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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 40,163 52.46% 36,394 47.54%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 11,495 15.01% 10,920 14.26%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,219 6.82% 3,261 4.26%
Management, except farm managers 3,690 4.82% 1,856 2.42%
Farmers & farm managers 550 0.72% 77 0.10%
Business & financial operations: 979 1.28% 1,328 1.73%
Business operations specialists 536 0.70% 643 0.84%
Financial specialists 443 0.58% 685 0.89%
Professional & related occupations: 6,276 8.20% 7,659 10.00%
Computer & mathematical 773 1.01% 255 0.33%
Architecture & engineering: 1,641 2.14% 233 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,196 1.56% 120 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 445 0.58% 113 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 293 0.38% 184 0.24%
Community & social services 628 0.82% 620 0.81%
Legal 212 0.28% 238 0.31%
Education, training, & library 1,276 1.67% 3,128 4.09%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 556 0.73% 521 0.68%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 897 1.17% 2,480 3.24%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 778 1.02% 1,593 2.08%
Health technologists & technicians 119 0.16% 887 1.16%
Service occupations: 4,112 5.37% 7,622 9.96%
Healthcare support 126 0.16% 1,295 1.69%
Protective services: 941 1.23% 267 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 597 0.78% 65 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 344 0.45% 202 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,254 1.64% 2,886 3.77%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,419 1.85% 1,221 1.59%
Personal care & service 372 0.49% 1,953 2.55%
Sales & office occupations: 5,649 7.38% 12,783 16.70%
Sales & related occupations 3,299 4.31% 4,126 5.39%
Office & administrative support 2,350 3.07% 8,657 11.31%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 558 0.73% 236 0.31%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,587 8.60% 256 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 3,591 4.69% 136 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 445 0.58% 5 0.01%
Construction trades 3,087 4.03% 131 0.17%
Extraction 59 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,996 3.91% 120 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 11,762 15.36% 4,577 5.98%
Production 7,800 10.19% 3,603 4.71%
Transportation & material moving: 3,962 5.18% 974 1.27%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 78 0.10% 24 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 68 0.09% 5 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,205 2.88% 330 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 172 0.22% 29 0.04%
Material moving 1,439 1.88% 586 0.77%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 40,163 52.46% 36,394 47.54%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,111 1.45% 351 0.46%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,093 1.43% 351 0.46%
Mining 18 0.02% 0 0.00%
Construction 4,186 5.47% 415 0.54%
Manufacturing 12,722 16.62% 6,103 7.97%
Wholesale trade 1,489 1.94% 740 0.97%
Retail trade 3,745 4.89% 4,509 5.89%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,807 4.97% 1,196 1.56%
Transportation & warehousing 2,100 2.74% 717 0.94%
Utilities 1,707 2.23% 479 0.63%
Information 696 0.91% 589 0.77%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,031 1.35% 1,880 2.46%
Finance & insurance 563 0.74% 1,371 1.79%
Real estate & rental & leasing 468 0.61% 509 0.66%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,475 3.23% 2,461 3.21%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,283 1.68% 1,307 1.71%
Management of companies & enterprises 7 0.01% 8 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,185 1.55% 1,146 1.50%
Educational, health & social services: 3,907 5.10% 11,640 15.20%
Educational services 2,398 3.13% 4,996 6.53%
Health care & social assistance 1,509 1.97% 6,644 8.68%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,105 2.75% 3,585 4.68%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 502 0.66% 519 0.68%
Accommodation & food services 1,603 2.09% 3,066 4.00%
Other services (except public administration) 1,805 2.36% 1,979 2.59%
Public administration 1,084 1.42% 946 1.24%

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

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