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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 42,513 56.45% 32,803 43.55%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 14,591 19.37% 12,849 17.06%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,971 10.58% 5,301 7.04%
Management, except farm managers 6,183 8.21% 2,915 3.87%
Farmers & farm managers 128 0.17% 124 0.16%
Business & financial operations: 1,660 2.20% 2,262 3.00%
Business operations specialists 1,008 1.34% 1,143 1.52%
Financial specialists 652 0.87% 1,119 1.49%
Professional & related occupations: 6,620 8.79% 7,548 10.02%
Computer & mathematical 2,223 2.95% 854 1.13%
Architecture & engineering: 1,534 2.04% 164 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,142 1.52% 87 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 392 0.52% 77 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 314 0.42% 118 0.16%
Community & social services 427 0.57% 299 0.40%
Legal 187 0.25% 282 0.37%
Education, training, & library 742 0.99% 3,171 4.21%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 792 1.05% 682 0.91%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 401 0.53% 1,978 2.63%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 336 0.45% 1,380 1.83%
Health technologists & technicians 65 0.09% 598 0.79%
Service occupations: 3,774 5.01% 4,698 6.24%
Healthcare support 72 0.10% 705 0.94%
Protective services: 1,088 1.44% 108 0.14%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 753 1.00% 52 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 335 0.44% 56 0.07%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,021 1.36% 1,698 2.25%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,159 1.54% 681 0.90%
Personal care & service 434 0.58% 1,506 2.00%
Sales & office occupations: 9,097 12.08% 12,907 17.14%
Sales & related occupations 6,340 8.42% 4,395 5.84%
Office & administrative support 2,757 3.66% 8,512 11.30%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 167 0.22% 61 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 9,209 12.23% 345 0.46%
Construction & extraction: 5,786 7.68% 206 0.27%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,128 1.50% 32 0.04%
Construction trades 4,630 6.15% 174 0.23%
Extraction 28 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,423 4.54% 139 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,675 7.53% 1,943 2.58%
Production 2,760 3.66% 1,289 1.71%
Transportation & material moving: 2,915 3.87% 654 0.87%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 160 0.21% 33 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 217 0.29% 16 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 1,326 1.76% 350 0.46%
Rail, water & other transportation 152 0.20% 7 0.01%
Material moving 1,060 1.41% 248 0.33%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 42,513 56.45% 32,803 43.55%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 356 0.47% 216 0.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 308 0.41% 214 0.28%
Mining 48 0.06% 2 0.00%
Construction 7,607 10.10% 825 1.10%
Manufacturing 5,933 7.88% 2,582 3.43%
Wholesale trade 2,657 3.53% 1,187 1.58%
Retail trade 5,927 7.87% 4,870 6.47%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,391 3.17% 835 1.11%
Transportation & warehousing 1,869 2.48% 656 0.87%
Utilities 522 0.69% 179 0.24%
Information 1,960 2.60% 1,422 1.89%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,325 3.09% 3,644 4.84%
Finance & insurance 1,626 2.16% 2,740 3.64%
Real estate & rental & leasing 699 0.93% 904 1.20%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,024 6.67% 3,407 4.52%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,160 4.20% 2,235 2.97%
Management of companies & enterprises 44 0.06% 69 0.09%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,820 2.42% 1,103 1.46%
Educational, health & social services: 2,201 2.92% 9,080 12.06%
Educational services 1,362 1.81% 4,287 5.69%
Health care & social assistance 839 1.11% 4,793 6.36%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,383 3.16% 2,241 2.98%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 705 0.94% 421 0.56%
Accommodation & food services 1,678 2.23% 1,820 2.42%
Other services (except public administration) 2,242 2.98% 1,701 2.26%
Public administration 1,507 2.00% 793 1.05%

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

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