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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 65,414 52.42% 59,372 47.58%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 19,493 15.62% 22,060 17.68%
Management, business, & financial operations: 9,583 7.68% 6,319 5.06%
Management, except farm managers 6,830 5.47% 3,528 2.83%
Farmers & farm managers 177 0.14% 47 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 2,576 2.06% 2,744 2.20%
Business operations specialists 1,254 1.00% 1,264 1.01%
Financial specialists 1,322 1.06% 1,480 1.19%
Professional & related occupations: 9,910 7.94% 15,741 12.61%
Computer & mathematical 2,020 1.62% 608 0.49%
Architecture & engineering: 2,340 1.88% 303 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,715 1.37% 192 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 625 0.50% 111 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 730 0.59% 376 0.30%
Community & social services 534 0.43% 958 0.77%
Legal 549 0.44% 586 0.47%
Education, training, & library 1,714 1.37% 6,399 5.13%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 808 0.65% 847 0.68%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,215 0.97% 5,664 4.54%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 951 0.76% 4,005 3.21%
Health technologists & technicians 264 0.21% 1,659 1.33%
Service occupations: 7,495 6.01% 9,124 7.31%
Healthcare support 183 0.15% 1,621 1.30%
Protective services: 2,372 1.90% 543 0.44%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,583 1.27% 174 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 789 0.63% 369 0.30%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,174 1.74% 3,682 2.95%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,126 1.70% 813 0.65%
Personal care & service 640 0.51% 2,465 1.98%
Sales & office occupations: 12,624 10.12% 23,785 19.06%
Sales & related occupations 7,219 5.79% 6,804 5.45%
Office & administrative support 5,405 4.33% 16,981 13.61%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 243 0.19% 90 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 12,652 10.14% 294 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 7,010 5.62% 77 0.06%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,019 0.82% 22 0.02%
Construction trades 5,922 4.75% 55 0.04%
Extraction 69 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,642 4.52% 217 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 12,907 10.34% 4,019 3.22%
Production 5,991 4.80% 2,365 1.90%
Transportation & material moving: 6,916 5.54% 1,654 1.33%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 252 0.20% 46 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 107 0.09% 10 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 3,918 3.14% 962 0.77%
Rail, water & other transportation 327 0.26% 28 0.02%
Material moving 2,312 1.85% 608 0.49%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 65,414 52.42% 59,372 47.58%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 489 0.39% 127 0.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 440 0.35% 108 0.09%
Mining 49 0.04% 19 0.02%
Construction 8,062 6.46% 850 0.68%
Manufacturing 10,845 8.69% 4,601 3.69%
Wholesale trade 4,202 3.37% 2,113 1.69%
Retail trade 8,014 6.42% 7,428 5.95%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,207 4.97% 2,450 1.96%
Transportation & warehousing 4,961 3.98% 2,231 1.79%
Utilities 1,246 1.00% 219 0.18%
Information 2,056 1.65% 1,459 1.17%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,315 2.66% 4,864 3.90%
Finance & insurance 2,476 1.98% 4,036 3.23%
Real estate & rental & leasing 839 0.67% 828 0.66%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,437 5.16% 5,067 4.06%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,780 3.03% 3,614 2.90%
Management of companies & enterprises 23 0.02% 22 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,634 2.11% 1,431 1.15%
Educational, health & social services: 6,120 4.90% 21,472 17.21%
Educational services 3,538 2.84% 9,468 7.59%
Health care & social assistance 2,582 2.07% 12,004 9.62%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,535 2.83% 4,217 3.38%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 795 0.64% 869 0.70%
Accommodation & food services 2,740 2.20% 3,348 2.68%
Other services (except public administration) 2,772 2.22% 2,510 2.01%
Public administration 3,360 2.69% 2,214 1.77%

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

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