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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 71,367 52.67% 64,137 47.33%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 40,810 30.12% 36,486 26.93%
Management, business, & financial operations: 17,090 12.61% 12,757 9.41%
Management, except farm managers 12,606 9.30% 7,964 5.88%
Farmers & farm managers 89 0.07% 72 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 4,395 3.24% 4,721 3.48%
Business operations specialists 2,131 1.57% 2,493 1.84%
Financial specialists 2,264 1.67% 2,228 1.64%
Professional & related occupations: 23,720 17.51% 23,729 17.51%
Computer & mathematical 7,928 5.85% 3,562 2.63%
Architecture & engineering: 4,781 3.53% 650 0.48%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4,386 3.24% 588 0.43%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 395 0.29% 62 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 2,321 1.71% 1,531 1.13%
Community & social services 770 0.57% 1,366 1.01%
Legal 1,439 1.06% 1,392 1.03%
Education, training, & library 2,412 1.78% 7,553 5.57%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,592 1.17% 1,666 1.23%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,477 1.83% 6,009 4.43%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,142 1.58% 4,986 3.68%
Health technologists & technicians 335 0.25% 1,023 0.75%
Service occupations: 6,057 4.47% 6,642 4.90%
Healthcare support 228 0.17% 997 0.74%
Protective services: 1,648 1.22% 438 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,109 0.82% 136 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 539 0.40% 302 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,960 1.45% 1,786 1.32%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,574 1.16% 724 0.53%
Personal care & service 647 0.48% 2,697 1.99%
Sales & office occupations: 12,708 9.38% 19,276 14.23%
Sales & related occupations 8,556 6.31% 6,248 4.61%
Office & administrative support 4,152 3.06% 13,028 9.61%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 119 0.09% 46 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,353 4.69% 310 0.23%
Construction & extraction: 3,456 2.55% 120 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 602 0.44% 40 0.03%
Construction trades 2,846 2.10% 80 0.06%
Extraction 8 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,897 2.14% 190 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,320 3.93% 1,377 1.02%
Production 2,132 1.57% 972 0.72%
Transportation & material moving: 3,188 2.35% 405 0.30%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 143 0.11% 26 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 157 0.12% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,614 1.19% 252 0.19%
Rail, water & other transportation 170 0.13% 8 0.01%
Material moving 1,104 0.81% 119 0.09%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 71,367 52.67% 64,137 47.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 272 0.20% 171 0.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 263 0.19% 159 0.12%
Mining 9 0.01% 12 0.01%
Construction 5,661 4.18% 1,288 0.95%
Manufacturing 6,619 4.88% 2,699 1.99%
Wholesale trade 3,094 2.28% 1,530 1.13%
Retail trade 7,137 5.27% 5,880 4.34%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,491 2.58% 1,407 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 3,003 2.22% 1,222 0.90%
Utilities 488 0.36% 185 0.14%
Information 3,659 2.70% 2,772 2.05%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,679 3.45% 5,477 4.04%
Finance & insurance 3,440 2.54% 3,881 2.86%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,239 0.91% 1,596 1.18%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 13,419 9.90% 8,519 6.29%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 11,130 8.21% 6,663 4.92%
Management of companies & enterprises 30 0.02% 33 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,259 1.67% 1,823 1.35%
Educational, health & social services: 8,300 6.13% 21,168 15.62%
Educational services 4,368 3.22% 9,940 7.34%
Health care & social assistance 3,932 2.90% 11,228 8.29%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,096 3.02% 3,457 2.55%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,113 0.82% 928 0.68%
Accommodation & food services 2,983 2.20% 2,529 1.87%
Other services (except public administration) 2,822 2.08% 3,538 2.61%
Public administration 8,118 5.99% 6,231 4.60%

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

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