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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 191,202 47.88% 208,153 52.12%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 65,204 16.33% 90,104 22.56%
Management, business, & financial operations: 25,600 6.41% 35,532 8.90%
Management, except farm managers 16,566 4.15% 17,993 4.51%
Farmers & farm managers 188 0.05% 45 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 8,846 2.22% 17,494 4.38%
Business operations specialists 4,433 1.11% 10,282 2.57%
Financial specialists 4,413 1.11% 7,212 1.81%
Professional & related occupations: 39,604 9.92% 54,572 13.67%
Computer & mathematical 12,555 3.14% 10,358 2.59%
Architecture & engineering: 5,411 1.35% 1,327 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,998 1.00% 885 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,413 0.35% 442 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 2,915 0.73% 2,272 0.57%
Community & social services 2,770 0.69% 4,558 1.14%
Legal 2,016 0.50% 3,862 0.97%
Education, training, & library 6,479 1.62% 15,314 3.83%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,742 0.94% 3,598 0.90%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,716 0.93% 13,283 3.33%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,192 0.55% 8,971 2.25%
Health technologists & technicians 1,524 0.38% 4,312 1.08%
Service occupations: 28,426 7.12% 30,869 7.73%
Healthcare support 1,000 0.25% 6,311 1.58%
Protective services: 10,892 2.73% 3,992 1.00%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 5,350 1.34% 1,667 0.42%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 5,542 1.39% 2,325 0.58%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 6,638 1.66% 6,918 1.73%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 7,448 1.87% 5,299 1.33%
Personal care & service 2,448 0.61% 8,349 2.09%
Sales & office occupations: 37,360 9.36% 78,383 19.63%
Sales & related occupations 15,781 3.95% 17,380 4.35%
Office & administrative support 21,579 5.40% 61,003 15.28%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 197 0.05% 142 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 31,079 7.78% 1,740 0.44%
Construction & extraction: 18,313 4.59% 601 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,091 0.52% 133 0.03%
Construction trades 16,183 4.05% 468 0.12%
Extraction 39 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 12,766 3.20% 1,139 0.29%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 28,936 7.25% 6,915 1.73%
Production 9,399 2.35% 3,800 0.95%
Transportation & material moving: 19,537 4.89% 3,115 0.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 691 0.17% 185 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 162 0.04% 59 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 11,700 2.93% 1,472 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 902 0.23% 145 0.04%
Material moving 6,082 1.52% 1,254 0.31%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 191,202 47.88% 208,153 52.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 376 0.09% 259 0.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 275 0.07% 249 0.06%
Mining 101 0.03% 10 0.00%
Construction 20,795 5.21% 2,817 0.71%
Manufacturing 9,146 2.29% 4,549 1.14%
Wholesale trade 5,853 1.47% 2,266 0.57%
Retail trade 19,563 4.90% 17,884 4.48%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 19,028 4.76% 7,725 1.93%
Transportation & warehousing 16,899 4.23% 6,935 1.74%
Utilities 2,129 0.53% 790 0.20%
Information 10,531 2.64% 9,766 2.45%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 9,351 2.34% 14,707 3.68%
Finance & insurance 4,858 1.22% 10,850 2.72%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4,493 1.13% 3,857 0.97%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 24,754 6.20% 25,751 6.45%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 14,556 3.64% 18,383 4.60%
Management of companies & enterprises 7 0.00% 60 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 10,191 2.55% 7,308 1.83%
Educational, health & social services: 21,829 5.47% 58,105 14.55%
Educational services 12,458 3.12% 24,302 6.09%
Health care & social assistance 9,371 2.35% 33,803 8.46%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 13,216 3.31% 12,563 3.15%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,617 0.91% 2,767 0.69%
Accommodation & food services 9,599 2.40% 9,796 2.45%
Other services (except public administration) 11,036 2.76% 14,035 3.51%
Public administration 25,724 6.44% 37,726 9.45%

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

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