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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 23,756 57.37% 17,650 42.63%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,762 11.50% 5,596 13.51%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,477 5.98% 1,401 3.38%
Management, except farm managers 1,846 4.46% 863 2.08%
Farmers & farm managers 26 0.06% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 605 1.46% 538 1.30%
Business operations specialists 363 0.88% 242 0.58%
Financial specialists 242 0.58% 296 0.71%
Professional & related occupations: 2,285 5.52% 4,195 10.13%
Computer & mathematical 191 0.46% 44 0.11%
Architecture & engineering: 558 1.35% 45 0.11%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 262 0.63% 0 0.00%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 296 0.71% 45 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 92 0.22% 77 0.19%
Community & social services 115 0.28% 285 0.69%
Legal 132 0.32% 106 0.26%
Education, training, & library 291 0.70% 1,892 4.57%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 194 0.47% 176 0.43%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 712 1.72% 1,570 3.79%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 450 1.09% 1,023 2.47%
Health technologists & technicians 262 0.63% 547 1.32%
Service occupations: 2,405 5.81% 3,544 8.56%
Healthcare support 69 0.17% 661 1.60%
Protective services: 578 1.40% 123 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 419 1.01% 58 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 159 0.38% 65 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 730 1.76% 1,454 3.51%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 762 1.84% 594 1.43%
Personal care & service 266 0.64% 712 1.72%
Sales & office occupations: 3,528 8.52% 7,385 17.84%
Sales & related occupations 2,193 5.30% 2,831 6.84%
Office & administrative support 1,335 3.22% 4,554 11.00%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 693 1.67% 24 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,892 14.23% 214 0.52%
Construction & extraction: 3,709 8.96% 139 0.34%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 832 2.01% 46 0.11%
Construction trades 2,331 5.63% 93 0.22%
Extraction 546 1.32% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,183 5.27% 75 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,476 15.64% 887 2.14%
Production 3,120 7.54% 439 1.06%
Transportation & material moving: 3,356 8.11% 448 1.08%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 85 0.21% 15 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 47 0.11% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,057 2.55% 255 0.62%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,020 2.46% 32 0.08%
Material moving 1,147 2.77% 146 0.35%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 23,756 57.37% 17,650 42.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 4,527 10.93% 389 0.94%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 765 1.85% 59 0.14%
Mining 3,762 9.09% 330 0.80%
Construction 2,987 7.21% 261 0.63%
Manufacturing 2,971 7.18% 466 1.13%
Wholesale trade 1,314 3.17% 354 0.85%
Retail trade 2,315 5.59% 3,047 7.36%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,036 4.92% 744 1.80%
Transportation & warehousing 1,793 4.33% 653 1.58%
Utilities 243 0.59% 91 0.22%
Information 423 1.02% 302 0.73%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 759 1.83% 969 2.34%
Finance & insurance 446 1.08% 811 1.96%
Real estate & rental & leasing 313 0.76% 158 0.38%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,519 3.67% 943 2.28%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 822 1.99% 643 1.55%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 697 1.68% 300 0.72%
Educational, health & social services: 1,470 3.55% 6,518 15.74%
Educational services 491 1.19% 2,473 5.97%
Health care & social assistance 979 2.36% 4,045 9.77%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,290 3.12% 2,038 4.92%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 284 0.69% 221 0.53%
Accommodation & food services 1,006 2.43% 1,817 4.39%
Other services (except public administration) 1,330 3.21% 863 2.08%
Public administration 815 1.97% 756 1.83%

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

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