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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 36,801 54.37% 30,884 45.63%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 10,954 16.18% 10,901 16.11%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,975 5.87% 2,857 4.22%
Management, except farm managers 2,635 3.89% 1,647 2.43%
Farmers & farm managers 582 0.86% 112 0.17%
Business & financial operations: 758 1.12% 1,098 1.62%
Business operations specialists 436 0.64% 406 0.60%
Financial specialists 322 0.48% 692 1.02%
Professional & related occupations: 6,979 10.31% 8,044 11.88%
Computer & mathematical 768 1.13% 289 0.43%
Architecture & engineering: 1,469 2.17% 241 0.36%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 954 1.41% 144 0.21%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 515 0.76% 97 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 605 0.89% 292 0.43%
Community & social services 562 0.83% 672 0.99%
Legal 189 0.28% 231 0.34%
Education, training, & library 1,973 2.91% 4,098 6.05%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 507 0.75% 525 0.78%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 906 1.34% 1,696 2.51%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 686 1.01% 1,161 1.72%
Health technologists & technicians 220 0.33% 535 0.79%
Service occupations: 5,678 8.39% 6,681 9.87%
Healthcare support 205 0.30% 1,069 1.58%
Protective services: 1,498 2.21% 210 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,020 1.51% 111 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 478 0.71% 99 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,729 2.55% 2,269 3.35%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,879 2.78% 1,240 1.83%
Personal care & service 367 0.54% 1,893 2.80%
Sales & office occupations: 6,024 8.90% 10,938 16.16%
Sales & related occupations 3,683 5.44% 3,714 5.49%
Office & administrative support 2,341 3.46% 7,224 10.67%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,000 1.48% 204 0.30%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,235 10.69% 189 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 4,422 6.53% 107 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 520 0.77% 7 0.01%
Construction trades 3,866 5.71% 100 0.15%
Extraction 36 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,813 4.16% 82 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,910 8.73% 1,971 2.91%
Production 2,403 3.55% 1,349 1.99%
Transportation & material moving: 3,507 5.18% 622 0.92%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 46 0.07% 24 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 58 0.09% 4 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,035 3.01% 334 0.49%
Rail, water & other transportation 130 0.19% 0 0.00%
Material moving 1,238 1.83% 260 0.38%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 36,801 54.37% 30,884 45.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,093 3.09% 436 0.64%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,982 2.93% 429 0.63%
Mining 111 0.16% 7 0.01%
Construction 4,943 7.30% 515 0.76%
Manufacturing 3,286 4.85% 1,430 2.11%
Wholesale trade 1,112 1.64% 362 0.53%
Retail trade 4,344 6.42% 3,771 5.57%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,372 3.50% 700 1.03%
Transportation & warehousing 1,889 2.79% 568 0.84%
Utilities 483 0.71% 132 0.20%
Information 875 1.29% 663 0.98%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,283 1.90% 1,793 2.65%
Finance & insurance 558 0.82% 1,253 1.85%
Real estate & rental & leasing 725 1.07% 540 0.80%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,732 4.04% 2,077 3.07%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,521 2.25% 1,050 1.55%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,211 1.79% 1,027 1.52%
Educational, health & social services: 5,475 8.09% 12,221 18.06%
Educational services 3,960 5.85% 6,449 9.53%
Health care & social assistance 1,515 2.24% 5,772 8.53%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,140 4.64% 2,951 4.36%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 892 1.32% 406 0.60%
Accommodation & food services 2,248 3.32% 2,545 3.76%
Other services (except public administration) 1,737 2.57% 1,721 2.54%
Public administration 3,409 5.04% 2,244 3.32%

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

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