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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 112,521 51.83% 104,583 48.17%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 35,959 16.56% 39,287 18.10%
Management, business, & financial operations: 19,055 8.78% 14,188 6.54%
Management, except farm managers 14,152 6.52% 8,023 3.70%
Farmers & farm managers 211 0.10% 61 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 4,692 2.16% 6,104 2.81%
Business operations specialists 2,138 0.98% 2,750 1.27%
Financial specialists 2,554 1.18% 3,354 1.54%
Professional & related occupations: 16,904 7.79% 25,099 11.56%
Computer & mathematical 3,200 1.47% 1,510 0.70%
Architecture & engineering: 3,187 1.47% 556 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,141 0.99% 386 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,046 0.48% 170 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 740 0.34% 781 0.36%
Community & social services 1,516 0.70% 2,053 0.95%
Legal 864 0.40% 1,054 0.49%
Education, training, & library 2,829 1.30% 10,322 4.75%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,149 0.99% 1,887 0.87%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,419 1.11% 6,936 3.19%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,883 0.87% 4,907 2.26%
Health technologists & technicians 536 0.25% 2,029 0.93%
Service occupations: 12,075 5.56% 15,376 7.08%
Healthcare support 361 0.17% 3,198 1.47%
Protective services: 2,089 0.96% 492 0.23%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,225 0.56% 148 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 864 0.40% 344 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,611 2.12% 5,320 2.45%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,970 1.83% 2,480 1.14%
Personal care & service 1,044 0.48% 3,886 1.79%
Sales & office occupations: 23,905 11.01% 38,725 17.84%
Sales & related occupations 14,214 6.55% 12,598 5.80%
Office & administrative support 9,691 4.46% 26,127 12.03%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 308 0.14% 46 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 17,036 7.85% 775 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 9,835 4.53% 324 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,342 0.62% 31 0.01%
Construction trades 8,471 3.90% 293 0.13%
Extraction 22 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 7,201 3.32% 451 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 23,238 10.70% 10,374 4.78%
Production 12,232 5.63% 8,007 3.69%
Transportation & material moving: 11,006 5.07% 2,367 1.09%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 328 0.15% 94 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 264 0.12% 6 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 5,226 2.41% 805 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 236 0.11% 40 0.02%
Material moving 4,952 2.28% 1,422 0.65%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 112,521 51.83% 104,583 48.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 618 0.28% 110 0.05%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 550 0.25% 105 0.05%
Mining 68 0.03% 5 0.00%
Construction 12,356 5.69% 1,726 0.80%
Manufacturing 25,357 11.68% 14,897 6.86%
Wholesale trade 6,758 3.11% 3,292 1.52%
Retail trade 12,572 5.79% 12,316 5.67%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 8,542 3.93% 2,887 1.33%
Transportation & warehousing 7,912 3.64% 2,671 1.23%
Utilities 630 0.29% 216 0.10%
Information 2,947 1.36% 2,708 1.25%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 6,908 3.18% 11,091 5.11%
Finance & insurance 4,885 2.25% 8,935 4.12%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,023 0.93% 2,156 0.99%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 10,788 4.97% 8,666 3.99%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 6,137 2.83% 5,196 2.39%
Management of companies & enterprises 52 0.02% 72 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,599 2.12% 3,398 1.57%
Educational, health & social services: 9,203 4.24% 31,389 14.46%
Educational services 5,093 2.35% 14,081 6.49%
Health care & social assistance 4,110 1.89% 17,308 7.97%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 8,012 3.69% 7,803 3.59%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,791 0.82% 1,074 0.49%
Accommodation & food services 6,221 2.87% 6,729 3.10%
Other services (except public administration) 5,124 2.36% 4,897 2.26%
Public administration 3,336 1.54% 2,801 1.29%

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

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