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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 43,120 54.30% 36,288 45.70%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,867 12.43% 11,721 14.76%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,255 5.36% 3,044 3.83%
Management, except farm managers 3,288 4.14% 1,707 2.15%
Farmers & farm managers 109 0.14% 15 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 858 1.08% 1,322 1.66%
Business operations specialists 469 0.59% 475 0.60%
Financial specialists 389 0.49% 847 1.07%
Professional & related occupations: 5,612 7.07% 8,677 10.93%
Computer & mathematical 328 0.41% 140 0.18%
Architecture & engineering: 1,552 1.95% 219 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,067 1.34% 141 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 485 0.61% 78 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 536 0.67% 239 0.30%
Community & social services 437 0.55% 581 0.73%
Legal 365 0.46% 298 0.38%
Education, training, & library 941 1.19% 3,746 4.72%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 459 0.58% 495 0.62%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 994 1.25% 2,959 3.73%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 816 1.03% 1,649 2.08%
Health technologists & technicians 178 0.22% 1,310 1.65%
Service occupations: 5,950 7.49% 8,464 10.66%
Healthcare support 153 0.19% 1,400 1.76%
Protective services: 1,560 1.96% 389 0.49%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 925 1.16% 143 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 635 0.80% 246 0.31%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,740 2.19% 3,123 3.93%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,641 2.07% 1,342 1.69%
Personal care & service 856 1.08% 2,210 2.78%
Sales & office occupations: 6,445 8.12% 13,922 17.53%
Sales & related occupations 3,911 4.93% 5,065 6.38%
Office & administrative support 2,534 3.19% 8,857 11.15%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 186 0.23% 55 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 10,438 13.14% 582 0.73%
Construction & extraction: 6,588 8.30% 316 0.40%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 965 1.22% 59 0.07%
Construction trades 5,347 6.73% 238 0.30%
Extraction 276 0.35% 19 0.02%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,850 4.85% 266 0.33%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,234 12.89% 1,544 1.94%
Production 5,628 7.09% 928 1.17%
Transportation & material moving: 4,606 5.80% 616 0.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 165 0.21% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 92 0.12% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,969 2.48% 406 0.51%
Rail, water & other transportation 622 0.78% 46 0.06%
Material moving 1,758 2.21% 164 0.21%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 43,120 54.30% 36,288 45.70%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,421 1.79% 247 0.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 355 0.45% 93 0.12%
Mining 1,066 1.34% 154 0.19%
Construction 6,554 8.25% 864 1.09%
Manufacturing 9,594 12.08% 2,228 2.81%
Wholesale trade 1,611 2.03% 644 0.81%
Retail trade 4,311 5.43% 4,831 6.08%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,042 3.83% 828 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 2,427 3.06% 717 0.90%
Utilities 615 0.77% 111 0.14%
Information 836 1.05% 963 1.21%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,456 1.83% 1,961 2.47%
Finance & insurance 751 0.95% 1,461 1.84%
Real estate & rental & leasing 705 0.89% 500 0.63%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,018 3.80% 2,307 2.91%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,557 1.96% 1,569 1.98%
Management of companies & enterprises 16 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,445 1.82% 738 0.93%
Educational, health & social services: 3,228 4.07% 12,609 15.88%
Educational services 1,575 1.98% 5,256 6.62%
Health care & social assistance 1,653 2.08% 7,353 9.26%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,757 4.73% 5,390 6.79%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,791 2.26% 2,313 2.91%
Accommodation & food services 1,966 2.48% 3,077 3.87%
Other services (except public administration) 2,441 3.07% 1,937 2.44%
Public administration 1,851 2.33% 1,479 1.86%

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

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