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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 108,349 55.23% 87,835 44.77%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 33,962 17.31% 29,561 15.07%
Management, business, & financial operations: 18,634 9.50% 10,908 5.56%
Management, except farm managers 14,228 7.25% 6,224 3.17%
Farmers & farm managers 355 0.18% 49 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 4,051 2.06% 4,635 2.36%
Business operations specialists 2,137 1.09% 2,533 1.29%
Financial specialists 1,914 0.98% 2,102 1.07%
Professional & related occupations: 15,328 7.81% 18,653 9.51%
Computer & mathematical 3,627 1.85% 1,322 0.67%
Architecture & engineering: 3,775 1.92% 471 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,770 1.41% 303 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,005 0.51% 168 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 916 0.47% 586 0.30%
Community & social services 982 0.50% 1,252 0.64%
Legal 748 0.38% 593 0.30%
Education, training, & library 2,297 1.17% 7,913 4.03%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,464 0.75% 1,577 0.80%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,519 0.77% 4,939 2.52%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,247 0.64% 3,504 1.79%
Health technologists & technicians 272 0.14% 1,435 0.73%
Service occupations: 11,379 5.80% 12,872 6.56%
Healthcare support 195 0.10% 1,999 1.02%
Protective services: 2,392 1.22% 726 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,605 0.82% 280 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 787 0.40% 446 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,475 1.77% 4,402 2.24%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,466 2.28% 1,739 0.89%
Personal care & service 851 0.43% 4,006 2.04%
Sales & office occupations: 20,267 10.33% 34,247 17.46%
Sales & related occupations 12,486 6.36% 10,902 5.56%
Office & administrative support 7,781 3.97% 23,345 11.90%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 438 0.22% 170 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 16,751 8.54% 716 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 10,385 5.29% 264 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,172 0.60% 25 0.01%
Construction trades 9,152 4.67% 239 0.12%
Extraction 61 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,366 3.24% 452 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 25,552 13.02% 10,269 5.23%
Production 14,718 7.50% 7,825 3.99%
Transportation & material moving: 10,834 5.52% 2,444 1.25%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 281 0.14% 94 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 504 0.26% 65 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 4,626 2.36% 730 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 348 0.18% 83 0.04%
Material moving 5,075 2.59% 1,472 0.75%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 108,349 55.23% 87,835 44.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 975 0.50% 221 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 827 0.42% 209 0.11%
Mining 148 0.08% 12 0.01%
Construction 12,956 6.60% 1,593 0.81%
Manufacturing 27,610 14.07% 13,142 6.70%
Wholesale trade 6,581 3.35% 2,865 1.46%
Retail trade 11,120 5.67% 11,339 5.78%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,813 3.47% 2,848 1.45%
Transportation & warehousing 5,883 3.00% 2,505 1.28%
Utilities 930 0.47% 343 0.17%
Information 3,549 1.81% 3,052 1.56%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 5,808 2.96% 7,603 3.88%
Finance & insurance 4,412 2.25% 6,316 3.22%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,396 0.71% 1,287 0.66%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 12,079 6.16% 8,496 4.33%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 7,277 3.71% 5,057 2.58%
Management of companies & enterprises 96 0.05% 74 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,706 2.40% 3,365 1.72%
Educational, health & social services: 7,225 3.68% 23,383 11.92%
Educational services 4,220 2.15% 10,349 5.28%
Health care & social assistance 3,005 1.53% 13,034 6.64%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 6,637 3.38% 7,144 3.64%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,922 0.98% 2,079 1.06%
Accommodation & food services 4,715 2.40% 5,065 2.58%
Other services (except public administration) 3,964 2.02% 4,027 2.05%
Public administration 3,032 1.55% 2,122 1.08%

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

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