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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 33,238 50.94% 32,015 49.06%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 10,853 16.63% 12,040 18.45%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,427 6.78% 3,149 4.83%
Management, except farm managers 3,226 4.94% 2,091 3.20%
Farmers & farm managers 138 0.21% 50 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 1,063 1.63% 1,008 1.54%
Business operations specialists 544 0.83% 443 0.68%
Financial specialists 519 0.80% 565 0.87%
Professional & related occupations: 6,426 9.85% 8,891 13.63%
Computer & mathematical 856 1.31% 369 0.57%
Architecture & engineering: 1,175 1.80% 136 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 853 1.31% 68 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 322 0.49% 68 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 323 0.49% 250 0.38%
Community & social services 582 0.89% 777 1.19%
Legal 304 0.47% 216 0.33%
Education, training, & library 1,424 2.18% 3,623 5.55%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 864 1.32% 795 1.22%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 898 1.38% 2,725 4.18%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 662 1.01% 1,888 2.89%
Health technologists & technicians 236 0.36% 837 1.28%
Service occupations: 5,233 8.02% 6,999 10.73%
Healthcare support 265 0.41% 1,795 2.75%
Protective services: 1,052 1.61% 166 0.25%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 601 0.92% 42 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 451 0.69% 124 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,611 2.47% 2,433 3.73%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,629 2.50% 960 1.47%
Personal care & service 676 1.04% 1,645 2.52%
Sales & office occupations: 5,372 8.23% 10,959 16.79%
Sales & related occupations 3,196 4.90% 3,665 5.62%
Office & administrative support 2,176 3.33% 7,294 11.18%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 239 0.37% 54 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,564 8.53% 158 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 3,537 5.42% 89 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 455 0.70% 17 0.03%
Construction trades 3,059 4.69% 72 0.11%
Extraction 23 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,027 3.11% 69 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,977 9.16% 1,805 2.77%
Production 3,627 5.56% 1,276 1.96%
Transportation & material moving: 2,350 3.60% 529 0.81%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 28 0.04% 9 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 44 0.07% 2 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,205 1.85% 266 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 155 0.24% 13 0.02%
Material moving 918 1.41% 239 0.37%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 33,238 50.94% 32,015 49.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 568 0.87% 167 0.26%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 398 0.61% 152 0.23%
Mining 170 0.26% 15 0.02%
Construction 3,937 6.03% 352 0.54%
Manufacturing 6,343 9.72% 2,098 3.22%
Wholesale trade 1,050 1.61% 346 0.53%
Retail trade 4,007 6.14% 4,370 6.70%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,292 1.98% 531 0.81%
Transportation & warehousing 982 1.50% 474 0.73%
Utilities 310 0.48% 57 0.09%
Information 978 1.50% 864 1.32%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,348 2.07% 2,045 3.13%
Finance & insurance 867 1.33% 1,585 2.43%
Real estate & rental & leasing 481 0.74% 460 0.70%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,693 4.13% 1,969 3.02%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,654 2.53% 1,254 1.92%
Management of companies & enterprises 16 0.02% 23 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,023 1.57% 692 1.06%
Educational, health & social services: 5,170 7.92% 12,924 19.81%
Educational services 3,026 4.64% 5,296 8.12%
Health care & social assistance 2,144 3.29% 7,628 11.69%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,969 4.55% 3,589 5.50%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 730 1.12% 685 1.05%
Accommodation & food services 2,239 3.43% 2,904 4.45%
Other services (except public administration) 1,523 2.33% 1,816 2.78%
Public administration 1,360 2.08% 944 1.45%

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

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