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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 93,096 54.21% 78,627 45.79%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 25,894 15.08% 24,789 14.44%
Management, business, & financial operations: 12,759 7.43% 9,476 5.52%
Management, except farm managers 9,347 5.44% 5,665 3.30%
Farmers & farm managers 159 0.09% 9 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 3,253 1.89% 3,802 2.21%
Business operations specialists 1,582 0.92% 1,822 1.06%
Financial specialists 1,671 0.97% 1,980 1.15%
Professional & related occupations: 13,135 7.65% 15,313 8.92%
Computer & mathematical 1,634 0.95% 672 0.39%
Architecture & engineering: 2,485 1.45% 365 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,779 1.04% 206 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 706 0.41% 159 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 1,071 0.62% 481 0.28%
Community & social services 616 0.36% 1,057 0.62%
Legal 929 0.54% 851 0.50%
Education, training, & library 2,235 1.30% 5,417 3.15%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,819 1.06% 1,541 0.90%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,346 1.37% 4,929 2.87%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,705 0.99% 3,235 1.88%
Health technologists & technicians 641 0.37% 1,694 0.99%
Service occupations: 17,268 10.06% 16,835 9.80%
Healthcare support 275 0.16% 1,933 1.13%
Protective services: 3,248 1.89% 750 0.44%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,721 1.00% 279 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,527 0.89% 471 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 6,009 3.50% 5,587 3.25%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,007 2.33% 2,854 1.66%
Personal care & service 3,729 2.17% 5,711 3.33%
Sales & office occupations: 17,416 10.14% 32,139 18.72%
Sales & related occupations 10,418 6.07% 10,791 6.28%
Office & administrative support 6,998 4.08% 21,348 12.43%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 262 0.15% 83 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 15,761 9.18% 496 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 9,599 5.59% 189 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,430 0.83% 34 0.02%
Construction trades 8,125 4.73% 155 0.09%
Extraction 44 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,162 3.59% 307 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 16,495 9.61% 4,285 2.50%
Production 6,813 3.97% 2,700 1.57%
Transportation & material moving: 9,682 5.64% 1,585 0.92%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 477 0.28% 79 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 334 0.19% 10 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 4,335 2.52% 345 0.20%
Rail, water & other transportation 538 0.31% 64 0.04%
Material moving 3,998 2.33% 1,087 0.63%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 93,096 54.21% 78,627 45.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,064 0.62% 228 0.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 553 0.32% 159 0.09%
Mining 511 0.30% 69 0.04%
Construction 11,459 6.67% 1,549 0.90%
Manufacturing 9,119 5.31% 3,784 2.20%
Wholesale trade 4,743 2.76% 2,618 1.52%
Retail trade 10,537 6.14% 9,795 5.70%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 7,457 4.34% 2,887 1.68%
Transportation & warehousing 6,500 3.79% 2,478 1.44%
Utilities 957 0.56% 409 0.24%
Information 1,913 1.11% 2,271 1.32%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,804 2.80% 5,780 3.37%
Finance & insurance 2,442 1.42% 3,804 2.22%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,362 1.38% 1,976 1.15%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 8,883 5.17% 7,083 4.12%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,141 2.99% 4,835 2.82%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.00% 18 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,736 2.18% 2,230 1.30%
Educational, health & social services: 7,629 4.44% 19,412 11.30%
Educational services 3,893 2.27% 7,916 4.61%
Health care & social assistance 3,736 2.18% 11,496 6.69%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 17,822 10.38% 16,584 9.66%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 9,912 5.77% 8,436 4.91%
Accommodation & food services 7,910 4.61% 8,148 4.74%
Other services (except public administration) 3,748 2.18% 3,107 1.81%
Public administration 3,918 2.28% 3,529 2.06%

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

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