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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 54,138 54.23% 45,699 45.77%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 10,097 10.11% 13,653 13.68%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,100 5.11% 4,921 4.93%
Management, except farm managers 3,881 3.89% 2,755 2.76%
Farmers & farm managers 121 0.12% 20 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 1,098 1.10% 2,146 2.15%
Business operations specialists 618 0.62% 1,093 1.09%
Financial specialists 480 0.48% 1,053 1.05%
Professional & related occupations: 4,997 5.01% 8,732 8.75%
Computer & mathematical 1,027 1.03% 712 0.71%
Architecture & engineering: 1,257 1.26% 271 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 809 0.81% 155 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 448 0.45% 116 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 351 0.35% 174 0.17%
Community & social services 378 0.38% 547 0.55%
Legal 131 0.13% 336 0.34%
Education, training, & library 654 0.66% 2,859 2.86%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 489 0.49% 616 0.62%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 710 0.71% 3,217 3.22%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 427 0.43% 1,924 1.93%
Health technologists & technicians 283 0.28% 1,293 1.30%
Service occupations: 5,844 5.85% 8,802 8.82%
Healthcare support 153 0.15% 1,894 1.90%
Protective services: 1,159 1.16% 227 0.23%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 799 0.80% 90 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 360 0.36% 137 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,909 1.91% 3,349 3.35%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,291 2.29% 1,302 1.30%
Personal care & service 332 0.33% 2,030 2.03%
Sales & office occupations: 9,087 9.10% 18,897 18.93%
Sales & related occupations 5,365 5.37% 5,827 5.84%
Office & administrative support 3,722 3.73% 13,070 13.09%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 80 0.08% 55 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 14,301 14.32% 478 0.48%
Construction & extraction: 8,393 8.41% 164 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,020 1.02% 21 0.02%
Construction trades 7,314 7.33% 143 0.14%
Extraction 59 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,908 5.92% 314 0.31%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 14,729 14.75% 3,814 3.82%
Production 8,639 8.65% 2,804 2.81%
Transportation & material moving: 6,090 6.10% 1,010 1.01%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 116 0.12% 42 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 50 0.05% 5 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 3,406 3.41% 541 0.54%
Rail, water & other transportation 251 0.25% 39 0.04%
Material moving 2,267 2.27% 383 0.38%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 54,138 54.23% 45,699 45.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 449 0.45% 107 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 258 0.26% 80 0.08%
Mining 191 0.19% 27 0.03%
Construction 9,412 9.43% 998 1.00%
Manufacturing 11,995 12.01% 4,568 4.58%
Wholesale trade 2,888 2.89% 1,157 1.16%
Retail trade 6,319 6.33% 6,361 6.37%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,408 4.42% 1,513 1.52%
Transportation & warehousing 3,564 3.57% 1,283 1.29%
Utilities 844 0.85% 230 0.23%
Information 1,322 1.32% 1,389 1.39%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,150 2.15% 4,551 4.56%
Finance & insurance 1,306 1.31% 3,829 3.84%
Real estate & rental & leasing 844 0.85% 722 0.72%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,000 4.01% 3,979 3.99%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,783 1.79% 2,444 2.45%
Management of companies & enterprises 31 0.03% 13 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,186 2.19% 1,522 1.52%
Educational, health & social services: 3,318 3.32% 13,141 13.16%
Educational services 1,566 1.57% 4,535 4.54%
Health care & social assistance 1,752 1.75% 8,606 8.62%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,065 3.07% 4,141 4.15%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 541 0.54% 533 0.53%
Accommodation & food services 2,524 2.53% 3,608 3.61%
Other services (except public administration) 3,340 3.35% 2,503 2.51%
Public administration 1,472 1.47% 1,291 1.29%

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

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