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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 53,797 51.85% 49,964 48.15%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 18,589 17.92% 17,555 16.92%
Management, business, & financial operations: 8,035 7.74% 6,000 5.78%
Management, except farm managers 5,398 5.20% 3,030 2.92%
Farmers & farm managers 483 0.47% 70 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 2,154 2.08% 2,900 2.79%
Business operations specialists 968 0.93% 1,526 1.47%
Financial specialists 1,186 1.14% 1,374 1.32%
Professional & related occupations: 10,554 10.17% 11,555 11.14%
Computer & mathematical 3,122 3.01% 1,072 1.03%
Architecture & engineering: 3,108 3.00% 374 0.36%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,310 2.23% 245 0.24%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 798 0.77% 129 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 237 0.23% 195 0.19%
Community & social services 560 0.54% 1,036 1.00%
Legal 356 0.34% 410 0.40%
Education, training, & library 1,265 1.22% 3,645 3.51%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 966 0.93% 1,015 0.98%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 940 0.91% 3,808 3.67%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 793 0.76% 2,606 2.51%
Health technologists & technicians 147 0.14% 1,202 1.16%
Service occupations: 4,885 4.71% 8,029 7.74%
Healthcare support 171 0.16% 1,454 1.40%
Protective services: 966 0.93% 279 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 659 0.64% 60 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 307 0.30% 219 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,087 2.01% 2,728 2.63%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,289 1.24% 960 0.93%
Personal care & service 372 0.36% 2,608 2.51%
Sales & office occupations: 10,895 10.50% 19,829 19.11%
Sales & related occupations 6,301 6.07% 5,790 5.58%
Office & administrative support 4,594 4.43% 14,039 13.53%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 256 0.25% 21 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,019 7.73% 389 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 4,746 4.57% 113 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 576 0.56% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 4,126 3.98% 113 0.11%
Extraction 44 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,273 3.15% 276 0.27%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 11,153 10.75% 4,141 3.99%
Production 6,320 6.09% 3,193 3.08%
Transportation & material moving: 4,833 4.66% 948 0.91%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 177 0.17% 8 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 43 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,190 2.11% 221 0.21%
Rail, water & other transportation 191 0.18% 58 0.06%
Material moving 2,232 2.15% 661 0.64%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 53,797 51.85% 49,964 48.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 826 0.80% 169 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 757 0.73% 151 0.15%
Mining 69 0.07% 18 0.02%
Construction 5,439 5.24% 626 0.60%
Manufacturing 13,383 12.90% 5,879 5.67%
Wholesale trade 2,889 2.78% 1,003 0.97%
Retail trade 6,488 6.25% 6,197 5.97%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,295 3.18% 1,320 1.27%
Transportation & warehousing 2,361 2.28% 823 0.79%
Utilities 934 0.90% 497 0.48%
Information 3,110 3.00% 3,522 3.39%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,788 2.69% 4,511 4.35%
Finance & insurance 2,017 1.94% 3,705 3.57%
Real estate & rental & leasing 771 0.74% 806 0.78%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,676 4.51% 4,766 4.59%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,673 2.58% 2,458 2.37%
Management of companies & enterprises 1 0.00% 2 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,002 1.93% 2,306 2.22%
Educational, health & social services: 4,241 4.09% 15,009 14.46%
Educational services 2,303 2.22% 5,908 5.69%
Health care & social assistance 1,938 1.87% 9,101 8.77%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,089 2.98% 3,418 3.29%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 544 0.52% 455 0.44%
Accommodation & food services 2,545 2.45% 2,963 2.86%
Other services (except public administration) 2,168 2.09% 2,244 2.16%
Public administration 1,405 1.35% 1,300 1.25%

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

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