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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 152,353 51.28% 144,770 48.72%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 46,414 15.62% 54,473 18.33%
Management, business, & financial operations: 21,325 7.18% 17,511 5.89%
Management, except farm managers 14,955 5.03% 9,508 3.20%
Farmers & farm managers 167 0.06% 48 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 6,203 2.09% 7,955 2.68%
Business operations specialists 2,655 0.89% 3,661 1.23%
Financial specialists 3,548 1.19% 4,294 1.45%
Professional & related occupations: 25,089 8.44% 36,962 12.44%
Computer & mathematical 3,929 1.32% 2,013 0.68%
Architecture & engineering: 4,352 1.46% 539 0.18%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,998 1.01% 286 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,354 0.46% 253 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 1,274 0.43% 1,260 0.42%
Community & social services 2,114 0.71% 2,816 0.95%
Legal 2,481 0.84% 1,823 0.61%
Education, training, & library 3,475 1.17% 12,232 4.12%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,307 0.78% 2,505 0.84%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 5,157 1.74% 13,774 4.64%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 4,030 1.36% 8,641 2.91%
Health technologists & technicians 1,127 0.38% 5,133 1.73%
Service occupations: 18,309 6.16% 22,402 7.54%
Healthcare support 795 0.27% 4,738 1.59%
Protective services: 4,941 1.66% 1,032 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,153 1.06% 475 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,788 0.60% 557 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,442 1.83% 6,607 2.22%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,612 1.89% 4,538 1.53%
Personal care & service 1,519 0.51% 5,487 1.85%
Sales & office occupations: 31,535 10.61% 59,811 20.13%
Sales & related occupations 19,395 6.53% 17,746 5.97%
Office & administrative support 12,140 4.09% 42,065 14.16%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 313 0.11% 125 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 25,225 8.49% 915 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 14,122 4.75% 402 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,537 0.52% 55 0.02%
Construction trades 12,158 4.09% 328 0.11%
Extraction 427 0.14% 19 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 11,103 3.74% 513 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 30,557 10.28% 7,044 2.37%
Production 13,709 4.61% 4,962 1.67%
Transportation & material moving: 16,848 5.67% 2,082 0.70%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 630 0.21% 89 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 179 0.06% 20 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 7,614 2.56% 944 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 986 0.33% 96 0.03%
Material moving 7,439 2.50% 933 0.31%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 152,353 51.28% 144,770 48.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,570 0.53% 339 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 571 0.19% 149 0.05%
Mining 999 0.34% 190 0.06%
Construction 16,321 5.49% 2,114 0.71%
Manufacturing 22,917 7.71% 6,852 2.31%
Wholesale trade 10,048 3.38% 3,843 1.29%
Retail trade 17,740 5.97% 17,398 5.86%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 12,274 4.13% 4,168 1.40%
Transportation & warehousing 8,987 3.02% 2,748 0.92%
Utilities 3,287 1.11% 1,420 0.48%
Information 4,981 1.68% 6,073 2.04%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 11,110 3.74% 17,841 6.00%
Finance & insurance 7,999 2.69% 15,259 5.14%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,111 1.05% 2,582 0.87%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 15,535 5.23% 12,969 4.36%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 9,463 3.18% 8,495 2.86%
Management of companies & enterprises 230 0.08% 311 0.10%
Administrative & support & waste management services 5,842 1.97% 4,163 1.40%
Educational, health & social services: 15,732 5.29% 49,045 16.51%
Educational services 6,623 2.23% 17,430 5.87%
Health care & social assistance 9,109 3.07% 31,615 10.64%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 9,510 3.20% 10,002 3.37%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,003 0.67% 1,668 0.56%
Accommodation & food services 7,507 2.53% 8,334 2.80%
Other services (except public administration) 7,728 2.60% 8,412 2.83%
Public administration 6,887 2.32% 5,714 1.92%

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

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