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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 27,304 51.92% 25,280 48.08%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,003 13.32% 7,954 15.13%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,441 6.54% 2,276 4.33%
Management, except farm managers 2,298 4.37% 1,267 2.41%
Farmers & farm managers 299 0.57% 16 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 844 1.61% 993 1.89%
Business operations specialists 382 0.73% 483 0.92%
Financial specialists 462 0.88% 510 0.97%
Professional & related occupations: 3,562 6.77% 5,678 10.80%
Computer & mathematical 428 0.81% 204 0.39%
Architecture & engineering: 938 1.78% 139 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 691 1.31% 68 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 247 0.47% 71 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 283 0.54% 235 0.45%
Community & social services 330 0.63% 552 1.05%
Legal 165 0.31% 64 0.12%
Education, training, & library 539 1.03% 2,044 3.89%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 377 0.72% 400 0.76%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 502 0.95% 2,040 3.88%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 438 0.83% 995 1.89%
Health technologists & technicians 64 0.12% 1,045 1.99%
Service occupations: 3,068 5.83% 5,193 9.88%
Healthcare support 99 0.19% 983 1.87%
Protective services: 726 1.38% 206 0.39%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 435 0.83% 64 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 291 0.55% 142 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,059 2.01% 1,835 3.49%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 946 1.80% 793 1.51%
Personal care & service 238 0.45% 1,376 2.62%
Sales & office occupations: 4,100 7.80% 9,695 18.44%
Sales & related occupations 2,443 4.65% 3,099 5.89%
Office & administrative support 1,657 3.15% 6,596 12.54%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 180 0.34% 16 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,868 9.26% 208 0.40%
Construction & extraction: 2,562 4.87% 107 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 288 0.55% 12 0.02%
Construction trades 2,274 4.32% 95 0.18%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,306 4.39% 101 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,085 15.38% 2,214 4.21%
Production 4,553 8.66% 1,484 2.82%
Transportation & material moving: 3,532 6.72% 730 1.39%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 103 0.20% 53 0.10%
Aircraft & traffic control 24 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,663 3.16% 327 0.62%
Rail, water & other transportation 378 0.72% 24 0.05%
Material moving 1,364 2.59% 326 0.62%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 27,304 51.92% 25,280 48.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 814 1.55% 181 0.34%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 804 1.53% 179 0.34%
Mining 10 0.02% 2 0.00%
Construction 2,918 5.55% 368 0.70%
Manufacturing 7,513 14.29% 2,571 4.89%
Wholesale trade 1,245 2.37% 390 0.74%
Retail trade 2,832 5.39% 3,546 6.74%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,011 5.73% 1,082 2.06%
Transportation & warehousing 2,055 3.91% 607 1.15%
Utilities 956 1.82% 475 0.90%
Information 467 0.89% 701 1.33%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 816 1.55% 1,670 3.18%
Finance & insurance 479 0.91% 1,297 2.47%
Real estate & rental & leasing 337 0.64% 373 0.71%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,593 3.03% 1,629 3.10%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 765 1.45% 818 1.56%
Management of companies & enterprises 12 0.02% 64 0.12%
Administrative & support & waste management services 816 1.55% 747 1.42%
Educational, health & social services: 2,186 4.16% 8,358 15.89%
Educational services 1,147 2.18% 3,045 5.79%
Health care & social assistance 1,039 1.98% 5,313 10.10%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,685 3.20% 2,326 4.42%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 432 0.82% 351 0.67%
Accommodation & food services 1,253 2.38% 1,975 3.76%
Other services (except public administration) 1,261 2.40% 1,512 2.88%
Public administration 963 1.83% 946 1.80%

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

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