,757 3.92% 12,601 13.15%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 143 0.15% 45 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,285 6.56% 318 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 3,218 3.36% 162 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 451 0.47% 15 0.02%
Construction trades 2,767 2.89% 147 0.15%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,067 3.20% 156 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,524 8.90% 2,613 2.73%
Production 3,674 3.83% 1,904 1.99%
Transportation & material moving: 4,850 5.06% 709 0.74%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 157 0.16% 25 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 124 0.13% 8 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,245 2.34% 277 0.29%
Rail, water & other transportation 245 0.26% 56 0.06%
Material moving 2,079 2.17% 343 0.36%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 47,298 49.37% 48,513 50.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 467 0.49% 167 0.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 431 0.45% 143 0.15%
Mining 36 0.04% 24 0.03%
Construction 4,403 4.60% 548 0.57%
Manufacturing 5,393 5.63% 2,461 2.57%
Wholesale trade 2,409 2.51% 749 0.78%
Retail trade 5,564 5.81% 5,627 5.87%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,945 3.07% 1,000 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 2,482 2.59% 754 0.79%
Utilities 463 0.48% 246 0.26%
Information 1,361 1.42% 1,332 1.39%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,044 3.18% 4,542 4.74%
Finance & insurance 2,129 2.22% 3,590 3.75%
Real estate & rental & leasing 915 0.96% 952 0.99%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,041 5.26% 3,707 3.87%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,694 2.81% 2,505 2.61%
Management of companies & enterprises 20 0.02% 10 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,327 2.43% 1,192 1.24%
Educational, health & social services: 5,013 5.23% 15,840 16.53%
Educational services 2,602 2.72% 6,642 6.93%
Health care & social assistance 2,411 2.52% 9,198 9.60%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,460 3.61% 3,668 3.83%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 968 1.01% 562 0.59%
Accommodation & food services 2,492 2.60% 3,106 3.24%
Other services (except public administration) 2,791 2.91% 2,861 2.99%
Public administration 5,407 5.64% 6,011 6.27%

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

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