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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 41,415 55.51% 33,189 44.49%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 17,088 22.90% 14,880 19.95%
Management, business, & financial operations: 8,785 11.78% 5,504 7.38%
Management, except farm managers 6,663 8.93% 3,181 4.26%
Farmers & farm managers 79 0.11% 24 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 2,043 2.74% 2,299 3.08%
Business operations specialists 871 1.17% 1,169 1.57%
Financial specialists 1,172 1.57% 1,130 1.51%
Professional & related occupations: 8,303 11.13% 9,376 12.57%
Computer & mathematical 2,271 3.04% 890 1.19%
Architecture & engineering: 2,041 2.74% 293 0.39%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,620 2.17% 190 0.25%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 421 0.56% 103 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 302 0.40% 229 0.31%
Community & social services 560 0.75% 511 0.68%
Legal 427 0.57% 456 0.61%
Education, training, & library 882 1.18% 3,207 4.30%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 708 0.95% 661 0.89%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,112 1.49% 3,129 4.19%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 926 1.24% 2,364 3.17%
Health technologists & technicians 186 0.25% 765 1.03%
Service occupations: 3,134 4.20% 3,931 5.27%
Healthcare support 54 0.07% 510 0.68%
Protective services: 851 1.14% 102 0.14%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 534 0.72% 63 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 317 0.42% 39 0.05%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 775 1.04% 1,404 1.88%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,061 1.42% 487 0.65%
Personal care & service 393 0.53% 1,428 1.91%
Sales & office occupations: 8,708 11.67% 12,773 17.12%
Sales & related occupations 6,692 8.97% 4,134 5.54%
Office & administrative support 2,016 2.70% 8,639 11.58%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 151 0.20% 36 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,969 9.34% 266 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 4,136 5.54% 110 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 677 0.91% 13 0.02%
Construction trades 3,381 4.53% 92 0.12%
Extraction 78 0.10% 5 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,833 3.80% 156 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,365 7.19% 1,303 1.75%
Production 2,961 3.97% 882 1.18%
Transportation & material moving: 2,404 3.22% 421 0.56%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 84 0.11% 12 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 86 0.12% 16 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 1,059 1.42% 232 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 195 0.26% 0 0.00%
Material moving 980 1.31% 161 0.22%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 41,415 55.51% 33,189 44.49%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 609 0.82% 123 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 258 0.35% 75 0.10%
Mining 351 0.47% 48 0.06%
Construction 5,606 7.51% 809 1.08%
Manufacturing 5,779 7.75% 1,860 2.49%
Wholesale trade 2,842 3.81% 1,072 1.44%
Retail trade 4,776 6.40% 3,678 4.93%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,827 3.79% 891 1.19%
Transportation & warehousing 1,253 1.68% 455 0.61%
Utilities 1,574 2.11% 436 0.58%
Information 1,984 2.66% 1,688 2.26%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,499 4.69% 4,646 6.23%
Finance & insurance 2,748 3.68% 3,816 5.12%
Real estate & rental & leasing 751 1.01% 830 1.11%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,839 6.49% 3,442 4.61%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,562 4.77% 2,710 3.63%
Management of companies & enterprises 69 0.09% 47 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,208 1.62% 685 0.92%
Educational, health & social services: 3,242 4.35% 10,295 13.80%
Educational services 1,554 2.08% 4,252 5.70%
Health care & social assistance 1,688 2.26% 6,043 8.10%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,118 2.84% 2,108 2.83%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 678 0.91% 519 0.70%
Accommodation & food services 1,440 1.93% 1,589 2.13%
Other services (except public administration) 1,888 2.53% 1,772 2.38%
Public administration 1,406 1.88% 805 1.08%

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

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