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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 52,832 52.35% 48,092 47.65%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 14,845 14.71% 17,491 17.33%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,719 6.66% 4,832 4.79%
Management, except farm managers 5,016 4.97% 3,098 3.07%
Farmers & farm managers 246 0.24% 46 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 1,457 1.44% 1,688 1.67%
Business operations specialists 721 0.71% 817 0.81%
Financial specialists 736 0.73% 871 0.86%
Professional & related occupations: 8,126 8.05% 12,659 12.54%
Computer & mathematical 608 0.60% 215 0.21%
Architecture & engineering: 1,514 1.50% 438 0.43%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,004 0.99% 235 0.23%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 510 0.51% 203 0.20%
Life, physical, & social science 547 0.54% 215 0.21%
Community & social services 791 0.78% 1,223 1.21%
Legal 365 0.36% 378 0.37%
Education, training, & library 1,371 1.36% 4,342 4.30%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,222 1.21% 969 0.96%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,708 1.69% 4,879 4.83%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,340 1.33% 3,178 3.15%
Health technologists & technicians 368 0.36% 1,701 1.69%
Service occupations: 6,768 6.71% 8,928 8.85%
Healthcare support 333 0.33% 2,177 2.16%
Protective services: 1,237 1.23% 233 0.23%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 721 0.71% 112 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 516 0.51% 121 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,413 2.39% 3,400 3.37%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,127 2.11% 1,308 1.30%
Personal care & service 658 0.65% 1,810 1.79%
Sales & office occupations: 9,659 9.57% 16,108 15.96%
Sales & related occupations 6,413 6.35% 5,936 5.88%
Office & administrative support 3,246 3.22% 10,172 10.08%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 249 0.25% 72 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 9,584 9.50% 468 0.46%
Construction & extraction: 5,883 5.83% 279 0.28%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 758 0.75% 40 0.04%
Construction trades 5,101 5.05% 239 0.24%
Extraction 24 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,701 3.67% 189 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 11,727 11.62% 5,025 4.98%
Production 6,932 6.87% 4,335 4.30%
Transportation & material moving: 4,795 4.75% 690 0.68%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 130 0.13% 14 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 78 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,552 2.53% 188 0.19%
Rail, water & other transportation 206 0.20% 25 0.02%
Material moving 1,829 1.81% 463 0.46%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 52,832 52.35% 48,092 47.65%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 746 0.74% 191 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 671 0.66% 178 0.18%
Mining 75 0.07% 13 0.01%
Construction 7,138 7.07% 790 0.78%
Manufacturing 10,523 10.43% 6,148 6.09%
Wholesale trade 2,886 2.86% 1,008 1.00%
Retail trade 6,629 6.57% 6,152 6.10%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,954 2.93% 752 0.75%
Transportation & warehousing 2,413 2.39% 633 0.63%
Utilities 541 0.54% 119 0.12%
Information 1,207 1.20% 908 0.90%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,979 1.96% 2,628 2.60%
Finance & insurance 1,066 1.06% 1,759 1.74%
Real estate & rental & leasing 913 0.90% 869 0.86%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,983 3.95% 3,286 3.26%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,178 2.16% 2,093 2.07%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 6 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,805 1.79% 1,187 1.18%
Educational, health & social services: 5,866 5.81% 17,064 16.91%
Educational services 2,395 2.37% 5,695 5.64%
Health care & social assistance 3,471 3.44% 11,369 11.26%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,535 4.49% 5,086 5.04%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,141 1.13% 788 0.78%
Accommodation & food services 3,394 3.36% 4,298 4.26%
Other services (except public administration) 2,635 2.61% 2,588 2.56%
Public administration 1,751 1.73% 1,491 1.48%

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

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