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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 38,891 51.71% 36,323 48.29%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 12,600 16.75% 14,392 19.13%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,400 7.18% 4,376 5.82%
Management, except farm managers 3,510 4.67% 2,347 3.12%
Farmers & farm managers 199 0.26% 71 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 1,691 2.25% 1,958 2.60%
Business operations specialists 853 1.13% 1,103 1.47%
Financial specialists 838 1.11% 855 1.14%
Professional & related occupations: 7,200 9.57% 10,016 13.32%
Computer & mathematical 1,570 2.09% 772 1.03%
Architecture & engineering: 1,359 1.81% 200 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,037 1.38% 155 0.21%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 322 0.43% 45 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 557 0.74% 342 0.45%
Community & social services 458 0.61% 947 1.26%
Legal 454 0.60% 392 0.52%
Education, training, & library 1,559 2.07% 3,529 4.69%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 509 0.68% 639 0.85%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 734 0.98% 3,195 4.25%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 538 0.72% 2,314 3.08%
Health technologists & technicians 196 0.26% 881 1.17%
Service occupations: 5,088 6.76% 5,469 7.27%
Healthcare support 248 0.33% 1,447 1.92%
Protective services: 1,308 1.74% 228 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 792 1.05% 134 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 516 0.69% 94 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,587 2.11% 1,863 2.48%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,644 2.19% 669 0.89%
Personal care & service 301 0.40% 1,262 1.68%
Sales & office occupations: 6,786 9.02% 14,341 19.07%
Sales & related occupations 3,314 4.41% 3,239 4.31%
Office & administrative support 3,472 4.62% 11,102 14.76%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 132 0.18% 47 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,627 8.81% 177 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 3,549 4.72% 60 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 384 0.51% 22 0.03%
Construction trades 3,122 4.15% 38 0.05%
Extraction 43 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,078 4.09% 117 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,658 10.18% 1,897 2.52%
Production 3,661 4.87% 1,167 1.55%
Transportation & material moving: 3,997 5.31% 730 0.97%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 129 0.17% 82 0.11%
Aircraft & traffic control 36 0.05% 10 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,444 3.25% 377 0.50%
Rail, water & other transportation 236 0.31% 28 0.04%
Material moving 1,152 1.53% 233 0.31%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 38,891 51.71% 36,323 48.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 427 0.57% 150 0.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 353 0.47% 143 0.19%
Mining 74 0.10% 7 0.01%
Construction 4,289 5.70% 530 0.70%
Manufacturing 4,722 6.28% 1,521 2.02%
Wholesale trade 1,811 2.41% 361 0.48%
Retail trade 4,340 5.77% 3,666 4.87%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,821 3.75% 872 1.16%
Transportation & warehousing 2,341 3.11% 768 1.02%
Utilities 480 0.64% 104 0.14%
Information 1,201 1.60% 1,066 1.42%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,951 2.59% 2,951 3.92%
Finance & insurance 1,323 1.76% 2,582 3.43%
Real estate & rental & leasing 628 0.83% 369 0.49%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,416 4.54% 2,709 3.60%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,329 3.10% 2,077 2.76%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 4 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,087 1.45% 628 0.83%
Educational, health & social services: 5,649 7.51% 13,891 18.47%
Educational services 3,293 4.38% 5,637 7.49%
Health care & social assistance 2,356 3.13% 8,254 10.97%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,196 2.92% 2,424 3.22%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 434 0.58% 448 0.60%
Accommodation & food services 1,762 2.34% 1,976 2.63%
Other services (except public administration) 1,873 2.49% 1,616 2.15%
Public administration 4,195 5.58% 4,566 6.07%

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

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