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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 120,384 54.41% 100,871 45.59%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 53,859 24.34% 46,126 20.85%
Management, business, & financial operations: 28,196 12.74% 15,797 7.14%
Management, except farm managers 20,006 9.04% 9,550 4.32%
Farmers & farm managers 939 0.42% 234 0.11%
Business & financial operations: 7,251 3.28% 6,013 2.72%
Business operations specialists 3,489 1.58% 3,284 1.48%
Financial specialists 3,762 1.70% 2,729 1.23%
Professional & related occupations: 25,663 11.60% 30,329 13.71%
Computer & mathematical 7,264 3.28% 3,077 1.39%
Architecture & engineering: 4,519 2.04% 871 0.39%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,681 1.66% 623 0.28%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 838 0.38% 248 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 2,553 1.15% 1,534 0.69%
Community & social services 1,031 0.47% 1,975 0.89%
Legal 1,903 0.86% 1,133 0.51%
Education, training, & library 3,596 1.63% 10,297 4.65%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,094 0.95% 2,852 1.29%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,703 1.22% 8,590 3.88%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,263 1.02% 6,551 2.96%
Health technologists & technicians 440 0.20% 2,039 0.92%
Service occupations: 10,627 4.80% 13,439 6.07%
Healthcare support 505 0.23% 2,371 1.07%
Protective services: 1,831 0.83% 479 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 953 0.43% 95 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 878 0.40% 384 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,260 1.47% 4,924 2.23%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,102 1.85% 1,758 0.79%
Personal care & service 929 0.42% 3,907 1.77%
Sales & office occupations: 22,711 10.26% 35,459 16.03%
Sales & related occupations 14,902 6.74% 11,508 5.20%
Office & administrative support 7,809 3.53% 23,951 10.83%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,847 0.83% 420 0.19%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 14,823 6.70% 385 0.17%
Construction & extraction: 8,296 3.75% 141 0.06%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,421 0.64% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 6,821 3.08% 139 0.06%
Extraction 54 0.02% 2 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,527 2.95% 244 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 16,517 7.47% 5,042 2.28%
Production 8,743 3.95% 3,191 1.44%
Transportation & material moving: 7,774 3.51% 1,851 0.84%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 195 0.09% 28 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 183 0.08% 8 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,179 1.89% 1,006 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 444 0.20% 8 0.00%
Material moving 2,773 1.25% 801 0.36%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 120,384 54.41% 100,871 45.59%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,481 1.57% 972 0.44%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 3,280 1.48% 962 0.43%
Mining 201 0.09% 10 0.00%
Construction 11,053 5.00% 1,292 0.58%
Manufacturing 22,962 10.38% 9,848 4.45%
Wholesale trade 6,141 2.78% 2,670 1.21%
Retail trade 12,856 5.81% 11,913 5.38%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,751 3.05% 2,224 1.01%
Transportation & warehousing 5,097 2.30% 1,932 0.87%
Utilities 1,654 0.75% 292 0.13%
Information 3,990 1.80% 2,706 1.22%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 10,637 4.81% 11,427 5.16%
Finance & insurance 8,721 3.94% 9,320 4.21%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,916 0.87% 2,107 0.95%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 18,351 8.29% 12,238 5.53%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 14,237 6.43% 8,980 4.06%
Management of companies & enterprises 136 0.06% 137 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,978 1.80% 3,121 1.41%
Educational, health & social services: 11,359 5.13% 32,356 14.62%
Educational services 6,207 2.81% 14,261 6.45%
Health care & social assistance 5,152 2.33% 18,095 8.18%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 5,675 2.56% 6,350 2.87%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,697 0.77% 1,556 0.70%
Accommodation & food services 3,978 1.80% 4,794 2.17%
Other services (except public administration) 4,332 1.96% 4,646 2.10%
Public administration 2,796 1.26% 2,229 1.01%

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

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