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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 21,335 54.12% 18,086 45.88%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,195 13.18% 5,276 13.38%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,811 4.59% 1,379 3.50%
Management, except farm managers 1,213 3.08% 860 2.18%
Farmers & farm managers 174 0.44% 6 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 424 1.08% 513 1.30%
Business operations specialists 190 0.48% 303 0.77%
Financial specialists 234 0.59% 210 0.53%
Professional & related occupations: 3,384 8.58% 3,897 9.89%
Computer & mathematical 376 0.95% 187 0.47%
Architecture & engineering: 1,656 4.20% 205 0.52%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,419 3.60% 124 0.31%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 237 0.60% 81 0.21%
Life, physical, & social science 107 0.27% 31 0.08%
Community & social services 223 0.57% 259 0.66%
Legal 81 0.21% 44 0.11%
Education, training, & library 477 1.21% 1,325 3.36%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 173 0.44% 258 0.65%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 291 0.74% 1,588 4.03%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 229 0.58% 980 2.49%
Health technologists & technicians 62 0.16% 608 1.54%
Service occupations: 2,357 5.98% 3,799 9.64%
Healthcare support 66 0.17% 776 1.97%
Protective services: 477 1.21% 110 0.28%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 360 0.91% 51 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 117 0.30% 59 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 902 2.29% 1,434 3.64%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 732 1.86% 459 1.16%
Personal care & service 180 0.46% 1,020 2.59%
Sales & office occupations: 2,567 6.51% 5,483 13.91%
Sales & related occupations 1,608 4.08% 2,046 5.19%
Office & administrative support 959 2.43% 3,437 8.72%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 70 0.18% 16 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,596 9.12% 344 0.87%
Construction & extraction: 1,739 4.41% 127 0.32%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 108 0.27% 13 0.03%
Construction trades 1,618 4.10% 114 0.29%
Extraction 13 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,857 4.71% 217 0.55%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,550 19.15% 3,168 8.04%
Production 5,412 13.73% 2,723 6.91%
Transportation & material moving: 2,138 5.42% 445 1.13%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 60 0.15% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 16 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 821 2.08% 175 0.44%
Rail, water & other transportation 105 0.27% 26 0.07%
Material moving 1,136 2.88% 244 0.62%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 21,335 54.12% 18,086 45.88%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 250 0.63% 38 0.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 223 0.57% 29 0.07%
Mining 27 0.07% 9 0.02%
Construction 1,657 4.20% 236 0.60%
Manufacturing 9,517 24.14% 4,005 10.16%
Wholesale trade 489 1.24% 241 0.61%
Retail trade 2,217 5.62% 2,343 5.94%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 915 2.32% 292 0.74%
Transportation & warehousing 752 1.91% 239 0.61%
Utilities 163 0.41% 53 0.13%
Information 399 1.01% 458 1.16%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 529 1.34% 921 2.34%
Finance & insurance 273 0.69% 669 1.70%
Real estate & rental & leasing 256 0.65% 252 0.64%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 981 2.49% 674 1.71%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 445 1.13% 344 0.87%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 534 1.35% 330 0.84%
Educational, health & social services: 1,316 3.34% 5,642 14.31%
Educational services 764 1.94% 1,952 4.95%
Health care & social assistance 552 1.40% 3,690 9.36%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,267 3.21% 1,744 4.42%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 161 0.41% 227 0.58%
Accommodation & food services 1,106 2.81% 1,517 3.85%
Other services (except public administration) 979 2.48% 925 2.35%
Public administration 819 2.08% 567 1.44%

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

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