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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 43,595 51.24% 41,485 48.76%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 11,271 13.25% 12,493 14.68%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,242 6.16% 3,981 4.68%
Management, except farm managers 3,768 4.43% 2,360 2.77%
Farmers & farm managers 198 0.23% 18 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 1,276 1.50% 1,603 1.88%
Business operations specialists 480 0.56% 682 0.80%
Financial specialists 796 0.94% 921 1.08%
Professional & related occupations: 6,029 7.09% 8,512 10.00%
Computer & mathematical 684 0.80% 303 0.36%
Architecture & engineering: 1,343 1.58% 171 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 905 1.06% 109 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 438 0.51% 62 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 392 0.46% 364 0.43%
Community & social services 456 0.54% 642 0.75%
Legal 304 0.36% 349 0.41%
Education, training, & library 1,190 1.40% 2,692 3.16%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 780 0.92% 670 0.79%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 880 1.03% 3,321 3.90%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 662 0.78% 2,161 2.54%
Health technologists & technicians 218 0.26% 1,160 1.36%
Service occupations: 5,406 6.35% 7,753 9.11%
Healthcare support 197 0.23% 1,412 1.66%
Protective services: 1,148 1.35% 327 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 651 0.77% 123 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 497 0.58% 204 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,951 2.29% 2,787 3.28%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,700 2.00% 1,121 1.32%
Personal care & service 410 0.48% 2,106 2.48%
Sales & office occupations: 7,834 9.21% 16,725 19.66%
Sales & related occupations 4,989 5.86% 5,470 6.43%
Office & administrative support 2,845 3.34% 11,255 13.23%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 90 0.11% 44 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,643 8.98% 412 0.48%
Construction & extraction: 4,151 4.88% 257 0.30%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 506 0.59% 24 0.03%
Construction trades 3,609 4.24% 226 0.27%
Extraction 36 0.04% 7 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,492 4.10% 155 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 11,351 13.34% 4,058 4.77%
Production 6,558 7.71% 2,995 3.52%
Transportation & material moving: 4,793 5.63% 1,063 1.25%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 221 0.26% 23 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 9 0.01% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,007 2.36% 219 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 327 0.38% 42 0.05%
Material moving 2,229 2.62% 779 0.92%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 43,595 51.24% 41,485 48.76%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 469 0.55% 126 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 291 0.34% 94 0.11%
Mining 178 0.21% 32 0.04%
Construction 4,929 5.79% 721 0.85%
Manufacturing 9,900 11.64% 4,555 5.35%
Wholesale trade 2,437 2.86% 782 0.92%
Retail trade 5,511 6.48% 5,864 6.89%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,312 3.89% 1,519 1.79%
Transportation & warehousing 2,767 3.25% 1,407 1.65%
Utilities 545 0.64% 112 0.13%
Information 1,123 1.32% 1,182 1.39%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,169 2.55% 3,283 3.86%
Finance & insurance 1,494 1.76% 2,698 3.17%
Real estate & rental & leasing 675 0.79% 585 0.69%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,018 3.55% 2,807 3.30%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,604 1.89% 1,672 1.97%
Management of companies & enterprises 12 0.01% 33 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,402 1.65% 1,102 1.30%
Educational, health & social services: 3,969 4.67% 13,361 15.70%
Educational services 2,063 2.42% 4,408 5.18%
Health care & social assistance 1,906 2.24% 8,953 10.52%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,408 4.01% 4,095 4.81%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 937 1.10% 841 0.99%
Accommodation & food services 2,471 2.90% 3,254 3.82%
Other services (except public administration) 2,091 2.46% 2,189 2.57%
Public administration 1,259 1.48% 1,001 1.18%

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

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