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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 70,581 52.12% 64,838 47.88%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 20,854 15.40% 22,058 16.29%
Management, business, & financial operations: 10,783 7.96% 7,207 5.32%
Management, except farm managers 7,634 5.64% 4,623 3.41%
Farmers & farm managers 116 0.09% 45 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 3,033 2.24% 2,539 1.87%
Business operations specialists 1,366 1.01% 1,075 0.79%
Financial specialists 1,667 1.23% 1,464 1.08%
Professional & related occupations: 10,071 7.44% 14,851 10.97%
Computer & mathematical 1,219 0.90% 443 0.33%
Architecture & engineering: 1,495 1.10% 253 0.19%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 998 0.74% 166 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 497 0.37% 87 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 463 0.34% 389 0.29%
Community & social services 740 0.55% 964 0.71%
Legal 862 0.64% 909 0.67%
Education, training, & library 1,061 0.78% 4,067 3.00%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,950 1.44% 1,611 1.19%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,281 1.68% 6,215 4.59%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,935 1.43% 3,858 2.85%
Health technologists & technicians 346 0.26% 2,357 1.74%
Service occupations: 12,312 9.09% 13,615 10.05%
Healthcare support 635 0.47% 3,136 2.32%
Protective services: 2,020 1.49% 363 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,217 0.90% 228 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 803 0.59% 135 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,309 3.18% 4,773 3.52%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,214 3.11% 2,377 1.76%
Personal care & service 1,134 0.84% 2,966 2.19%
Sales & office occupations: 14,618 10.79% 25,651 18.94%
Sales & related occupations 10,617 7.84% 10,471 7.73%
Office & administrative support 4,001 2.95% 15,180 11.21%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 300 0.22% 108 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 13,319 9.84% 547 0.40%
Construction & extraction: 8,902 6.57% 228 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 887 0.66% 31 0.02%
Construction trades 7,975 5.89% 197 0.15%
Extraction 40 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,417 3.26% 319 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 9,178 6.78% 2,859 2.11%
Production 4,157 3.07% 2,114 1.56%
Transportation & material moving: 5,021 3.71% 745 0.55%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 43 0.03% 37 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 158 0.12% 6 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,809 2.07% 269 0.20%
Rail, water & other transportation 233 0.17% 68 0.05%
Material moving 1,778 1.31% 365 0.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 70,581 52.12% 64,838 47.88%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 453 0.33% 168 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 409 0.30% 157 0.12%
Mining 44 0.03% 11 0.01%
Construction 10,904 8.05% 1,342 0.99%
Manufacturing 6,054 4.47% 2,672 1.97%
Wholesale trade 2,501 1.85% 1,040 0.77%
Retail trade 11,241 8.30% 10,353 7.65%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,088 2.28% 944 0.70%
Transportation & warehousing 2,476 1.83% 768 0.57%
Utilities 612 0.45% 176 0.13%
Information 1,656 1.22% 1,696 1.25%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 5,408 3.99% 6,684 4.94%
Finance & insurance 2,713 2.00% 4,023 2.97%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,695 1.99% 2,661 1.97%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 8,814 6.51% 7,080 5.23%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,637 3.42% 4,470 3.30%
Management of companies & enterprises 29 0.02% 8 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,148 3.06% 2,602 1.92%
Educational, health & social services: 6,053 4.47% 19,481 14.39%
Educational services 1,867 1.38% 5,410 4.00%
Health care & social assistance 4,186 3.09% 14,071 10.39%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 8,064 5.95% 7,050 5.21%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,673 1.97% 1,556 1.15%
Accommodation & food services 5,391 3.98% 5,494 4.06%
Other services (except public administration) 3,655 2.70% 4,271 3.15%
Public administration 2,690 1.99% 2,057 1.52%

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

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