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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 104,426 52.05% 96,186 47.95%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 39,858 19.87% 39,301 19.59%
Management, business, & financial operations: 20,418 10.18% 15,006 7.48%
Management, except farm managers 13,925 6.94% 7,739 3.86%
Farmers & farm managers 449 0.22% 59 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 6,044 3.01% 7,208 3.59%
Business operations specialists 2,886 1.44% 3,823 1.91%
Financial specialists 3,158 1.57% 3,385 1.69%
Professional & related occupations: 19,440 9.69% 24,295 12.11%
Computer & mathematical 6,618 3.30% 3,064 1.53%
Architecture & engineering: 4,113 2.05% 594 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,205 1.60% 397 0.20%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 908 0.45% 197 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 809 0.40% 804 0.40%
Community & social services 1,083 0.54% 1,731 0.86%
Legal 1,000 0.50% 1,241 0.62%
Education, training, & library 2,388 1.19% 7,570 3.77%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,729 0.86% 1,752 0.87%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,700 0.85% 7,539 3.76%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,275 0.64% 4,929 2.46%
Health technologists & technicians 425 0.21% 2,610 1.30%
Service occupations: 9,263 4.62% 13,981 6.97%
Healthcare support 382 0.19% 2,420 1.21%
Protective services: 1,924 0.96% 468 0.23%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,226 0.61% 197 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 698 0.35% 271 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,978 1.48% 4,335 2.16%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,546 1.27% 1,448 0.72%
Personal care & service 1,433 0.71% 5,310 2.65%
Sales & office occupations: 22,365 11.15% 37,443 18.66%
Sales & related occupations 13,586 6.77% 11,520 5.74%
Office & administrative support 8,779 4.38% 25,923 12.92%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 260 0.13% 132 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 15,238 7.60% 609 0.30%
Construction & extraction: 7,574 3.78% 253 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 875 0.44% 17 0.01%
Construction trades 6,685 3.33% 236 0.12%
Extraction 14 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 7,664 3.82% 356 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 17,442 8.69% 4,720 2.35%
Production 8,518 4.25% 3,318 1.65%
Transportation & material moving: 8,924 4.45% 1,402 0.70%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 374 0.19% 90 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,109 0.55% 117 0.06%
Motor vehicle operators 4,062 2.02% 447 0.22%
Rail, water & other transportation 353 0.18% 52 0.03%
Material moving 3,026 1.51% 696 0.35%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 104,426 52.05% 96,186 47.95%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 874 0.44% 296 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 798 0.40% 281 0.14%
Mining 76 0.04% 15 0.01%
Construction 9,508 4.74% 1,161 0.58%
Manufacturing 19,151 9.55% 8,777 4.38%
Wholesale trade 6,045 3.01% 2,423 1.21%
Retail trade 11,911 5.94% 11,566 5.77%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 12,311 6.14% 5,334 2.66%
Transportation & warehousing 11,229 5.60% 5,113 2.55%
Utilities 1,082 0.54% 221 0.11%
Information 3,123 1.56% 3,089 1.54%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 8,279 4.13% 11,973 5.97%
Finance & insurance 6,472 3.23% 10,091 5.03%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,807 0.90% 1,882 0.94%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 11,439 5.70% 9,999 4.98%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 8,285 4.13% 6,686 3.33%
Management of companies & enterprises 104 0.05% 128 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,050 1.52% 3,185 1.59%
Educational, health & social services: 7,309 3.64% 26,623 13.27%
Educational services 3,871 1.93% 10,058 5.01%
Health care & social assistance 3,438 1.71% 16,565 8.26%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 6,571 3.28% 6,865 3.42%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,060 1.03% 1,840 0.92%
Accommodation & food services 4,511 2.25% 5,025 2.50%
Other services (except public administration) 4,196 2.09% 4,686 2.34%
Public administration 3,709 1.85% 3,394 1.69%

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

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