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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 111,358 53.94% 95,102 46.06%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 24,828 12.03% 29,322 14.20%
Management, business, & financial operations: 12,417 6.01% 9,246 4.48%
Management, except farm managers 8,890 4.31% 5,241 2.54%
Farmers & farm managers 655 0.32% 124 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 2,872 1.39% 3,881 1.88%
Business operations specialists 1,600 0.77% 1,898 0.92%
Financial specialists 1,272 0.62% 1,983 0.96%
Professional & related occupations: 12,411 6.01% 20,076 9.72%
Computer & mathematical 1,520 0.74% 734 0.36%
Architecture & engineering: 2,284 1.11% 447 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,238 0.60% 204 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,046 0.51% 243 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 706 0.34% 350 0.17%
Community & social services 1,546 0.75% 1,665 0.81%
Legal 643 0.31% 821 0.40%
Education, training, & library 2,274 1.10% 8,131 3.94%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,335 0.65% 1,129 0.55%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,103 1.02% 6,799 3.29%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,594 0.77% 3,904 1.89%
Health technologists & technicians 509 0.25% 2,895 1.40%
Service occupations: 15,009 7.27% 19,530 9.46%
Healthcare support 238 0.12% 3,825 1.85%
Protective services: 3,586 1.74% 949 0.46%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,228 1.08% 633 0.31%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,358 0.66% 316 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,118 1.99% 7,091 3.43%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,797 2.81% 3,717 1.80%
Personal care & service 1,270 0.62% 3,948 1.91%
Sales & office occupations: 18,659 9.04% 37,341 18.09%
Sales & related occupations 11,664 5.65% 12,820 6.21%
Office & administrative support 6,995 3.39% 24,521 11.88%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 2,922 1.42% 1,135 0.55%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 23,596 11.43% 800 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 13,797 6.68% 499 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,933 0.94% 37 0.02%
Construction trades 11,495 5.57% 447 0.22%
Extraction 369 0.18% 15 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 9,799 4.75% 301 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 26,344 12.76% 6,974 3.38%
Production 10,355 5.02% 4,514 2.19%
Transportation & material moving: 15,989 7.74% 2,460 1.19%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 456 0.22% 73 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 68 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 7,924 3.84% 1,037 0.50%
Rail, water & other transportation 401 0.19% 46 0.02%
Material moving 7,140 3.46% 1,304 0.63%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 111,358 53.94% 95,102 46.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 5,642 2.73% 1,310 0.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 3,858 1.87% 1,136 0.55%
Mining 1,784 0.86% 174 0.08%
Construction 15,371 7.45% 1,964 0.95%
Manufacturing 13,626 6.60% 5,635 2.73%
Wholesale trade 6,727 3.26% 2,764 1.34%
Retail trade 16,498 7.99% 14,852 7.19%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 9,510 4.61% 3,052 1.48%
Transportation & warehousing 7,655 3.71% 2,576 1.25%
Utilities 1,855 0.90% 476 0.23%
Information 1,653 0.80% 1,470 0.71%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,743 2.30% 8,089 3.92%
Finance & insurance 2,710 1.31% 6,230 3.02%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,033 0.98% 1,859 0.90%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 8,896 4.31% 6,169 2.99%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,473 1.68% 3,237 1.57%
Management of companies & enterprises 64 0.03% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 5,359 2.60% 2,932 1.42%
Educational, health & social services: 7,531 3.65% 27,679 13.41%
Educational services 4,078 1.98% 11,251 5.45%
Health care & social assistance 3,453 1.67% 16,428 7.96%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 10,703 5.18% 12,672 6.14%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 4,465 2.16% 3,658 1.77%
Accommodation & food services 6,238 3.02% 9,014 4.37%
Other services (except public administration) 5,308 2.57% 4,705 2.28%
Public administration 5,150 2.49% 4,741 2.30%

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

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