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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 149,034 52.94% 132,498 47.06%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 46,119 16.38% 50,720 18.02%
Management, business, & financial operations: 19,382 6.88% 17,321 6.15%
Management, except farm managers 15,019 5.33% 10,691 3.80%
Farmers & farm managers 190 0.07% 110 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 4,173 1.48% 6,520 2.32%
Business operations specialists 2,137 0.76% 2,732 0.97%
Financial specialists 2,036 0.72% 3,788 1.35%
Professional & related occupations: 26,737 9.50% 33,399 11.86%
Computer & mathematical 2,604 0.92% 1,143 0.41%
Architecture & engineering: 5,435 1.93% 941 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,881 1.38% 651 0.23%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,554 0.55% 290 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 3,016 1.07% 1,484 0.53%
Community & social services 2,521 0.90% 3,423 1.22%
Legal 1,693 0.60% 1,705 0.61%
Education, training, & library 5,640 2.00% 13,908 4.94%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,445 0.87% 2,427 0.86%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,383 1.20% 8,368 2.97%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,613 0.93% 6,102 2.17%
Health technologists & technicians 770 0.27% 2,266 0.80%
Service occupations: 19,324 6.86% 24,616 8.74%
Healthcare support 707 0.25% 4,070 1.45%
Protective services: 5,047 1.79% 1,179 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,298 1.17% 522 0.19%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,749 0.62% 657 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,964 2.12% 7,718 2.74%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,776 2.05% 3,767 1.34%
Personal care & service 1,830 0.65% 7,882 2.80%
Sales & office occupations: 24,069 8.55% 49,481 17.58%
Sales & related occupations 12,591 4.47% 14,218 5.05%
Office & administrative support 11,478 4.08% 35,263 12.53%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 3,654 1.30% 514 0.18%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 31,258 11.10% 1,444 0.51%
Construction & extraction: 17,316 6.15% 733 0.26%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,007 0.71% 50 0.02%
Construction trades 14,173 5.03% 633 0.22%
Extraction 1,136 0.40% 50 0.02%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 13,942 4.95% 711 0.25%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 24,610 8.74% 5,723 2.03%
Production 8,198 2.91% 2,947 1.05%
Transportation & material moving: 16,412 5.83% 2,776 0.99%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 607 0.22% 181 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 2,191 0.78% 216 0.08%
Motor vehicle operators 6,013 2.14% 1,003 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,959 0.70% 211 0.07%
Material moving 5,642 2.00% 1,165 0.41%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 149,034 52.94% 132,498 47.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 11,452 4.07% 2,322 0.82%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 5,284 1.88% 1,224 0.43%
Mining 6,168 2.19% 1,098 0.39%
Construction 17,965 6.38% 2,569 0.91%
Manufacturing 6,472 2.30% 2,748 0.98%
Wholesale trade 5,265 1.87% 1,950 0.69%
Retail trade 16,196 5.75% 16,442 5.84%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 17,821 6.33% 7,222 2.57%
Transportation & warehousing 15,383 5.46% 6,332 2.25%
Utilities 2,438 0.87% 890 0.32%
Information 3,946 1.40% 3,706 1.32%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 5,146 1.83% 7,788 2.77%
Finance & insurance 2,417 0.86% 5,432 1.93%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,729 0.97% 2,356 0.84%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 11,624 4.13% 9,698 3.44%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 7,193 2.55% 6,169 2.19%
Management of companies & enterprises 77 0.03% 41 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,354 1.55% 3,488 1.24%
Educational, health & social services: 17,106 6.08% 44,059 15.65%
Educational services 10,210 3.63% 19,444 6.91%
Health care & social assistance 6,896 2.45% 24,615 8.74%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 11,158 3.96% 12,941 4.60%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,428 0.86% 2,550 0.91%
Accommodation & food services 8,730 3.10% 10,391 3.69%
Other services (except public administration) 7,992 2.84% 7,874 2.80%
Public administration 16,891 6.00% 13,179 4.68%

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

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