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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 39,151 49.62% 39,755 50.38%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,976 12.64% 14,129 17.91%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,963 5.02% 3,475 4.40%
Management, except farm managers 2,790 3.54% 2,096 2.66%
Farmers & farm managers 40 0.05% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 1,133 1.44% 1,379 1.75%
Business operations specialists 749 0.95% 600 0.76%
Financial specialists 384 0.49% 779 0.99%
Professional & related occupations: 6,013 7.62% 10,654 13.50%
Computer & mathematical 575 0.73% 297 0.38%
Architecture & engineering: 928 1.18% 147 0.19%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 609 0.77% 72 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 319 0.40% 75 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 419 0.53% 185 0.23%
Community & social services 621 0.79% 837 1.06%
Legal 237 0.30% 189 0.24%
Education, training, & library 1,057 1.34% 3,949 5.00%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 620 0.79% 468 0.59%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,556 1.97% 4,582 5.81%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,184 1.50% 2,756 3.49%
Health technologists & technicians 372 0.47% 1,826 2.31%
Service occupations: 6,320 8.01% 8,172 10.36%
Healthcare support 407 0.52% 1,981 2.51%
Protective services: 1,710 2.17% 488 0.62%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,178 1.49% 253 0.32%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 532 0.67% 235 0.30%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,090 2.65% 2,959 3.75%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,684 2.13% 1,291 1.64%
Personal care & service 429 0.54% 1,453 1.84%
Sales & office occupations: 6,361 8.06% 13,566 17.19%
Sales & related occupations 3,696 4.68% 5,235 6.63%
Office & administrative support 2,665 3.38% 8,331 10.56%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 92 0.12% 37 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,289 9.24% 365 0.46%
Construction & extraction: 3,940 4.99% 143 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 388 0.49% 42 0.05%
Construction trades 3,535 4.48% 91 0.12%
Extraction 17 0.02% 10 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,349 4.24% 222 0.28%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 9,113 11.55% 3,486 4.42%
Production 4,942 6.26% 2,463 3.12%
Transportation & material moving: 4,171 5.29% 1,023 1.30%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 99 0.13% 49 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 34 0.04% 8 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,225 2.82% 423 0.54%
Rail, water & other transportation 143 0.18% 26 0.03%
Material moving 1,670 2.12% 517 0.66%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 39,151 49.62% 39,755 50.38%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 254 0.32% 47 0.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 149 0.19% 39 0.05%
Mining 105 0.13% 8 0.01%
Construction 4,361 5.53% 403 0.51%
Manufacturing 6,838 8.67% 2,904 3.68%
Wholesale trade 1,548 1.96% 597 0.76%
Retail trade 4,417 5.60% 5,551 7.03%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,354 4.25% 947 1.20%
Transportation & warehousing 2,065 2.62% 489 0.62%
Utilities 1,289 1.63% 458 0.58%
Information 1,001 1.27% 870 1.10%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,292 1.64% 2,026 2.57%
Finance & insurance 538 0.68% 1,461 1.85%
Real estate & rental & leasing 754 0.96% 565 0.72%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,140 3.98% 2,582 3.27%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,168 1.48% 1,075 1.36%
Management of companies & enterprises 10 0.01% 19 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,962 2.49% 1,488 1.89%
Educational, health & social services: 5,298 6.71% 15,858 20.10%
Educational services 1,791 2.27% 5,176 6.56%
Health care & social assistance 3,507 4.44% 10,682 13.54%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,222 4.08% 4,217 5.34%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 764 0.97% 529 0.67%
Accommodation & food services 2,458 3.12% 3,688 4.67%
Other services (except public administration) 1,875 2.38% 1,696 2.15%
Public administration 2,551 3.23% 2,057 2.61%

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

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