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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 115,067 53.39% 100,441 46.61%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 32,414 15.04% 32,345 15.01%
Management, business, & financial operations: 15,759 7.31% 10,654 4.94%
Management, except farm managers 11,462 5.32% 6,222 2.89%
Farmers & farm managers 67 0.03% 25 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 4,230 1.96% 4,407 2.04%
Business operations specialists 1,730 0.80% 2,347 1.09%
Financial specialists 2,500 1.16% 2,060 0.96%
Professional & related occupations: 16,655 7.73% 21,691 10.07%
Computer & mathematical 3,973 1.84% 1,488 0.69%
Architecture & engineering: 2,837 1.32% 440 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,942 0.90% 211 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 895 0.42% 229 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 752 0.35% 683 0.32%
Community & social services 1,112 0.52% 1,735 0.81%
Legal 1,025 0.48% 918 0.43%
Education, training, & library 2,497 1.16% 8,512 3.95%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,193 1.02% 1,369 0.64%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,266 1.05% 6,546 3.04%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,686 0.78% 4,673 2.17%
Health technologists & technicians 580 0.27% 1,873 0.87%
Service occupations: 15,748 7.31% 15,579 7.23%
Healthcare support 625 0.29% 4,949 2.30%
Protective services: 3,756 1.74% 899 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,469 1.15% 254 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,287 0.60% 645 0.30%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,540 2.11% 3,539 1.64%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,500 2.55% 2,251 1.04%
Personal care & service 1,327 0.62% 3,941 1.83%
Sales & office occupations: 22,491 10.44% 39,238 18.21%
Sales & related occupations 12,545 5.82% 11,189 5.19%
Office & administrative support 9,946 4.62% 28,049 13.02%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 190 0.09% 48 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 17,250 8.00% 612 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 9,097 4.22% 218 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,008 0.47% 31 0.01%
Construction trades 8,063 3.74% 187 0.09%
Extraction 26 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 8,153 3.78% 394 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 26,974 12.52% 12,619 5.86%
Production 14,687 6.82% 9,269 4.30%
Transportation & material moving: 12,287 5.70% 3,350 1.55%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 322 0.15% 109 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 86 0.04% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 6,913 3.21% 974 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 482 0.22% 80 0.04%
Material moving 4,484 2.08% 2,187 1.01%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 115,067 53.39% 100,441 46.61%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 257 0.12% 93 0.04%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 204 0.09% 82 0.04%
Mining 53 0.02% 11 0.01%
Construction 10,642 4.94% 1,096 0.51%
Manufacturing 23,355 10.84% 15,071 6.99%
Wholesale trade 7,738 3.59% 4,225 1.96%
Retail trade 14,146 6.56% 12,200 5.66%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 8,777 4.07% 2,961 1.37%
Transportation & warehousing 7,695 3.57% 2,772 1.29%
Utilities 1,082 0.50% 189 0.09%
Information 4,296 1.99% 3,242 1.50%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 6,169 2.86% 7,808 3.62%
Finance & insurance 4,345 2.02% 6,324 2.93%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,824 0.85% 1,484 0.69%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 12,171 5.65% 10,256 4.76%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 7,119 3.30% 6,639 3.08%
Management of companies & enterprises 56 0.03% 101 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,996 2.32% 3,516 1.63%
Educational, health & social services: 9,960 4.62% 31,092 14.43%
Educational services 4,986 2.31% 11,547 5.36%
Health care & social assistance 4,974 2.31% 19,545 9.07%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 7,310 3.39% 5,031 2.33%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,587 0.74% 860 0.40%
Accommodation & food services 5,723 2.66% 4,171 1.94%
Other services (except public administration) 6,038 2.80% 4,515 2.10%
Public administration 4,208 1.95% 2,851 1.32%

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

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