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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 81,425 53.82% 69,866 46.18%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 30,202 19.96% 27,945 18.47%
Management, business, & financial operations: 14,587 9.64% 9,678 6.40%
Management, except farm managers 11,172 7.38% 5,876 3.88%
Farmers & farm managers 116 0.08% 91 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 3,299 2.18% 3,711 2.45%
Business operations specialists 1,890 1.25% 1,938 1.28%
Financial specialists 1,409 0.93% 1,773 1.17%
Professional & related occupations: 15,615 10.32% 18,267 12.07%
Computer & mathematical 4,265 2.82% 1,426 0.94%
Architecture & engineering: 4,673 3.09% 701 0.46%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,536 2.34% 509 0.34%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,137 0.75% 192 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 835 0.55% 664 0.44%
Community & social services 575 0.38% 1,243 0.82%
Legal 504 0.33% 682 0.45%
Education, training, & library 1,957 1.29% 6,518 4.31%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,440 0.95% 1,459 0.96%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,366 0.90% 5,574 3.68%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,052 0.70% 4,162 2.75%
Health technologists & technicians 314 0.21% 1,412 0.93%
Service occupations: 7,039 4.65% 10,324 6.82%
Healthcare support 158 0.10% 2,016 1.33%
Protective services: 1,779 1.18% 298 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,228 0.81% 77 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 551 0.36% 221 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,311 1.53% 3,730 2.47%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,166 1.43% 1,151 0.76%
Personal care & service 625 0.41% 3,129 2.07%
Sales & office occupations: 16,026 10.59% 25,385 16.78%
Sales & related occupations 10,324 6.82% 8,964 5.93%
Office & administrative support 5,702 3.77% 16,421 10.85%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 425 0.28% 148 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 13,442 8.88% 556 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 7,829 5.17% 218 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,251 0.83% 33 0.02%
Construction trades 6,467 4.27% 185 0.12%
Extraction 111 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,613 3.71% 338 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 14,291 9.45% 5,508 3.64%
Production 7,741 5.12% 4,153 2.75%
Transportation & material moving: 6,550 4.33% 1,355 0.90%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 244 0.16% 73 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 471 0.31% 42 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 3,329 2.20% 532 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 309 0.20% 49 0.03%
Material moving 2,197 1.45% 659 0.44%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 81,425 53.82% 69,866 46.18%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 726 0.48% 298 0.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 597 0.39% 282 0.19%
Mining 129 0.09% 16 0.01%
Construction 9,466 6.26% 1,094 0.72%
Manufacturing 18,856 12.46% 8,642 5.71%
Wholesale trade 4,660 3.08% 1,664 1.10%
Retail trade 11,191 7.40% 9,820 6.49%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,191 3.43% 2,141 1.42%
Transportation & warehousing 4,009 2.65% 1,886 1.25%
Utilities 1,182 0.78% 255 0.17%
Information 2,509 1.66% 2,263 1.50%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,097 2.71% 5,304 3.51%
Finance & insurance 2,953 1.95% 3,951 2.61%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,144 0.76% 1,353 0.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 8,876 5.87% 6,742 4.46%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 6,077 4.02% 4,707 3.11%
Management of companies & enterprises 19 0.01% 50 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,780 1.84% 1,985 1.31%
Educational, health & social services: 5,685 3.76% 21,180 14.00%
Educational services 3,065 2.03% 8,539 5.64%
Health care & social assistance 2,620 1.73% 12,641 8.36%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,142 2.74% 5,205 3.44%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,062 0.70% 1,157 0.76%
Accommodation & food services 3,080 2.04% 4,048 2.68%
Other services (except public administration) 2,935 1.94% 3,112 2.06%
Public administration 3,091 2.04% 2,401 1.59%

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

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