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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 33,648 51.85% 31,247 48.15%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,275 12.75% 10,047 15.48%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,172 6.43% 3,228 4.97%
Management, except farm managers 3,104 4.78% 1,602 2.47%
Farmers & farm managers 163 0.25% 45 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 905 1.39% 1,581 2.44%
Business operations specialists 426 0.66% 622 0.96%
Financial specialists 479 0.74% 959 1.48%
Professional & related occupations: 4,103 6.32% 6,819 10.51%
Computer & mathematical 894 1.38% 420 0.65%
Architecture & engineering: 904 1.39% 155 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 655 1.01% 65 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 249 0.38% 90 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 280 0.43% 313 0.48%
Community & social services 469 0.72% 511 0.79%
Legal 125 0.19% 175 0.27%
Education, training, & library 499 0.77% 2,878 4.43%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 330 0.51% 433 0.67%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 602 0.93% 1,934 2.98%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 360 0.55% 1,080 1.66%
Health technologists & technicians 242 0.37% 854 1.32%
Service occupations: 3,524 5.43% 4,474 6.89%
Healthcare support 151 0.23% 1,049 1.62%
Protective services: 684 1.05% 176 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 437 0.67% 66 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 247 0.38% 110 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,065 1.64% 1,471 2.27%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,329 2.05% 621 0.96%
Personal care & service 295 0.45% 1,157 1.78%
Sales & office occupations: 5,798 8.93% 10,603 16.34%
Sales & related occupations 3,393 5.23% 3,152 4.86%
Office & administrative support 2,405 3.71% 7,451 11.48%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 158 0.24% 50 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,716 10.35% 308 0.47%
Construction & extraction: 3,413 5.26% 123 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 492 0.76% 23 0.04%
Construction trades 2,880 4.44% 100 0.15%
Extraction 41 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,303 5.09% 185 0.29%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 9,177 14.14% 5,765 8.88%
Production 6,024 9.28% 5,116 7.88%
Transportation & material moving: 3,153 4.86% 649 1.00%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 127 0.20% 10 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 12 0.02% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,606 2.47% 117 0.18%
Rail, water & other transportation 46 0.07% 20 0.03%
Material moving 1,362 2.10% 502 0.77%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 33,648 51.85% 31,247 48.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 477 0.74% 86 0.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 345 0.53% 79 0.12%
Mining 132 0.20% 7 0.01%
Construction 4,139 6.38% 502 0.77%
Manufacturing 10,472 16.14% 7,548 11.63%
Wholesale trade 1,459 2.25% 841 1.30%
Retail trade 3,642 5.61% 3,415 5.26%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,849 2.85% 476 0.73%
Transportation & warehousing 1,441 2.22% 381 0.59%
Utilities 408 0.63% 95 0.15%
Information 738 1.14% 609 0.94%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,232 1.90% 1,910 2.94%
Finance & insurance 842 1.30% 1,510 2.33%
Real estate & rental & leasing 390 0.60% 400 0.62%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,362 3.64% 1,799 2.77%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,080 1.66% 1,151 1.77%
Management of companies & enterprises 12 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,270 1.96% 648 1.00%
Educational, health & social services: 2,625 4.04% 9,937 15.31%
Educational services 1,274 1.96% 3,823 5.89%
Health care & social assistance 1,351 2.08% 6,114 9.42%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,981 3.05% 2,120 3.27%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 420 0.65% 226 0.35%
Accommodation & food services 1,561 2.41% 1,894 2.92%
Other services (except public administration) 1,732 2.67% 1,202 1.85%
Public administration 940 1.45% 802 1.24%

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

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