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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 30,584 51.72% 28,545 48.28%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,265 10.60% 8,396 14.20%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,937 4.97% 1,872 3.17%
Management, except farm managers 2,031 3.43% 1,107 1.87%
Farmers & farm managers 244 0.41% 28 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 662 1.12% 737 1.25%
Business operations specialists 339 0.57% 409 0.69%
Financial specialists 323 0.55% 328 0.55%
Professional & related occupations: 3,328 5.63% 6,524 11.03%
Computer & mathematical 308 0.52% 118 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 480 0.81% 82 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 279 0.47% 17 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 201 0.34% 65 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 250 0.42% 106 0.18%
Community & social services 484 0.82% 905 1.53%
Legal 107 0.18% 143 0.24%
Education, training, & library 833 1.41% 2,633 4.45%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 253 0.43% 240 0.41%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 613 1.04% 2,297 3.88%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 440 0.74% 1,268 2.14%
Health technologists & technicians 173 0.29% 1,029 1.74%
Service occupations: 5,029 8.51% 6,178 10.45%
Healthcare support 231 0.39% 1,812 3.06%
Protective services: 1,974 3.34% 487 0.82%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,514 2.56% 292 0.49%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 460 0.78% 195 0.33%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,140 1.93% 1,629 2.75%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,293 2.19% 673 1.14%
Personal care & service 391 0.66% 1,577 2.67%
Sales & office occupations: 4,133 6.99% 9,948 16.82%
Sales & related occupations 2,316 3.92% 2,916 4.93%
Office & administrative support 1,817 3.07% 7,032 11.89%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 900 1.52% 158 0.27%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,617 9.50% 153 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 3,035 5.13% 45 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 358 0.61% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,654 4.49% 45 0.08%
Extraction 23 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,582 4.37% 108 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,640 14.61% 3,712 6.28%
Production 4,278 7.24% 2,669 4.51%
Transportation & material moving: 4,362 7.38% 1,043 1.76%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 68 0.12% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 6 0.01% 7 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,975 3.34% 333 0.56%
Rail, water & other transportation 209 0.35% 23 0.04%
Material moving 2,104 3.56% 680 1.15%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 30,584 51.72% 28,545 48.28%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,272 2.15% 219 0.37%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,131 1.91% 198 0.33%
Mining 141 0.24% 21 0.04%
Construction 3,074 5.20% 285 0.48%
Manufacturing 7,105 12.02% 3,714 6.28%
Wholesale trade 1,481 2.50% 584 0.99%
Retail trade 3,226 5.46% 3,323 5.62%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,282 3.86% 911 1.54%
Transportation & warehousing 1,712 2.90% 845 1.43%
Utilities 570 0.96% 66 0.11%
Information 491 0.83% 332 0.56%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 925 1.56% 1,618 2.74%
Finance & insurance 553 0.94% 1,315 2.22%
Real estate & rental & leasing 372 0.63% 303 0.51%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,610 2.72% 1,270 2.15%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 582 0.98% 703 1.19%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 4 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,028 1.74% 563 0.95%
Educational, health & social services: 3,082 5.21% 11,157 18.87%
Educational services 1,507 2.55% 3,931 6.65%
Health care & social assistance 1,575 2.66% 7,226 12.22%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,983 3.35% 2,153 3.64%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 666 1.13% 587 0.99%
Accommodation & food services 1,317 2.23% 1,566 2.65%
Other services (except public administration) 1,437 2.43% 1,195 2.02%
Public administration 2,616 4.42% 1,784 3.02%

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

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