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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 40,668 55.02% 33,245 44.98%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 14,066 19.03% 13,309 18.01%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,469 10.11% 4,592 6.21%
Management, except farm managers 5,791 7.83% 2,626 3.55%
Farmers & farm managers 123 0.17% 71 0.10%
Business & financial operations: 1,555 2.10% 1,895 2.56%
Business operations specialists 727 0.98% 1,086 1.47%
Financial specialists 828 1.12% 809 1.09%
Professional & related occupations: 6,597 8.93% 8,717 11.79%
Computer & mathematical 1,539 2.08% 698 0.94%
Architecture & engineering: 1,400 1.89% 141 0.19%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,069 1.45% 74 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 331 0.45% 67 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 428 0.58% 168 0.23%
Community & social services 367 0.50% 557 0.75%
Legal 358 0.48% 352 0.48%
Education, training, & library 1,143 1.55% 3,647 4.93%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 661 0.89% 622 0.84%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 701 0.95% 2,532 3.43%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 507 0.69% 1,840 2.49%
Health technologists & technicians 194 0.26% 692 0.94%
Service occupations: 4,358 5.90% 4,548 6.15%
Healthcare support 101 0.14% 937 1.27%
Protective services: 1,556 2.11% 208 0.28%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,191 1.61% 55 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 365 0.49% 153 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,020 1.38% 1,652 2.24%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,332 1.80% 371 0.50%
Personal care & service 349 0.47% 1,380 1.87%
Sales & office occupations: 7,814 10.57% 13,306 18.00%
Sales & related occupations 5,260 7.12% 3,941 5.33%
Office & administrative support 2,554 3.46% 9,365 12.67%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 105 0.14% 58 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,736 10.47% 174 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 4,466 6.04% 99 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 855 1.16% 42 0.06%
Construction trades 3,526 4.77% 57 0.08%
Extraction 85 0.12% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,270 4.42% 75 0.10%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,589 8.91% 1,850 2.50%
Production 3,174 4.29% 991 1.34%
Transportation & material moving: 3,415 4.62% 859 1.16%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 108 0.15% 17 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 94 0.13% 5 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,069 2.80% 594 0.80%
Rail, water & other transportation 269 0.36% 20 0.03%
Material moving 875 1.18% 223 0.30%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 40,668 55.02% 33,245 44.98%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 431 0.58% 200 0.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 230 0.31% 159 0.22%
Mining 201 0.27% 41 0.06%
Construction 5,580 7.55% 538 0.73%
Manufacturing 6,675 9.03% 3,165 4.28%
Wholesale trade 2,062 2.79% 1,032 1.40%
Retail trade 5,286 7.15% 4,396 5.95%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,943 3.98% 1,134 1.53%
Transportation & warehousing 2,471 3.34% 1,030 1.39%
Utilities 472 0.64% 104 0.14%
Information 1,720 2.33% 1,145 1.55%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,363 3.20% 3,180 4.30%
Finance & insurance 1,661 2.25% 2,651 3.59%
Real estate & rental & leasing 702 0.95% 529 0.72%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,440 6.01% 3,160 4.28%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,792 3.78% 2,274 3.08%
Management of companies & enterprises 88 0.12% 40 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,560 2.11% 846 1.14%
Educational, health & social services: 3,257 4.41% 10,562 14.29%
Educational services 2,057 2.78% 4,727 6.40%
Health care & social assistance 1,200 1.62% 5,835 7.89%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,200 2.98% 2,098 2.84%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 747 1.01% 368 0.50%
Accommodation & food services 1,453 1.97% 1,730 2.34%
Other services (except public administration) 1,529 2.07% 1,455 1.97%
Public administration 2,182 2.95% 1,180 1.60%

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

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