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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 71,679 52.99% 63,583 47.01%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 29,682 21.94% 30,143 22.28%
Management, business, & financial operations: 13,478 9.96% 8,407 6.22%
Management, except farm managers 9,370 6.93% 5,305 3.92%
Farmers & farm managers 88 0.07% 44 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 4,020 2.97% 3,058 2.26%
Business operations specialists 1,475 1.09% 1,406 1.04%
Financial specialists 2,545 1.88% 1,652 1.22%
Professional & related occupations: 16,204 11.98% 21,736 16.07%
Computer & mathematical 2,653 1.96% 1,012 0.75%
Architecture & engineering: 1,860 1.38% 173 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,446 1.07% 122 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 414 0.31% 51 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 1,149 0.85% 862 0.64%
Community & social services 1,161 0.86% 1,887 1.40%
Legal 1,282 0.95% 733 0.54%
Education, training, & library 3,675 2.72% 8,612 6.37%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,783 1.32% 1,476 1.09%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,641 1.95% 6,981 5.16%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,175 1.61% 5,803 4.29%
Health technologists & technicians 466 0.34% 1,178 0.87%
Service occupations: 10,869 8.04% 9,582 7.08%
Healthcare support 591 0.44% 2,602 1.92%
Protective services: 4,030 2.98% 824 0.61%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,003 2.22% 356 0.26%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,027 0.76% 468 0.35%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,557 1.89% 2,221 1.64%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,992 2.21% 1,374 1.02%
Personal care & service 699 0.52% 2,561 1.89%
Sales & office occupations: 13,946 10.31% 21,097 15.60%
Sales & related occupations 9,212 6.81% 6,379 4.72%
Office & administrative support 4,734 3.50% 14,718 10.88%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 76 0.06% 12 0.01%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 9,223 6.82% 231 0.17%
Construction & extraction: 5,515 4.08% 119 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 856 0.63% 36 0.03%
Construction trades 4,626 3.42% 83 0.06%
Extraction 33 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,708 2.74% 112 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,883 5.83% 2,518 1.86%
Production 3,974 2.94% 1,773 1.31%
Transportation & material moving: 3,909 2.89% 745 0.55%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 100 0.07% 33 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 24 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,462 1.82% 366 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 234 0.17% 5 0.00%
Material moving 1,089 0.81% 341 0.25%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 71,679 52.99% 63,583 47.01%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 183 0.14% 123 0.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 113 0.08% 93 0.07%
Mining 70 0.05% 30 0.02%
Construction 6,403 4.73% 642 0.47%
Manufacturing 7,583 5.61% 4,690 3.47%
Wholesale trade 3,523 2.60% 1,584 1.17%
Retail trade 7,712 5.70% 6,009 4.44%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,459 3.30% 1,339 0.99%
Transportation & warehousing 3,276 2.42% 1,095 0.81%
Utilities 1,183 0.87% 244 0.18%
Information 3,445 2.55% 2,537 1.88%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 6,187 4.57% 4,862 3.59%
Finance & insurance 4,503 3.33% 3,675 2.72%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,684 1.24% 1,187 0.88%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 8,299 6.14% 5,829 4.31%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,509 4.07% 4,089 3.02%
Management of companies & enterprises 47 0.03% 52 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,743 2.03% 1,688 1.25%
Educational, health & social services: 11,430 8.45% 27,562 20.38%
Educational services 6,002 4.44% 11,594 8.57%
Health care & social assistance 5,428 4.01% 15,968 11.81%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,684 3.46% 3,412 2.52%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,399 1.03% 1,038 0.77%
Accommodation & food services 3,285 2.43% 2,374 1.76%
Other services (except public administration) 3,343 2.47% 2,910 2.15%
Public administration 4,428 3.27% 2,084 1.54%

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

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