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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 70,002 53.52% 60,791 46.48%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 25,288 19.33% 24,944 19.07%
Management, business, & financial operations: 9,548 7.30% 6,781 5.18%
Management, except farm managers 6,917 5.29% 4,062 3.11%
Farmers & farm managers 279 0.21% 108 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 2,352 1.80% 2,611 2.00%
Business operations specialists 977 0.75% 1,002 0.77%
Financial specialists 1,375 1.05% 1,609 1.23%
Professional & related occupations: 15,740 12.03% 18,163 13.89%
Computer & mathematical 3,883 2.97% 1,313 1.00%
Architecture & engineering: 3,972 3.04% 629 0.48%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,261 2.49% 415 0.32%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 711 0.54% 214 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 774 0.59% 412 0.32%
Community & social services 987 0.75% 1,594 1.22%
Legal 523 0.40% 646 0.49%
Education, training, & library 2,655 2.03% 7,078 5.41%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,326 1.01% 1,239 0.95%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,620 1.24% 5,252 4.02%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,291 0.99% 3,858 2.95%
Health technologists & technicians 329 0.25% 1,394 1.07%
Service occupations: 10,020 7.66% 10,421 7.97%
Healthcare support 573 0.44% 2,703 2.07%
Protective services: 3,041 2.33% 642 0.49%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,236 1.71% 326 0.25%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 805 0.62% 316 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,021 2.31% 3,191 2.44%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,543 1.94% 1,174 0.90%
Personal care & service 842 0.64% 2,711 2.07%
Sales & office occupations: 11,177 8.55% 21,851 16.71%
Sales & related occupations 6,739 5.15% 6,729 5.14%
Office & administrative support 4,438 3.39% 15,122 11.56%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 406 0.31% 181 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 12,889 9.85% 332 0.25%
Construction & extraction: 7,490 5.73% 146 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 876 0.67% 19 0.01%
Construction trades 6,583 5.03% 127 0.10%
Extraction 31 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,399 4.13% 186 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,222 7.82% 3,062 2.34%
Production 5,078 3.88% 2,034 1.56%
Transportation & material moving: 5,144 3.93% 1,028 0.79%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 157 0.12% 36 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 116 0.09% 8 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 3,103 2.37% 664 0.51%
Rail, water & other transportation 444 0.34% 50 0.04%
Material moving 1,324 1.01% 270 0.21%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 70,002 53.52% 60,791 46.48%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 954 0.73% 387 0.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 748 0.57% 352 0.27%
Mining 206 0.16% 35 0.03%
Construction 8,182 6.26% 722 0.55%
Manufacturing 11,485 8.78% 4,599 3.52%
Wholesale trade 2,432 1.86% 887 0.68%
Retail trade 7,866 6.01% 7,028 5.37%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,964 3.80% 1,446 1.11%
Transportation & warehousing 3,463 2.65% 1,229 0.94%
Utilities 1,501 1.15% 217 0.17%
Information 2,554 1.95% 1,704 1.30%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,409 2.61% 4,281 3.27%
Finance & insurance 2,225 1.70% 3,028 2.32%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,184 0.91% 1,253 0.96%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,383 4.88% 5,459 4.17%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,328 3.31% 3,996 3.06%
Management of companies & enterprises 17 0.01% 33 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,038 1.56% 1,430 1.09%
Educational, health & social services: 10,065 7.70% 24,477 18.71%
Educational services 5,712 4.37% 10,826 8.28%
Health care & social assistance 4,353 3.33% 13,651 10.44%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,201 3.21% 4,070 3.11%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,193 0.91% 932 0.71%
Accommodation & food services 3,008 2.30% 3,138 2.40%
Other services (except public administration) 3,225 2.47% 2,848 2.18%
Public administration 4,282 3.27% 2,883 2.20%

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

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