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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 113,747 53.32% 99,589 46.68%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 31,984 14.99% 35,519 16.65%
Management, business, & financial operations: 14,977 7.02% 10,444 4.90%
Management, except farm managers 11,251 5.27% 6,384 2.99%
Farmers & farm managers 97 0.05% 61 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 3,629 1.70% 3,999 1.87%
Business operations specialists 1,732 0.81% 2,153 1.01%
Financial specialists 1,897 0.89% 1,846 0.87%
Professional & related occupations: 17,007 7.97% 25,075 11.75%
Computer & mathematical 3,583 1.68% 1,267 0.59%
Architecture & engineering: 3,393 1.59% 328 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,341 1.10% 191 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,052 0.49% 137 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 730 0.34% 601 0.28%
Community & social services 1,141 0.53% 1,881 0.88%
Legal 741 0.35% 776 0.36%
Education, training, & library 3,388 1.59% 10,035 4.70%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,460 0.68% 1,480 0.69%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,571 1.21% 8,707 4.08%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,844 0.86% 5,695 2.67%
Health technologists & technicians 727 0.34% 3,012 1.41%
Service occupations: 15,845 7.43% 18,329 8.59%
Healthcare support 382 0.18% 5,214 2.44%
Protective services: 5,395 2.53% 640 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,867 1.81% 234 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,528 0.72% 406 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,291 2.01% 5,909 2.77%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,421 2.07% 1,647 0.77%
Personal care & service 1,356 0.64% 4,919 2.31%
Sales & office occupations: 21,836 10.24% 40,429 18.95%
Sales & related occupations 13,859 6.50% 13,622 6.39%
Office & administrative support 7,977 3.74% 26,807 12.57%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 387 0.18% 66 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 24,693 11.57% 518 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 14,680 6.88% 201 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,313 1.08% 72 0.03%
Construction trades 12,268 5.75% 129 0.06%
Extraction 99 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 10,013 4.69% 317 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 19,002 8.91% 4,728 2.22%
Production 7,831 3.67% 2,715 1.27%
Transportation & material moving: 11,171 5.24% 2,013 0.94%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 586 0.27% 72 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 152 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 6,625 3.11% 1,276 0.60%
Rail, water & other transportation 935 0.44% 83 0.04%
Material moving 2,873 1.35% 582 0.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 113,747 53.32% 99,589 46.68%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 678 0.32% 156 0.07%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 528 0.25% 156 0.07%
Mining 150 0.07% 0 0.00%
Construction 16,777 7.86% 1,804 0.85%
Manufacturing 11,651 5.46% 5,091 2.39%
Wholesale trade 5,407 2.53% 2,063 0.97%
Retail trade 15,921 7.46% 14,772 6.92%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 10,206 4.78% 3,093 1.45%
Transportation & warehousing 7,703 3.61% 2,364 1.11%
Utilities 2,503 1.17% 729 0.34%
Information 4,299 2.02% 2,905 1.36%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 5,558 2.61% 8,433 3.95%
Finance & insurance 3,819 1.79% 6,289 2.95%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,739 0.82% 2,144 1.00%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 10,035 4.70% 8,128 3.81%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 6,225 2.92% 5,844 2.74%
Management of companies & enterprises 23 0.01% 43 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,787 1.78% 2,241 1.05%
Educational, health & social services: 11,398 5.34% 36,192 16.96%
Educational services 6,155 2.89% 13,570 6.36%
Health care & social assistance 5,243 2.46% 22,622 10.60%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 8,529 4.00% 7,900 3.70%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,024 1.42% 1,944 0.91%
Accommodation & food services 5,505 2.58% 5,956 2.79%
Other services (except public administration) 5,130 2.40% 4,734 2.22%
Public administration 8,158 3.82% 4,318 2.02%

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

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