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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 33,084 53.63% 28,603 46.37%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,050 9.81% 8,241 13.36%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,931 4.75% 2,276 3.69%
Management, except farm managers 2,326 3.77% 1,425 2.31%
Farmers & farm managers 114 0.18% 4 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 491 0.80% 847 1.37%
Business operations specialists 322 0.52% 379 0.61%
Financial specialists 169 0.27% 468 0.76%
Professional & related occupations: 3,119 5.06% 5,965 9.67%
Computer & mathematical 247 0.40% 180 0.29%
Architecture & engineering: 731 1.19% 89 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 325 0.53% 10 0.02%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 406 0.66% 79 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 181 0.29% 116 0.19%
Community & social services 395 0.64% 405 0.66%
Legal 102 0.17% 118 0.19%
Education, training, & library 655 1.06% 2,722 4.41%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 270 0.44% 338 0.55%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 538 0.87% 1,997 3.24%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 406 0.66% 1,296 2.10%
Health technologists & technicians 132 0.21% 701 1.14%
Service occupations: 3,154 5.11% 5,163 8.37%
Healthcare support 87 0.14% 1,261 2.04%
Protective services: 1,013 1.64% 214 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 764 1.24% 97 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 249 0.40% 117 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 833 1.35% 1,819 2.95%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 990 1.60% 726 1.18%
Personal care & service 231 0.37% 1,143 1.85%
Sales & office occupations: 4,327 7.01% 9,361 15.17%
Sales & related occupations 2,416 3.92% 3,190 5.17%
Office & administrative support 1,911 3.10% 6,171 10.00%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 160 0.26% 56 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,021 13.00% 468 0.76%
Construction & extraction: 4,639 7.52% 218 0.35%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 485 0.79% 29 0.05%
Construction trades 4,103 6.65% 189 0.31%
Extraction 51 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,382 5.48% 250 0.41%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 11,372 18.44% 5,314 8.61%
Production 7,163 11.61% 4,519 7.33%
Transportation & material moving: 4,209 6.82% 795 1.29%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 65 0.11% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 36 0.06% 8 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,006 3.25% 224 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 177 0.29% 30 0.05%
Material moving 1,925 3.12% 533 0.86%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 33,084 53.63% 28,603 46.37%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 445 0.72% 73 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 303 0.49% 51 0.08%
Mining 142 0.23% 22 0.04%
Construction 4,796 7.77% 494 0.80%
Manufacturing 11,148 18.07% 6,201 10.05%
Wholesale trade 1,440 2.33% 453 0.73%
Retail trade 3,446 5.59% 3,824 6.20%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,546 4.13% 769 1.25%
Transportation & warehousing 1,949 3.16% 654 1.06%
Utilities 597 0.97% 115 0.19%
Information 346 0.56% 423 0.69%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 742 1.20% 1,484 2.41%
Finance & insurance 426 0.69% 1,149 1.86%
Real estate & rental & leasing 316 0.51% 335 0.54%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,563 2.53% 1,545 2.50%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 687 1.11% 783 1.27%
Management of companies & enterprises 8 0.01% 29 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 868 1.41% 733 1.19%
Educational, health & social services: 2,168 3.51% 8,896 14.42%
Educational services 1,024 1.66% 3,445 5.58%
Health care & social assistance 1,144 1.85% 5,451 8.84%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,711 2.77% 2,177 3.53%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 603 0.98% 321 0.52%
Accommodation & food services 1,108 1.80% 1,856 3.01%
Other services (except public administration) 1,450 2.35% 1,516 2.46%
Public administration 1,283 2.08% 748 1.21%

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

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