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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 262,788 54.21% 221,972 45.79%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 85,780 17.70% 80,784 16.66%
Management, business, & financial operations: 44,636 9.21% 29,114 6.01%
Management, except farm managers 31,841 6.57% 17,805 3.67%
Farmers & farm managers 664 0.14% 252 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 12,131 2.50% 11,057 2.28%
Business operations specialists 5,421 1.12% 5,369 1.11%
Financial specialists 6,710 1.38% 5,688 1.17%
Professional & related occupations: 41,144 8.49% 51,670 10.66%
Computer & mathematical 7,145 1.47% 2,676 0.55%
Architecture & engineering: 7,414 1.53% 1,181 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,676 1.17% 753 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,738 0.36% 428 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 1,423 0.29% 1,140 0.24%
Community & social services 2,275 0.47% 3,369 0.69%
Legal 3,966 0.82% 3,820 0.79%
Education, training, & library 5,392 1.11% 16,771 3.46%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 5,861 1.21% 5,118 1.06%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 7,668 1.58% 17,595 3.63%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 6,443 1.33% 11,910 2.46%
Health technologists & technicians 1,225 0.25% 5,685 1.17%
Service occupations: 43,133 8.90% 42,733 8.82%
Healthcare support 1,164 0.24% 9,620 1.98%
Protective services: 9,656 1.99% 1,949 0.40%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 5,172 1.07% 1,094 0.23%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 4,484 0.92% 855 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 13,522 2.79% 12,585 2.60%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 13,883 2.86% 8,596 1.77%
Personal care & service 4,908 1.01% 9,983 2.06%
Sales & office occupations: 53,415 11.02% 87,249 18.00%
Sales & related occupations 36,686 7.57% 31,174 6.43%
Office & administrative support 16,729 3.45% 56,075 11.57%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 2,924 0.60% 1,029 0.21%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 45,460 9.38% 1,390 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 28,816 5.94% 703 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 4,337 0.89% 111 0.02%
Construction trades 24,404 5.03% 592 0.12%
Extraction 75 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 16,644 3.43% 687 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 32,076 6.62% 8,787 1.81%
Production 13,001 2.68% 6,128 1.26%
Transportation & material moving: 19,075 3.93% 2,659 0.55%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 498 0.10% 149 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,053 0.22% 17 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 9,269 1.91% 1,179 0.24%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,344 0.28% 154 0.03%
Material moving 6,911 1.43% 1,160 0.24%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 262,788 54.21% 221,972 45.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,937 0.81% 1,617 0.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 3,873 0.80% 1,611 0.33%
Mining 64 0.01% 6 0.00%
Construction 35,281 7.28% 4,871 1.00%
Manufacturing 21,608 4.46% 9,066 1.87%
Wholesale trade 12,686 2.62% 5,116 1.06%
Retail trade 33,830 6.98% 29,896 6.17%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 15,339 3.16% 6,539 1.35%
Transportation & warehousing 11,766 2.43% 5,127 1.06%
Utilities 3,573 0.74% 1,412 0.29%
Information 9,746 2.01% 6,914 1.43%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 22,208 4.58% 22,262 4.59%
Finance & insurance 12,077 2.49% 14,568 3.01%
Real estate & rental & leasing 10,131 2.09% 7,694 1.59%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 34,984 7.22% 25,321 5.22%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 17,583 3.63% 15,429 3.18%
Management of companies & enterprises 284 0.06% 181 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 17,117 3.53% 9,711 2.00%
Educational, health & social services: 21,242 4.38% 64,334 13.27%
Educational services 8,588 1.77% 22,109 4.56%
Health care & social assistance 12,654 2.61% 42,225 8.71%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 27,730 5.72% 21,959 4.53%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 9,920 2.05% 6,039 1.25%
Accommodation & food services 17,810 3.67% 15,920 3.28%
Other services (except public administration) 12,341 2.55% 14,505 2.99%
Public administration 11,856 2.45% 9,572 1.97%

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

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