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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 122,373 51.87% 113,548 48.13%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 39,858 16.89% 44,692 18.94%
Management, business, & financial operations: 20,720 8.78% 14,723 6.24%
Management, except farm managers 14,609 6.19% 8,428 3.57%
Farmers & farm managers 221 0.09% 43 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 5,890 2.50% 6,252 2.65%
Business operations specialists 2,725 1.16% 2,944 1.25%
Financial specialists 3,165 1.34% 3,308 1.40%
Professional & related occupations: 19,138 8.11% 29,969 12.70%
Computer & mathematical 3,585 1.52% 1,647 0.70%
Architecture & engineering: 4,249 1.80% 542 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,268 1.39% 335 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 981 0.42% 207 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 957 0.41% 894 0.38%
Community & social services 1,137 0.48% 2,340 0.99%
Legal 1,265 0.54% 1,153 0.49%
Education, training, & library 3,345 1.42% 10,233 4.34%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,874 0.79% 2,145 0.91%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,726 1.16% 11,015 4.67%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,083 0.88% 7,812 3.31%
Health technologists & technicians 643 0.27% 3,203 1.36%
Service occupations: 14,900 6.32% 18,568 7.87%
Healthcare support 705 0.30% 4,636 1.97%
Protective services: 5,172 2.19% 802 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,958 1.68% 337 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,214 0.51% 465 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,717 1.58% 7,163 3.04%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,237 1.80% 1,657 0.70%
Personal care & service 1,069 0.45% 4,310 1.83%
Sales & office occupations: 24,133 10.23% 42,994 18.22%
Sales & related occupations 14,835 6.29% 13,573 5.75%
Office & administrative support 9,298 3.94% 29,421 12.47%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 589 0.25% 93 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 21,818 9.25% 641 0.27%
Construction & extraction: 13,347 5.66% 296 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,551 0.66% 60 0.03%
Construction trades 11,732 4.97% 236 0.10%
Extraction 64 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 8,471 3.59% 345 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 21,075 8.93% 6,560 2.78%
Production 9,888 4.19% 4,305 1.82%
Transportation & material moving: 11,187 4.74% 2,255 0.96%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 357 0.15% 106 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 155 0.07% 25 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 5,934 2.52% 901 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 829 0.35% 54 0.02%
Material moving 3,912 1.66% 1,169 0.50%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 122,373 51.87% 113,548 48.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,042 0.44% 277 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 898 0.38% 255 0.11%
Mining 144 0.06% 22 0.01%
Construction 15,669 6.64% 1,615 0.68%
Manufacturing 16,013 6.79% 7,848 3.33%
Wholesale trade 6,393 2.71% 2,786 1.18%
Retail trade 16,951 7.19% 15,855 6.72%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 8,908 3.78% 2,813 1.19%
Transportation & warehousing 6,976 2.96% 2,292 0.97%
Utilities 1,932 0.82% 521 0.22%
Information 4,562 1.93% 3,087 1.31%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 9,943 4.21% 13,349 5.66%
Finance & insurance 7,864 3.33% 11,227 4.76%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,079 0.88% 2,122 0.90%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 11,855 5.02% 10,019 4.25%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 7,433 3.15% 6,697 2.84%
Management of companies & enterprises 218 0.09% 314 0.13%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,204 1.78% 3,008 1.28%
Educational, health & social services: 12,313 5.22% 38,705 16.41%
Educational services 6,204 2.63% 13,673 5.80%
Health care & social assistance 6,109 2.59% 25,032 10.61%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 6,589 2.79% 9,002 3.82%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,606 0.68% 1,226 0.52%
Accommodation & food services 4,983 2.11% 7,776 3.30%
Other services (except public administration) 5,484 2.32% 4,383 1.86%
Public administration 6,651 2.82% 3,809 1.61%

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

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