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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 171,424 55.23% 138,972 44.77%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 69,659 22.44% 57,817 18.63%
Management, business, & financial operations: 38,188 12.30% 22,552 7.27%
Management, except farm managers 28,231 9.10% 13,485 4.34%
Farmers & farm managers 114 0.04% 23 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 9,843 3.17% 9,044 2.91%
Business operations specialists 5,028 1.62% 5,236 1.69%
Financial specialists 4,815 1.55% 3,808 1.23%
Professional & related occupations: 31,471 10.14% 35,265 11.36%
Computer & mathematical 7,167 2.31% 3,833 1.23%
Architecture & engineering: 6,553 2.11% 923 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,508 1.77% 736 0.24%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,045 0.34% 187 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 2,392 0.77% 2,140 0.69%
Community & social services 1,249 0.40% 1,961 0.63%
Legal 3,475 1.12% 1,236 0.40%
Education, training, & library 3,914 1.26% 13,184 4.25%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,578 0.83% 3,148 1.01%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,143 1.33% 8,840 2.85%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,480 1.12% 6,529 2.10%
Health technologists & technicians 663 0.21% 2,311 0.74%
Service occupations: 17,987 5.79% 16,944 5.46%
Healthcare support 415 0.13% 2,795 0.90%
Protective services: 3,609 1.16% 658 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,496 0.80% 186 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,113 0.36% 472 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,429 1.75% 5,047 1.63%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 6,885 2.22% 2,383 0.77%
Personal care & service 1,649 0.53% 6,061 1.95%
Sales & office occupations: 35,297 11.37% 52,453 16.90%
Sales & related occupations 23,011 7.41% 18,102 5.83%
Office & administrative support 12,286 3.96% 34,351 11.07%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 380 0.12% 66 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 22,710 7.32% 968 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 13,745 4.43% 335 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,678 0.54% 63 0.02%
Construction trades 12,035 3.88% 272 0.09%
Extraction 32 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 8,965 2.89% 633 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 25,391 8.18% 10,724 3.45%
Production 14,345 4.62% 8,338 2.69%
Transportation & material moving: 11,046 3.56% 2,386 0.77%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 322 0.10% 51 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 584 0.19% 13 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,871 1.57% 679 0.22%
Rail, water & other transportation 367 0.12% 48 0.02%
Material moving 4,902 1.58% 1,595 0.51%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 171,424 55.23% 138,972 44.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 643 0.21% 287 0.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 606 0.20% 262 0.08%
Mining 37 0.01% 25 0.01%
Construction 16,783 5.41% 2,298 0.74%
Manufacturing 39,661 12.78% 21,630 6.97%
Wholesale trade 9,778 3.15% 5,633 1.81%
Retail trade 17,827 5.74% 17,744 5.72%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 8,118 2.62% 2,902 0.93%
Transportation & warehousing 6,753 2.18% 2,636 0.85%
Utilities 1,365 0.44% 266 0.09%
Information 4,664 1.50% 3,859 1.24%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 14,576 4.70% 13,920 4.48%
Finance & insurance 11,272 3.63% 10,948 3.53%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,304 1.06% 2,972 0.96%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 23,595 7.60% 15,325 4.94%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 15,992 5.15% 10,092 3.25%
Management of companies & enterprises 286 0.09% 314 0.10%
Administrative & support & waste management services 7,317 2.36% 4,919 1.58%
Educational, health & social services: 13,541 4.36% 37,533 12.09%
Educational services 6,759 2.18% 16,686 5.38%
Health care & social assistance 6,782 2.18% 20,847 6.72%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 10,063 3.24% 8,688 2.80%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,079 0.99% 2,628 0.85%
Accommodation & food services 6,984 2.25% 6,060 1.95%
Other services (except public administration) 6,328 2.04% 6,023 1.94%
Public administration 5,847 1.88% 3,130 1.01%

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

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