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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 26,446 54.05% 22,486 45.95%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,907 20.25% 10,195 20.84%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,815 9.84% 3,228 6.60%
Management, except farm managers 3,478 7.11% 1,917 3.92%
Farmers & farm managers 28 0.06% 6 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 1,309 2.68% 1,305 2.67%
Business operations specialists 593 1.21% 665 1.36%
Financial specialists 716 1.46% 640 1.31%
Professional & related occupations: 5,092 10.41% 6,967 14.24%
Computer & mathematical 772 1.58% 336 0.69%
Architecture & engineering: 877 1.79% 59 0.12%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 740 1.51% 42 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 137 0.28% 17 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 350 0.72% 205 0.42%
Community & social services 362 0.74% 557 1.14%
Legal 389 0.79% 360 0.74%
Education, training, & library 1,079 2.21% 2,676 5.47%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 727 1.49% 609 1.24%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 536 1.10% 2,165 4.42%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 362 0.74% 1,686 3.45%
Health technologists & technicians 174 0.36% 479 0.98%
Service occupations: 3,841 7.85% 2,938 6.00%
Healthcare support 41 0.08% 640 1.31%
Protective services: 1,872 3.83% 201 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,604 3.28% 106 0.22%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 268 0.55% 95 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 649 1.33% 698 1.43%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,053 2.15% 324 0.66%
Personal care & service 226 0.46% 1,075 2.20%
Sales & office occupations: 4,220 8.62% 8,538 17.45%
Sales & related occupations 2,744 5.61% 2,434 4.97%
Office & administrative support 1,476 3.02% 6,104 12.47%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 69 0.14% 28 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,709 11.67% 112 0.23%
Construction & extraction: 3,399 6.95% 44 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 596 1.22% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,779 5.68% 44 0.09%
Extraction 24 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,310 4.72% 68 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,700 5.52% 675 1.38%
Production 1,092 2.23% 412 0.84%
Transportation & material moving: 1,608 3.29% 263 0.54%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 128 0.26% 9 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 56 0.11% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,022 2.09% 195 0.40%
Rail, water & other transportation 98 0.20% 10 0.02%
Material moving 304 0.62% 49 0.10%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 26,446 54.05% 22,486 45.95%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 134 0.27% 57 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 104 0.21% 50 0.10%
Mining 30 0.06% 7 0.01%
Construction 4,136 8.45% 381 0.78%
Manufacturing 2,170 4.43% 1,571 3.21%
Wholesale trade 944 1.93% 485 0.99%
Retail trade 2,966 6.06% 2,633 5.38%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,004 4.10% 460 0.94%
Transportation & warehousing 1,418 2.90% 381 0.78%
Utilities 586 1.20% 79 0.16%
Information 1,361 2.78% 1,079 2.21%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,758 3.59% 1,822 3.72%
Finance & insurance 1,272 2.60% 1,335 2.73%
Real estate & rental & leasing 486 0.99% 487 1.00%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,173 6.48% 2,468 5.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,148 4.39% 1,815 3.71%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.01% 12 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,019 2.08% 641 1.31%
Educational, health & social services: 3,221 6.58% 8,634 17.64%
Educational services 1,945 3.97% 3,813 7.79%
Health care & social assistance 1,276 2.61% 4,821 9.85%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,261 2.58% 1,132 2.31%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 436 0.89% 441 0.90%
Accommodation & food services 825 1.69% 691 1.41%
Other services (except public administration) 1,070 2.19% 1,102 2.25%
Public administration 2,248 4.59% 662 1.35%

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

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