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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 228,501 52.82% 204,099 47.18%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 100,233 23.17% 97,018 22.43%
Management, business, & financial operations: 48,533 11.22% 32,182 7.44%
Management, except farm managers 34,021 7.86% 20,440 4.72%
Farmers & farm managers 103 0.02% 47 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 14,409 3.33% 11,695 2.70%
Business operations specialists 5,175 1.20% 5,467 1.26%
Financial specialists 9,234 2.13% 6,228 1.44%
Professional & related occupations: 51,700 11.95% 64,836 14.99%
Computer & mathematical 8,362 1.93% 3,701 0.86%
Architecture & engineering: 4,811 1.11% 713 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4,032 0.93% 569 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 779 0.18% 144 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 2,713 0.63% 2,652 0.61%
Community & social services 2,614 0.60% 5,515 1.27%
Legal 8,515 1.97% 4,273 0.99%
Education, training, & library 8,046 1.86% 24,324 5.62%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 7,129 1.65% 6,421 1.48%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 9,510 2.20% 17,237 3.98%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 8,096 1.87% 13,957 3.23%
Health technologists & technicians 1,414 0.33% 3,280 0.76%
Service occupations: 31,954 7.39% 29,771 6.88%
Healthcare support 1,076 0.25% 6,707 1.55%
Protective services: 8,860 2.05% 2,040 0.47%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 6,038 1.40% 851 0.20%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,822 0.65% 1,189 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 7,864 1.82% 5,382 1.24%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 11,302 2.61% 6,289 1.45%
Personal care & service 2,852 0.66% 9,353 2.16%
Sales & office occupations: 43,555 10.07% 69,765 16.13%
Sales & related occupations 28,073 6.49% 22,044 5.10%
Office & administrative support 15,482 3.58% 47,721 11.03%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 269 0.06% 55 0.01%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 30,043 6.94% 1,178 0.27%
Construction & extraction: 19,884 4.60% 502 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,503 0.58% 107 0.02%
Construction trades 17,354 4.01% 395 0.09%
Extraction 27 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 10,159 2.35% 676 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 22,447 5.19% 6,312 1.46%
Production 9,568 2.21% 4,493 1.04%
Transportation & material moving: 12,879 2.98% 1,819 0.42%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 666 0.15% 95 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 142 0.03% 7 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 8,050 1.86% 821 0.19%
Rail, water & other transportation 802 0.19% 58 0.01%
Material moving 3,219 0.74% 838 0.19%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 228,501 52.82% 204,099 47.18%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 498 0.12% 277 0.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 412 0.10% 173 0.04%
Mining 86 0.02% 104 0.02%
Construction 23,558 5.45% 2,352 0.54%
Manufacturing 16,612 3.84% 11,225 2.59%
Wholesale trade 9,656 2.23% 5,304 1.23%
Retail trade 20,774 4.80% 19,129 4.42%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 13,778 3.18% 3,690 0.85%
Transportation & warehousing 11,451 2.65% 3,279 0.76%
Utilities 2,327 0.54% 411 0.10%
Information 12,633 2.92% 10,398 2.40%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 28,122 6.50% 20,475 4.73%
Finance & insurance 21,834 5.05% 15,500 3.58%
Real estate & rental & leasing 6,288 1.45% 4,975 1.15%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 36,166 8.36% 23,893 5.52%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 25,240 5.83% 17,658 4.08%
Management of companies & enterprises 142 0.03% 205 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 10,784 2.49% 6,030 1.39%
Educational, health & social services: 31,288 7.23% 77,120 17.83%
Educational services 14,150 3.27% 33,373 7.71%
Health care & social assistance 17,138 3.96% 43,747 10.11%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 14,504 3.35% 11,010 2.55%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 5,004 1.16% 4,389 1.01%
Accommodation & food services 9,500 2.20% 6,621 1.53%
Other services (except public administration) 9,689 2.24% 12,959 3.00%
Public administration 11,223 2.59% 6,267 1.45%

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

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