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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 51,930 51.53% 48,850 48.47%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 16,697 16.57% 18,685 18.54%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,815 7.75% 5,031 4.99%
Management, except farm managers 5,721 5.68% 3,403 3.38%
Farmers & farm managers 52 0.05% 53 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 2,042 2.03% 1,575 1.56%
Business operations specialists 996 0.99% 721 0.72%
Financial specialists 1,046 1.04% 854 0.85%
Professional & related occupations: 8,882 8.81% 13,654 13.55%
Computer & mathematical 1,128 1.12% 397 0.39%
Architecture & engineering: 1,444 1.43% 126 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,129 1.12% 84 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 315 0.31% 42 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 970 0.96% 610 0.61%
Community & social services 720 0.71% 1,201 1.19%
Legal 614 0.61% 447 0.44%
Education, training, & library 1,579 1.57% 4,899 4.86%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,154 1.15% 1,327 1.32%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,273 1.26% 4,647 4.61%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,046 1.04% 3,651 3.62%
Health technologists & technicians 227 0.23% 996 0.99%
Service occupations: 8,153 8.09% 10,192 10.11%
Healthcare support 333 0.33% 2,456 2.44%
Protective services: 1,794 1.78% 311 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,342 1.33% 142 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 452 0.45% 169 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,547 2.53% 3,609 3.58%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,780 2.76% 1,453 1.44%
Personal care & service 699 0.69% 2,363 2.34%
Sales & office occupations: 9,891 9.81% 17,869 17.73%
Sales & related occupations 6,982 6.93% 7,085 7.03%
Office & administrative support 2,909 2.89% 10,784 10.70%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 604 0.60% 63 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 10,790 10.71% 316 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 7,763 7.70% 224 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,194 1.18% 30 0.03%
Construction trades 6,491 6.44% 194 0.19%
Extraction 78 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,027 3.00% 92 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,795 5.75% 1,725 1.71%
Production 2,093 2.08% 1,094 1.09%
Transportation & material moving: 3,702 3.67% 631 0.63%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 60 0.06% 27 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 348 0.35% 5 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,692 1.68% 361 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 475 0.47% 33 0.03%
Material moving 1,127 1.12% 205 0.20%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 51,930 51.53% 48,850 48.47%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 702 0.70% 172 0.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 665 0.66% 165 0.16%
Mining 37 0.04% 7 0.01%
Construction 8,790 8.72% 951 0.94%
Manufacturing 3,305 3.28% 1,570 1.56%
Wholesale trade 1,808 1.79% 444 0.44%
Retail trade 7,600 7.54% 7,422 7.36%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,141 3.12% 1,196 1.19%
Transportation & warehousing 2,485 2.47% 1,016 1.01%
Utilities 656 0.65% 180 0.18%
Information 1,390 1.38% 1,233 1.22%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,926 2.90% 3,683 3.65%
Finance & insurance 1,772 1.76% 2,300 2.28%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,154 1.15% 1,383 1.37%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,901 5.86% 4,278 4.24%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,656 3.63% 3,006 2.98%
Management of companies & enterprises 18 0.02% 7 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,227 2.21% 1,265 1.26%
Educational, health & social services: 5,388 5.35% 17,344 17.21%
Educational services 2,528 2.51% 6,268 6.22%
Health care & social assistance 2,860 2.84% 11,076 10.99%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 5,404 5.36% 5,944 5.90%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,584 1.57% 1,098 1.09%
Accommodation & food services 3,820 3.79% 4,846 4.81%
Other services (except public administration) 2,517 2.50% 2,655 2.63%
Public administration 3,058 3.03% 1,958 1.94%

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

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