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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 55,187 53.65% 47,669 46.35%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 22,001 21.39% 19,614 19.07%
Management, business, & financial operations: 10,056 9.78% 7,117 6.92%
Management, except farm managers 6,973 6.78% 3,869 3.76%
Farmers & farm managers 495 0.48% 194 0.19%
Business & financial operations: 2,588 2.52% 3,054 2.97%
Business operations specialists 1,296 1.26% 1,642 1.60%
Financial specialists 1,292 1.26% 1,412 1.37%
Professional & related occupations: 11,945 11.61% 12,497 12.15%
Computer & mathematical 3,244 3.15% 1,203 1.17%
Architecture & engineering: 2,787 2.71% 435 0.42%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,100 2.04% 234 0.23%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 687 0.67% 201 0.20%
Life, physical, & social science 1,290 1.25% 865 0.84%
Community & social services 555 0.54% 762 0.74%
Legal 359 0.35% 526 0.51%
Education, training, & library 1,624 1.58% 4,510 4.38%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,144 1.11% 986 0.96%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 942 0.92% 3,210 3.12%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 657 0.64% 2,221 2.16%
Health technologists & technicians 285 0.28% 989 0.96%
Service occupations: 5,844 5.68% 7,391 7.19%
Healthcare support 133 0.13% 1,365 1.33%
Protective services: 1,687 1.64% 347 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,248 1.21% 180 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 439 0.43% 167 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,787 1.74% 2,256 2.19%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,857 1.81% 1,057 1.03%
Personal care & service 380 0.37% 2,366 2.30%
Sales & office occupations: 8,704 8.46% 17,752 17.26%
Sales & related occupations 5,075 4.93% 5,166 5.02%
Office & administrative support 3,629 3.53% 12,586 12.24%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 331 0.32% 121 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 11,026 10.72% 455 0.44%
Construction & extraction: 6,809 6.62% 192 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,274 1.24% 15 0.01%
Construction trades 5,472 5.32% 177 0.17%
Extraction 63 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,217 4.10% 263 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,281 7.08% 2,336 2.27%
Production 3,286 3.19% 1,514 1.47%
Transportation & material moving: 3,995 3.88% 822 0.80%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 142 0.14% 34 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 113 0.11% 9 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,344 2.28% 502 0.49%
Rail, water & other transportation 242 0.24% 24 0.02%
Material moving 1,154 1.12% 253 0.25%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 55,187 53.65% 47,669 46.35%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,015 0.99% 378 0.37%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 909 0.88% 345 0.34%
Mining 106 0.10% 33 0.03%
Construction 9,241 8.98% 1,185 1.15%
Manufacturing 5,961 5.80% 2,795 2.72%
Wholesale trade 2,047 1.99% 736 0.72%
Retail trade 6,140 5.97% 5,804 5.64%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,914 2.83% 859 0.84%
Transportation & warehousing 2,335 2.27% 772 0.75%
Utilities 579 0.56% 87 0.08%
Information 2,296 2.23% 1,578 1.53%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,971 2.89% 5,495 5.34%
Finance & insurance 2,067 2.01% 4,675 4.55%
Real estate & rental & leasing 904 0.88% 820 0.80%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 7,490 7.28% 5,598 5.44%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,361 5.21% 4,299 4.18%
Management of companies & enterprises 34 0.03% 24 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,095 2.04% 1,275 1.24%
Educational, health & social services: 4,626 4.50% 14,279 13.88%
Educational services 2,813 2.73% 6,278 6.10%
Health care & social assistance 1,813 1.76% 8,001 7.78%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,231 3.14% 3,313 3.22%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 774 0.75% 629 0.61%
Accommodation & food services 2,457 2.39% 2,684 2.61%
Other services (except public administration) 2,455 2.39% 2,370 2.30%
Public administration 4,800 4.67% 3,279 3.19%

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

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