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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 177,819 51.18% 169,591 48.82%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 64,568 18.59% 72,921 20.99%
Management, business, & financial operations: 27,917 8.04% 28,320 8.15%
Management, except farm managers 18,663 5.37% 15,781 4.54%
Farmers & farm managers 52 0.01% 44 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 9,202 2.65% 12,495 3.60%
Business operations specialists 4,280 1.23% 6,314 1.82%
Financial specialists 4,922 1.42% 6,181 1.78%
Professional & related occupations: 36,651 10.55% 44,601 12.84%
Computer & mathematical 9,523 2.74% 4,538 1.31%
Architecture & engineering: 4,693 1.35% 1,011 0.29%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,660 1.05% 751 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,033 0.30% 260 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 2,515 0.72% 2,484 0.72%
Community & social services 2,075 0.60% 3,659 1.05%
Legal 3,103 0.89% 2,853 0.82%
Education, training, & library 5,219 1.50% 14,726 4.24%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 4,888 1.41% 4,120 1.19%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,635 1.33% 11,210 3.23%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,558 1.02% 8,175 2.35%
Health technologists & technicians 1,077 0.31% 3,035 0.87%
Service occupations: 22,079 6.36% 23,499 6.76%
Healthcare support 677 0.19% 4,230 1.22%
Protective services: 4,192 1.21% 1,862 0.54%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,984 0.57% 723 0.21%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,208 0.64% 1,139 0.33%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 7,742 2.23% 7,057 2.03%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 7,168 2.06% 3,961 1.14%
Personal care & service 2,300 0.66% 6,389 1.84%
Sales & office occupations: 36,019 10.37% 61,160 17.60%
Sales & related occupations 19,001 5.47% 17,631 5.07%
Office & administrative support 17,018 4.90% 43,529 12.53%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 265 0.08% 89 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 27,088 7.80% 1,733 0.50%
Construction & extraction: 17,932 5.16% 617 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,347 0.39% 124 0.04%
Construction trades 16,585 4.77% 493 0.14%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 9,156 2.64% 1,116 0.32%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 27,800 8.00% 10,189 2.93%
Production 11,079 3.19% 6,905 1.99%
Transportation & material moving: 16,721 4.81% 3,284 0.95%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 511 0.15% 132 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 215 0.06% 9 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 8,282 2.38% 1,306 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 645 0.19% 148 0.04%
Material moving 7,068 2.03% 1,689 0.49%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 177,819 51.18% 169,591 48.82%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 396 0.11% 224 0.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 333 0.10% 187 0.05%
Mining 63 0.02% 37 0.01%
Construction 20,281 5.84% 1,692 0.49%
Manufacturing 18,138 5.22% 9,801 2.82%
Wholesale trade 7,508 2.16% 3,752 1.08%
Retail trade 18,766 5.40% 16,398 4.72%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 14,619 4.21% 6,457 1.86%
Transportation & warehousing 13,061 3.76% 5,750 1.66%
Utilities 1,558 0.45% 707 0.20%
Information 10,628 3.06% 11,364 3.27%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 12,180 3.51% 16,436 4.73%
Finance & insurance 7,888 2.27% 12,394 3.57%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4,292 1.24% 4,042 1.16%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 26,517 7.63% 21,874 6.30%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 16,593 4.78% 14,179 4.08%
Management of companies & enterprises 88 0.03% 205 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 9,836 2.83% 7,490 2.16%
Educational, health & social services: 18,296 5.27% 47,871 13.78%
Educational services 10,018 2.88% 21,288 6.13%
Health care & social assistance 8,278 2.38% 26,583 7.65%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 13,957 4.02% 12,638 3.64%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,466 0.71% 1,846 0.53%
Accommodation & food services 11,491 3.31% 10,792 3.11%
Other services (except public administration) 8,331 2.40% 9,360 2.69%
Public administration 8,202 2.36% 11,724 3.37%

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

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