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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 22,022 53.13% 19,431 46.87%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,339 20.12% 7,889 19.03%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,220 7.77% 2,862 6.90%
Management, except farm managers 2,182 5.26% 1,416 3.42%
Farmers & farm managers 161 0.39% 40 0.10%
Business & financial operations: 877 2.12% 1,406 3.39%
Business operations specialists 707 1.71% 839 2.02%
Financial specialists 170 0.41% 567 1.37%
Professional & related occupations: 5,119 12.35% 5,027 12.13%
Computer & mathematical 1,235 2.98% 789 1.90%
Architecture & engineering: 2,315 5.58% 322 0.78%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,553 3.75% 191 0.46%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 762 1.84% 131 0.32%
Life, physical, & social science 199 0.48% 91 0.22%
Community & social services 180 0.43% 386 0.93%
Legal 85 0.21% 194 0.47%
Education, training, & library 537 1.30% 1,744 4.21%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 235 0.57% 385 0.93%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 333 0.80% 1,116 2.69%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 228 0.55% 726 1.75%
Health technologists & technicians 105 0.25% 390 0.94%
Service occupations: 2,131 5.14% 3,305 7.97%
Healthcare support 51 0.12% 625 1.51%
Protective services: 674 1.63% 144 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 442 1.07% 95 0.23%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 232 0.56% 49 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 551 1.33% 1,047 2.53%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 762 1.84% 434 1.05%
Personal care & service 93 0.22% 1,055 2.55%
Sales & office occupations: 2,624 6.33% 7,127 17.19%
Sales & related occupations 1,420 3.43% 2,163 5.22%
Office & administrative support 1,204 2.90% 4,964 11.98%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 217 0.52% 62 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,754 13.88% 168 0.41%
Construction & extraction: 3,444 8.31% 45 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 519 1.25% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,899 6.99% 45 0.11%
Extraction 26 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,310 5.57% 123 0.30%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,957 7.13% 880 2.12%
Production 1,235 2.98% 555 1.34%
Transportation & material moving: 1,722 4.15% 325 0.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 87 0.21% 25 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 177 0.43% 13 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 854 2.06% 204 0.49%
Rail, water & other transportation 125 0.30% 25 0.06%
Material moving 479 1.16% 58 0.14%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 22,022 53.13% 19,431 46.87%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 363 0.88% 104 0.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 336 0.81% 87 0.21%
Mining 27 0.07% 17 0.04%
Construction 4,501 10.86% 748 1.80%
Manufacturing 1,653 3.99% 864 2.08%
Wholesale trade 577 1.39% 230 0.55%
Retail trade 1,964 4.74% 2,568 6.19%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,960 4.73% 619 1.49%
Transportation & warehousing 1,194 2.88% 423 1.02%
Utilities 766 1.85% 196 0.47%
Information 376 0.91% 371 0.89%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 447 1.08% 1,021 2.46%
Finance & insurance 214 0.52% 684 1.65%
Real estate & rental & leasing 233 0.56% 337 0.81%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,731 6.59% 2,062 4.97%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,018 4.87% 1,695 4.09%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 713 1.72% 367 0.89%
Educational, health & social services: 1,440 3.47% 5,697 13.74%
Educational services 910 2.20% 2,654 6.40%
Health care & social assistance 530 1.28% 3,043 7.34%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,130 2.73% 1,411 3.40%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 317 0.76% 295 0.71%
Accommodation & food services 813 1.96% 1,116 2.69%
Other services (except public administration) 910 2.20% 914 2.20%
Public administration 3,970 9.58% 2,822 6.81%

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

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