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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 32,589 54.64% 27,052 45.36%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,476 14.21% 9,735 16.32%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,180 7.01% 3,350 5.62%
Management, except farm managers 2,954 4.95% 1,696 2.84%
Farmers & farm managers 384 0.64% 51 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 842 1.41% 1,603 2.69%
Business operations specialists 542 0.91% 719 1.21%
Financial specialists 300 0.50% 884 1.48%
Professional & related occupations: 4,296 7.20% 6,385 10.71%
Computer & mathematical 937 1.57% 564 0.95%
Architecture & engineering: 1,177 1.97% 209 0.35%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 760 1.27% 136 0.23%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 417 0.70% 73 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 253 0.42% 264 0.44%
Community & social services 332 0.56% 519 0.87%
Legal 75 0.13% 418 0.70%
Education, training, & library 581 0.97% 2,186 3.67%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 417 0.70% 366 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 524 0.88% 1,859 3.12%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 304 0.51% 1,091 1.83%
Health technologists & technicians 220 0.37% 768 1.29%
Service occupations: 2,980 5.00% 3,980 6.67%
Healthcare support 36 0.06% 760 1.27%
Protective services: 1,020 1.71% 244 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 812 1.36% 187 0.31%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 208 0.35% 57 0.10%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 648 1.09% 1,385 2.32%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,136 1.90% 578 0.97%
Personal care & service 140 0.23% 1,013 1.70%
Sales & office occupations: 5,058 8.48% 9,956 16.69%
Sales & related occupations 3,143 5.27% 3,114 5.22%
Office & administrative support 1,915 3.21% 6,842 11.47%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 377 0.63% 66 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,871 14.87% 378 0.63%
Construction & extraction: 5,831 9.78% 193 0.32%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 901 1.51% 24 0.04%
Construction trades 4,888 8.20% 169 0.28%
Extraction 42 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,040 5.10% 185 0.31%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,827 11.45% 2,937 4.92%
Production 3,267 5.48% 2,350 3.94%
Transportation & material moving: 3,560 5.97% 587 0.98%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 119 0.20% 46 0.08%
Aircraft & traffic control 29 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,016 3.38% 196 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 59 0.10% 16 0.03%
Material moving 1,337 2.24% 329 0.55%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 32,589 54.64% 27,052 45.36%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 946 1.59% 170 0.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 886 1.49% 156 0.26%
Mining 60 0.10% 14 0.02%
Construction 7,151 11.99% 702 1.18%
Manufacturing 5,225 8.76% 3,585 6.01%
Wholesale trade 1,933 3.24% 575 0.96%
Retail trade 3,890 6.52% 3,735 6.26%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,026 3.40% 611 1.02%
Transportation & warehousing 1,536 2.58% 428 0.72%
Utilities 490 0.82% 183 0.31%
Information 622 1.04% 592 0.99%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,022 1.71% 2,265 3.80%
Finance & insurance 619 1.04% 1,706 2.86%
Real estate & rental & leasing 403 0.68% 559 0.94%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,543 4.26% 2,076 3.48%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,421 2.38% 1,489 2.50%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 20 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,122 1.88% 567 0.95%
Educational, health & social services: 2,032 3.41% 7,347 12.32%
Educational services 1,131 1.90% 2,981 5.00%
Health care & social assistance 901 1.51% 4,366 7.32%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,445 2.42% 1,903 3.19%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 282 0.47% 242 0.41%
Accommodation & food services 1,163 1.95% 1,661 2.78%
Other services (except public administration) 1,570 2.63% 1,181 1.98%
Public administration 2,184 3.66% 2,310 3.87%

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

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