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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 59,331 51.12% 56,720 48.88%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 13,776 11.87% 15,914 13.71%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,668 5.75% 4,772 4.11%
Management, except farm managers 4,743 4.09% 3,045 2.62%
Farmers & farm managers 186 0.16% 32 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 1,739 1.50% 1,695 1.46%
Business operations specialists 766 0.66% 875 0.75%
Financial specialists 973 0.84% 820 0.71%
Professional & related occupations: 7,108 6.12% 11,142 9.60%
Computer & mathematical 1,200 1.03% 529 0.46%
Architecture & engineering: 1,015 0.87% 63 0.05%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 709 0.61% 44 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 306 0.26% 19 0.02%
Life, physical, & social science 318 0.27% 229 0.20%
Community & social services 653 0.56% 1,123 0.97%
Legal 524 0.45% 475 0.41%
Education, training, & library 1,288 1.11% 4,278 3.69%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 789 0.68% 705 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,321 1.14% 3,740 3.22%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,102 0.95% 2,601 2.24%
Health technologists & technicians 219 0.19% 1,139 0.98%
Service occupations: 18,073 15.57% 17,069 14.71%
Healthcare support 277 0.24% 1,914 1.65%
Protective services: 3,542 3.05% 870 0.75%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,793 1.55% 225 0.19%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,749 1.51% 645 0.56%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,783 4.98% 5,779 4.98%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,159 2.72% 2,494 2.15%
Personal care & service 5,312 4.58% 6,012 5.18%
Sales & office occupations: 9,578 8.25% 20,571 17.73%
Sales & related occupations 6,283 5.41% 7,617 6.56%
Office & administrative support 3,295 2.84% 12,954 11.16%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 425 0.37% 81 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 9,667 8.33% 313 0.27%
Construction & extraction: 6,170 5.32% 146 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 796 0.69% 16 0.01%
Construction trades 5,359 4.62% 130 0.11%
Extraction 15 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,497 3.01% 167 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,812 6.73% 2,772 2.39%
Production 2,923 2.52% 1,643 1.42%
Transportation & material moving: 4,889 4.21% 1,129 0.97%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 179 0.15% 19 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 117 0.10% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,683 2.31% 619 0.53%
Rail, water & other transportation 607 0.52% 124 0.11%
Material moving 1,303 1.12% 367 0.32%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 59,331 51.12% 56,720 48.88%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 656 0.57% 110 0.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 625 0.54% 110 0.09%
Mining 31 0.03% 0 0.00%
Construction 6,816 5.87% 784 0.68%
Manufacturing 3,406 2.93% 1,540 1.33%
Wholesale trade 1,963 1.69% 779 0.67%
Retail trade 5,845 5.04% 6,459 5.57%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,458 2.98% 1,387 1.20%
Transportation & warehousing 2,631 2.27% 1,005 0.87%
Utilities 827 0.71% 382 0.33%
Information 1,207 1.04% 785 0.68%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,216 1.91% 2,799 2.41%
Finance & insurance 1,023 0.88% 1,817 1.57%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,193 1.03% 982 0.85%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,197 3.62% 3,405 2.93%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,307 1.99% 2,371 2.04%
Management of companies & enterprises 7 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,883 1.62% 1,034 0.89%
Educational, health & social services: 4,727 4.07% 15,346 13.22%
Educational services 2,264 1.95% 6,029 5.20%
Health care & social assistance 2,463 2.12% 9,317 8.03%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 18,510 15.95% 18,692 16.11%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 10,859 9.36% 10,778 9.29%
Accommodation & food services 7,651 6.59% 7,914 6.82%
Other services (except public administration) 2,512 2.16% 2,082 1.79%
Public administration 3,818 3.29% 2,552 2.20%

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

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