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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 122,018 51.84% 113,337 48.16%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 41,025 17.43% 42,550 18.08%
Management, business, & financial operations: 18,128 7.70% 13,068 5.55%
Management, except farm managers 12,605 5.36% 7,395 3.14%
Farmers & farm managers 42 0.02% 15 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 5,481 2.33% 5,658 2.40%
Business operations specialists 2,327 0.99% 3,018 1.28%
Financial specialists 3,154 1.34% 2,640 1.12%
Professional & related occupations: 22,897 9.73% 29,482 12.53%
Computer & mathematical 4,551 1.93% 1,707 0.73%
Architecture & engineering: 4,034 1.71% 571 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,912 1.24% 307 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,122 0.48% 264 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 1,298 0.55% 873 0.37%
Community & social services 1,225 0.52% 2,654 1.13%
Legal 2,163 0.92% 1,749 0.74%
Education, training, & library 3,398 1.44% 10,609 4.51%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,225 0.95% 2,036 0.87%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,003 1.70% 9,283 3.94%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,152 1.34% 6,181 2.63%
Health technologists & technicians 851 0.36% 3,102 1.32%
Service occupations: 15,813 6.72% 18,152 7.71%
Healthcare support 610 0.26% 4,072 1.73%
Protective services: 3,969 1.69% 1,184 0.50%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,602 1.11% 475 0.20%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,367 0.58% 709 0.30%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,872 2.07% 5,852 2.49%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,853 2.06% 2,338 0.99%
Personal care & service 1,509 0.64% 4,706 2.00%
Sales & office occupations: 24,208 10.29% 44,703 18.99%
Sales & related occupations 14,443 6.14% 14,019 5.96%
Office & administrative support 9,765 4.15% 30,684 13.04%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 194 0.08% 72 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 19,073 8.10% 591 0.25%
Construction & extraction: 11,093 4.71% 210 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,389 0.59% 20 0.01%
Construction trades 9,680 4.11% 190 0.08%
Extraction 24 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 7,980 3.39% 381 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 21,705 9.22% 7,269 3.09%
Production 9,468 4.02% 4,754 2.02%
Transportation & material moving: 12,237 5.20% 2,515 1.07%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 323 0.14% 120 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 116 0.05% 34 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 6,351 2.70% 1,052 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 858 0.36% 55 0.02%
Material moving 4,589 1.95% 1,254 0.53%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 122,018 51.84% 113,337 48.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 217 0.09% 76 0.03%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 175 0.07% 76 0.03%
Mining 42 0.02% 0 0.00%
Construction 12,576 5.34% 1,175 0.50%
Manufacturing 16,578 7.04% 7,728 3.28%
Wholesale trade 6,868 2.92% 2,974 1.26%
Retail trade 15,389 6.54% 14,706 6.25%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 9,507 4.04% 3,619 1.54%
Transportation & warehousing 8,362 3.55% 3,175 1.35%
Utilities 1,145 0.49% 444 0.19%
Information 3,784 1.61% 3,337 1.42%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 8,082 3.43% 10,987 4.67%
Finance & insurance 5,858 2.49% 8,940 3.80%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,224 0.94% 2,047 0.87%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 14,361 6.10% 12,163 5.17%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 9,459 4.02% 8,447 3.59%
Management of companies & enterprises 50 0.02% 56 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,852 2.06% 3,660 1.56%
Educational, health & social services: 14,045 5.97% 38,162 16.21%
Educational services 6,616 2.81% 14,501 6.16%
Health care & social assistance 7,429 3.16% 23,661 10.05%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 8,653 3.68% 8,209 3.49%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,386 1.01% 1,757 0.75%
Accommodation & food services 6,267 2.66% 6,452 2.74%
Other services (except public administration) 5,557 2.36% 5,465 2.32%
Public administration 6,401 2.72% 4,736 2.01%

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

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