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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 22,884 53.28% 20,069 46.72%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,729 13.34% 6,352 14.79%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,651 6.17% 2,057 4.79%
Management, except farm managers 1,801 4.19% 1,204 2.80%
Farmers & farm managers 346 0.81% 24 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 504 1.17% 829 1.93%
Business operations specialists 275 0.64% 400 0.93%
Financial specialists 229 0.53% 429 1.00%
Professional & related occupations: 3,078 7.17% 4,295 10.00%
Computer & mathematical 428 1.00% 315 0.73%
Architecture & engineering: 944 2.20% 117 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 617 1.44% 66 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 327 0.76% 51 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 422 0.98% 187 0.44%
Community & social services 125 0.29% 269 0.63%
Legal 148 0.34% 155 0.36%
Education, training, & library 488 1.14% 1,567 3.65%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 175 0.41% 185 0.43%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 348 0.81% 1,500 3.49%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 255 0.59% 939 2.19%
Health technologists & technicians 93 0.22% 561 1.31%
Service occupations: 2,225 5.18% 3,470 8.08%
Healthcare support 59 0.14% 637 1.48%
Protective services: 715 1.66% 114 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 505 1.18% 26 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 210 0.49% 88 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 523 1.22% 1,318 3.07%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 725 1.69% 508 1.18%
Personal care & service 203 0.47% 893 2.08%
Sales & office occupations: 3,152 7.34% 8,188 19.06%
Sales & related occupations 1,835 4.27% 2,376 5.53%
Office & administrative support 1,317 3.07% 5,812 13.53%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 181 0.42% 98 0.23%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,974 13.91% 180 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 3,590 8.36% 117 0.27%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 476 1.11% 2 0.00%
Construction trades 3,086 7.18% 115 0.27%
Extraction 28 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,384 5.55% 63 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,623 13.09% 1,781 4.15%
Production 3,117 7.26% 1,252 2.91%
Transportation & material moving: 2,506 5.83% 529 1.23%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 43 0.10% 25 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 41 0.10% 17 0.04%
Motor vehicle operators 1,353 3.15% 270 0.63%
Rail, water & other transportation 145 0.34% 19 0.04%
Material moving 924 2.15% 198 0.46%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 22,884 53.28% 20,069 46.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 837 1.95% 173 0.40%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 633 1.47% 172 0.40%
Mining 204 0.47% 1 0.00%
Construction 4,041 9.41% 450 1.05%
Manufacturing 4,705 10.95% 2,088 4.86%
Wholesale trade 1,064 2.48% 561 1.31%
Retail trade 2,323 5.41% 2,730 6.36%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,836 4.27% 577 1.34%
Transportation & warehousing 1,444 3.36% 506 1.18%
Utilities 392 0.91% 71 0.17%
Information 444 1.03% 309 0.72%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 865 2.01% 2,234 5.20%
Finance & insurance 570 1.33% 1,936 4.51%
Real estate & rental & leasing 295 0.69% 298 0.69%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,627 3.79% 1,536 3.58%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 974 2.27% 976 2.27%
Management of companies & enterprises 3 0.01% 11 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 650 1.51% 549 1.28%
Educational, health & social services: 1,694 3.94% 5,884 13.70%
Educational services 855 1.99% 2,288 5.33%
Health care & social assistance 839 1.95% 3,596 8.37%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,033 2.40% 1,571 3.66%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 326 0.76% 270 0.63%
Accommodation & food services 707 1.65% 1,301 3.03%
Other services (except public administration) 1,001 2.33% 935 2.18%
Public administration 1,414 3.29% 1,021 2.38%

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

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