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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 36,393 52.10% 33,453 47.90%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,734 13.94% 11,422 16.35%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,132 5.92% 2,715 3.89%
Management, except farm managers 2,938 4.21% 1,669 2.39%
Farmers & farm managers 220 0.31% 72 0.10%
Business & financial operations: 974 1.39% 974 1.39%
Business operations specialists 507 0.73% 444 0.64%
Financial specialists 467 0.67% 530 0.76%
Professional & related occupations: 5,602 8.02% 8,707 12.47%
Computer & mathematical 453 0.65% 126 0.18%
Architecture & engineering: 778 1.11% 162 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 506 0.72% 60 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 272 0.39% 102 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 545 0.78% 351 0.50%
Community & social services 562 0.80% 984 1.41%
Legal 267 0.38% 149 0.21%
Education, training, & library 1,523 2.18% 3,512 5.03%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 471 0.67% 442 0.63%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,003 1.44% 2,981 4.27%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 782 1.12% 1,930 2.76%
Health technologists & technicians 221 0.32% 1,051 1.50%
Service occupations: 4,033 5.77% 7,608 10.89%
Healthcare support 238 0.34% 1,872 2.68%
Protective services: 933 1.34% 180 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 583 0.83% 58 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 350 0.50% 122 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,253 1.79% 2,433 3.48%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,227 1.76% 1,092 1.56%
Personal care & service 382 0.55% 2,031 2.91%
Sales & office occupations: 6,807 9.75% 11,921 17.07%
Sales & related occupations 4,050 5.80% 4,061 5.81%
Office & administrative support 2,757 3.95% 7,860 11.25%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 794 1.14% 107 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,615 9.47% 229 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 3,365 4.82% 97 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 478 0.68% 24 0.03%
Construction trades 2,861 4.10% 73 0.10%
Extraction 26 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,250 4.65% 132 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,410 12.04% 2,166 3.10%
Production 4,258 6.10% 1,563 2.24%
Transportation & material moving: 4,152 5.94% 603 0.86%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 104 0.15% 23 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 132 0.19% 33 0.05%
Motor vehicle operators 2,173 3.11% 252 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 339 0.49% 13 0.02%
Material moving 1,404 2.01% 282 0.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 36,393 52.10% 33,453 47.90%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,326 1.90% 281 0.40%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,302 1.86% 279 0.40%
Mining 24 0.03% 2 0.00%
Construction 3,666 5.25% 371 0.53%
Manufacturing 6,462 9.25% 1,846 2.64%
Wholesale trade 2,053 2.94% 605 0.87%
Retail trade 4,871 6.97% 4,874 6.98%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,079 4.41% 820 1.17%
Transportation & warehousing 2,673 3.83% 698 1.00%
Utilities 406 0.58% 122 0.17%
Information 901 1.29% 761 1.09%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,174 1.68% 1,685 2.41%
Finance & insurance 686 0.98% 1,319 1.89%
Real estate & rental & leasing 488 0.70% 366 0.52%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,055 2.94% 1,853 2.65%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,116 1.60% 1,052 1.51%
Management of companies & enterprises 14 0.02% 26 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 925 1.32% 775 1.11%
Educational, health & social services: 5,530 7.92% 14,438 20.67%
Educational services 3,049 4.37% 5,497 7.87%
Health care & social assistance 2,481 3.55% 8,941 12.80%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,875 2.68% 2,910 4.17%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 312 0.45% 265 0.38%
Accommodation & food services 1,563 2.24% 2,645 3.79%
Other services (except public administration) 1,695 2.43% 1,750 2.51%
Public administration 1,706 2.44% 1,259 1.80%

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

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