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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 29,856 55.52% 23,917 44.48%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,114 13.23% 7,158 13.31%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,268 7.94% 2,653 4.93%
Management, except farm managers 3,232 6.01% 1,754 3.26%
Farmers & farm managers 111 0.21% 13 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 925 1.72% 886 1.65%
Business operations specialists 514 0.96% 386 0.72%
Financial specialists 411 0.76% 500 0.93%
Professional & related occupations: 2,846 5.29% 4,505 8.38%
Computer & mathematical 578 1.07% 247 0.46%
Architecture & engineering: 696 1.29% 40 0.07%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 437 0.81% 18 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 259 0.48% 22 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 121 0.23% 47 0.09%
Community & social services 369 0.69% 232 0.43%
Legal 94 0.17% 202 0.38%
Education, training, & library 306 0.57% 1,646 3.06%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 289 0.54% 250 0.46%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 393 0.73% 1,841 3.42%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 304 0.57% 1,094 2.03%
Health technologists & technicians 89 0.17% 747 1.39%
Service occupations: 3,304 6.14% 3,893 7.24%
Healthcare support 30 0.06% 430 0.80%
Protective services: 857 1.59% 205 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 547 1.02% 72 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 310 0.58% 133 0.25%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 830 1.54% 1,476 2.74%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 709 1.32% 294 0.55%
Personal care & service 878 1.63% 1,488 2.77%
Sales & office occupations: 5,330 9.91% 10,773 20.03%
Sales & related occupations 3,267 6.08% 2,833 5.27%
Office & administrative support 2,063 3.84% 7,940 14.77%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 132 0.25% 19 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,776 12.60% 281 0.52%
Construction & extraction: 3,612 6.72% 125 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 643 1.20% 9 0.02%
Construction trades 2,969 5.52% 116 0.22%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,164 5.88% 156 0.29%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,200 13.39% 1,793 3.33%
Production 2,820 5.24% 1,002 1.86%
Transportation & material moving: 4,380 8.15% 791 1.47%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 273 0.51% 70 0.13%
Aircraft & traffic control 158 0.29% 24 0.04%
Motor vehicle operators 2,091 3.89% 253 0.47%
Rail, water & other transportation 227 0.42% 18 0.03%
Material moving 1,631 3.03% 426 0.79%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 29,856 55.52% 23,917 44.48%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 297 0.55% 76 0.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 220 0.41% 76 0.14%
Mining 77 0.14% 0 0.00%
Construction 4,634 8.62% 603 1.12%
Manufacturing 4,610 8.57% 2,091 3.89%
Wholesale trade 2,308 4.29% 1,252 2.33%
Retail trade 3,027 5.63% 3,033 5.64%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,180 9.63% 2,367 4.40%
Transportation & warehousing 4,666 8.68% 2,265 4.21%
Utilities 514 0.96% 102 0.19%
Information 433 0.81% 471 0.88%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 887 1.65% 1,818 3.38%
Finance & insurance 658 1.22% 1,363 2.53%
Real estate & rental & leasing 229 0.43% 455 0.85%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,687 3.14% 1,476 2.74%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 948 1.76% 921 1.71%
Management of companies & enterprises 10 0.02% 16 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 729 1.36% 539 1.00%
Educational, health & social services: 1,184 2.20% 5,456 10.15%
Educational services 506 0.94% 1,988 3.70%
Health care & social assistance 678 1.26% 3,468 6.45%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,995 5.57% 3,328 6.19%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,985 3.69% 2,041 3.80%
Accommodation & food services 1,010 1.88% 1,287 2.39%
Other services (except public administration) 1,548 2.88% 1,250 2.32%
Public administration 1,066 1.98% 696 1.29%

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

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