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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 133,028 51.38% 125,881 48.62%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 36,344 14.04% 43,073 16.64%
Management, business, & financial operations: 17,395 6.72% 12,768 4.93%
Management, except farm managers 12,930 4.99% 7,191 2.78%
Farmers & farm managers 181 0.07% 46 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 4,284 1.65% 5,531 2.14%
Business operations specialists 2,044 0.79% 2,664 1.03%
Financial specialists 2,240 0.87% 2,867 1.11%
Professional & related occupations: 18,949 7.32% 30,305 11.70%
Computer & mathematical 3,605 1.39% 1,496 0.58%
Architecture & engineering: 4,800 1.85% 815 0.31%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,397 1.31% 464 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,403 0.54% 351 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 766 0.30% 649 0.25%
Community & social services 1,570 0.61% 2,780 1.07%
Legal 904 0.35% 825 0.32%
Education, training, & library 3,085 1.19% 11,461 4.43%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,842 0.71% 1,758 0.68%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,377 0.92% 10,521 4.06%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,603 0.62% 6,946 2.68%
Health technologists & technicians 774 0.30% 3,575 1.38%
Service occupations: 16,981 6.56% 22,778 8.80%
Healthcare support 882 0.34% 6,804 2.63%
Protective services: 5,652 2.18% 911 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 4,194 1.62% 401 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,458 0.56% 510 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,626 1.79% 7,768 3.00%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,727 1.83% 1,869 0.72%
Personal care & service 1,094 0.42% 5,426 2.10%
Sales & office occupations: 23,700 9.15% 44,485 17.18%
Sales & related occupations 13,645 5.27% 13,694 5.29%
Office & administrative support 10,055 3.88% 30,791 11.89%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 807 0.31% 113 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 24,149 9.33% 513 0.20%
Construction & extraction: 14,900 5.75% 203 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,902 0.73% 35 0.01%
Construction trades 12,963 5.01% 168 0.06%
Extraction 35 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 9,249 3.57% 310 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 31,047 11.99% 14,919 5.76%
Production 18,665 7.21% 12,243 4.73%
Transportation & material moving: 12,382 4.78% 2,676 1.03%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 403 0.16% 80 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 139 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 6,750 2.61% 1,038 0.40%
Rail, water & other transportation 744 0.29% 62 0.02%
Material moving 4,346 1.68% 1,496 0.58%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 133,028 51.38% 125,881 48.62%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,188 0.46% 203 0.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,080 0.42% 180 0.07%
Mining 108 0.04% 23 0.01%
Construction 16,732 6.46% 1,247 0.48%
Manufacturing 29,449 11.37% 18,414 7.11%
Wholesale trade 7,870 3.04% 3,414 1.32%
Retail trade 16,727 6.46% 16,261 6.28%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 8,166 3.15% 2,781 1.07%
Transportation & warehousing 6,250 2.41% 2,364 0.91%
Utilities 1,916 0.74% 417 0.16%
Information 3,672 1.42% 3,026 1.17%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 6,593 2.55% 9,532 3.68%
Finance & insurance 4,604 1.78% 7,948 3.07%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,989 0.77% 1,584 0.61%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 10,048 3.88% 8,289 3.20%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,813 2.25% 5,425 2.10%
Management of companies & enterprises 155 0.06% 150 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,080 1.58% 2,714 1.05%
Educational, health & social services: 12,271 4.74% 43,711 16.88%
Educational services 6,021 2.33% 15,118 5.84%
Health care & social assistance 6,250 2.41% 28,593 11.04%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 7,347 2.84% 9,466 3.66%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,395 0.54% 1,273 0.49%
Accommodation & food services 5,952 2.30% 8,193 3.16%
Other services (except public administration) 5,775 2.23% 5,368 2.07%
Public administration 7,190 2.78% 4,169 1.61%

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

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