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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 32,957 55.27% 26,677 44.73%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,623 12.78% 7,942 13.32%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,798 6.37% 2,650 4.44%
Management, except farm managers 2,348 3.94% 1,391 2.33%
Farmers & farm managers 707 1.19% 79 0.13%
Business & financial operations: 743 1.25% 1,180 1.98%
Business operations specialists 464 0.78% 640 1.07%
Financial specialists 279 0.47% 540 0.91%
Professional & related occupations: 3,825 6.41% 5,292 8.87%
Computer & mathematical 629 1.05% 219 0.37%
Architecture & engineering: 987 1.66% 268 0.45%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 603 1.01% 70 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 384 0.64% 198 0.33%
Life, physical, & social science 154 0.26% 248 0.42%
Community & social services 339 0.57% 359 0.60%
Legal 151 0.25% 162 0.27%
Education, training, & library 730 1.22% 2,287 3.84%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 344 0.58% 296 0.50%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 491 0.82% 1,453 2.44%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 399 0.67% 802 1.34%
Health technologists & technicians 92 0.15% 651 1.09%
Service occupations: 3,441 5.77% 5,646 9.47%
Healthcare support 133 0.22% 1,310 2.20%
Protective services: 771 1.29% 238 0.40%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 531 0.89% 135 0.23%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 240 0.40% 103 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 950 1.59% 1,670 2.80%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,335 2.24% 793 1.33%
Personal care & service 252 0.42% 1,635 2.74%
Sales & office occupations: 4,746 7.96% 9,350 15.68%
Sales & related occupations 2,882 4.83% 2,603 4.36%
Office & administrative support 1,864 3.13% 6,747 11.31%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,407 2.36% 285 0.48%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,549 12.66% 275 0.46%
Construction & extraction: 4,943 8.29% 127 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 657 1.10% 14 0.02%
Construction trades 4,230 7.09% 113 0.19%
Extraction 56 0.09% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,606 4.37% 148 0.25%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,191 13.74% 3,179 5.33%
Production 4,449 7.46% 2,348 3.94%
Transportation & material moving: 3,742 6.27% 831 1.39%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 98 0.16% 9 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 53 0.09% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,753 2.94% 338 0.57%
Rail, water & other transportation 271 0.45% 13 0.02%
Material moving 1,567 2.63% 471 0.79%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 32,957 55.27% 26,677 44.73%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,320 3.89% 473 0.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,276 3.82% 473 0.79%
Mining 44 0.07% 0 0.00%
Construction 5,320 8.92% 539 0.90%
Manufacturing 7,459 12.51% 3,973 6.66%
Wholesale trade 1,567 2.63% 766 1.28%
Retail trade 3,495 5.86% 3,414 5.72%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,318 3.89% 864 1.45%
Transportation & warehousing 1,846 3.10% 748 1.25%
Utilities 472 0.79% 116 0.19%
Information 588 0.99% 634 1.06%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 927 1.55% 1,706 2.86%
Finance & insurance 507 0.85% 1,229 2.06%
Real estate & rental & leasing 420 0.70% 477 0.80%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,054 3.44% 1,762 2.95%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 854 1.43% 938 1.57%
Management of companies & enterprises 10 0.02% 26 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,190 2.00% 798 1.34%
Educational, health & social services: 2,546 4.27% 8,278 13.88%
Educational services 1,605 2.69% 3,279 5.50%
Health care & social assistance 941 1.58% 4,999 8.38%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,432 2.40% 1,964 3.29%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 288 0.48% 280 0.47%
Accommodation & food services 1,144 1.92% 1,684 2.82%
Other services (except public administration) 1,539 2.58% 1,040 1.74%
Public administration 1,392 2.33% 1,264 2.12%

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

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