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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 19,964 50.79% 19,341 49.21%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,518 11.49% 6,072 15.45%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,177 5.54% 1,589 4.04%
Management, except farm managers 1,599 4.07% 983 2.50%
Farmers & farm managers 155 0.39% 9 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 423 1.08% 597 1.52%
Business operations specialists 197 0.50% 270 0.69%
Financial specialists 226 0.57% 327 0.83%
Professional & related occupations: 2,341 5.96% 4,483 11.41%
Computer & mathematical 124 0.32% 47 0.12%
Architecture & engineering: 285 0.73% 40 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 212 0.54% 22 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 73 0.19% 18 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 165 0.42% 77 0.20%
Community & social services 272 0.69% 490 1.25%
Legal 91 0.23% 94 0.24%
Education, training, & library 671 1.71% 2,021 5.14%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 227 0.58% 247 0.63%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 506 1.29% 1,467 3.73%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 411 1.05% 765 1.95%
Health technologists & technicians 95 0.24% 702 1.79%
Service occupations: 2,843 7.23% 4,019 10.23%
Healthcare support 144 0.37% 670 1.70%
Protective services: 831 2.11% 237 0.60%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 643 1.64% 188 0.48%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 188 0.48% 49 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 865 2.20% 1,523 3.87%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 833 2.12% 606 1.54%
Personal care & service 170 0.43% 983 2.50%
Sales & office occupations: 3,873 9.85% 7,414 18.86%
Sales & related occupations 2,485 6.32% 2,871 7.30%
Office & administrative support 1,388 3.53% 4,543 11.56%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 191 0.49% 40 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,882 9.88% 177 0.45%
Construction & extraction: 2,153 5.48% 87 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 300 0.76% 4 0.01%
Construction trades 1,851 4.71% 65 0.17%
Extraction 2 0.01% 18 0.05%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,729 4.40% 90 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,657 11.85% 1,619 4.12%
Production 2,161 5.50% 1,079 2.75%
Transportation & material moving: 2,496 6.35% 540 1.37%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 53 0.13% 9 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 42 0.11% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,281 3.26% 216 0.55%
Rail, water & other transportation 106 0.27% 38 0.10%
Material moving 1,014 2.58% 277 0.70%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 19,964 50.79% 19,341 49.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 518 1.32% 68 0.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 470 1.20% 58 0.15%
Mining 48 0.12% 10 0.03%
Construction 2,354 5.99% 246 0.63%
Manufacturing 3,183 8.10% 1,444 3.67%
Wholesale trade 986 2.51% 402 1.02%
Retail trade 3,067 7.80% 3,162 8.04%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,714 4.36% 399 1.02%
Transportation & warehousing 1,426 3.63% 345 0.88%
Utilities 288 0.73% 54 0.14%
Information 483 1.23% 430 1.09%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 677 1.72% 970 2.47%
Finance & insurance 325 0.83% 617 1.57%
Real estate & rental & leasing 352 0.90% 353 0.90%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,257 3.20% 1,344 3.42%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 598 1.52% 690 1.76%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.01% 9 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 657 1.67% 645 1.64%
Educational, health & social services: 2,276 5.79% 6,887 17.52%
Educational services 1,314 3.34% 3,162 8.04%
Health care & social assistance 962 2.45% 3,725 9.48%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,385 3.52% 2,088 5.31%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 260 0.66% 164 0.42%
Accommodation & food services 1,125 2.86% 1,924 4.90%
Other services (except public administration) 889 2.26% 862 2.19%
Public administration 1,175 2.99% 1,039 2.64%

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

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