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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 57,897 50.58% 56,571 49.42%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 10,424 9.11% 17,122 14.96%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,519 4.82% 6,687 5.84%
Management, except farm managers 3,789 3.31% 3,309 2.89%
Farmers & farm managers 19 0.02% 35 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 1,711 1.49% 3,343 2.92%
Business operations specialists 1,037 0.91% 1,557 1.36%
Financial specialists 674 0.59% 1,786 1.56%
Professional & related occupations: 4,905 4.29% 10,435 9.12%
Computer & mathematical 1,262 1.10% 965 0.84%
Architecture & engineering: 893 0.78% 111 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 549 0.48% 40 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 344 0.30% 71 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 92 0.08% 160 0.14%
Community & social services 513 0.45% 954 0.83%
Legal 130 0.11% 357 0.31%
Education, training, & library 912 0.80% 4,361 3.81%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 575 0.50% 496 0.43%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 528 0.46% 3,031 2.65%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 333 0.29% 1,717 1.50%
Health technologists & technicians 195 0.17% 1,314 1.15%
Service occupations: 7,700 6.73% 9,935 8.68%
Healthcare support 185 0.16% 1,709 1.49%
Protective services: 2,224 1.94% 932 0.81%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,460 1.28% 404 0.35%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 764 0.67% 528 0.46%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,210 1.93% 3,449 3.01%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,272 1.98% 1,388 1.21%
Personal care & service 809 0.71% 2,457 2.15%
Sales & office occupations: 11,325 9.89% 23,743 20.74%
Sales & related occupations 4,673 4.08% 5,689 4.97%
Office & administrative support 6,652 5.81% 18,054 15.77%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 71 0.06% 64 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 12,766 11.15% 678 0.59%
Construction & extraction: 7,145 6.24% 246 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 785 0.69% 44 0.04%
Construction trades 6,347 5.54% 202 0.18%
Extraction 13 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,621 4.91% 432 0.38%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 15,611 13.64% 5,029 4.39%
Production 5,285 4.62% 2,911 2.54%
Transportation & material moving: 10,326 9.02% 2,118 1.85%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 465 0.41% 101 0.09%
Aircraft & traffic control 209 0.18% 50 0.04%
Motor vehicle operators 5,061 4.42% 712 0.62%
Rail, water & other transportation 355 0.31% 40 0.03%
Material moving 4,236 3.70% 1,215 1.06%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 57,897 50.58% 56,571 49.42%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 176 0.15% 98 0.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 111 0.10% 76 0.07%
Mining 65 0.06% 22 0.02%
Construction 8,225 7.19% 818 0.71%
Manufacturing 6,971 6.09% 3,707 3.24%
Wholesale trade 2,899 2.53% 1,532 1.34%
Retail trade 6,005 5.25% 6,642 5.80%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 11,263 9.84% 5,742 5.02%
Transportation & warehousing 10,752 9.39% 5,377 4.70%
Utilities 511 0.45% 365 0.32%
Information 1,721 1.50% 1,715 1.50%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,553 2.23% 5,483 4.79%
Finance & insurance 1,217 1.06% 4,012 3.50%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,336 1.17% 1,471 1.29%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,464 3.90% 4,467 3.90%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,868 1.63% 2,317 2.02%
Management of companies & enterprises 19 0.02% 54 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,577 2.25% 2,096 1.83%
Educational, health & social services: 3,163 2.76% 14,843 12.97%
Educational services 1,757 1.53% 6,021 5.26%
Health care & social assistance 1,406 1.23% 8,822 7.71%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,271 3.73% 5,084 4.44%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 694 0.61% 357 0.31%
Accommodation & food services 3,577 3.12% 4,727 4.13%
Other services (except public administration) 3,039 2.65% 2,670 2.33%
Public administration 3,147 2.75% 3,770 3.29%

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

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