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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 32,045 54.30% 26,972 45.70%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,474 10.97% 7,637 12.94%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,801 4.75% 2,041 3.46%
Management, except farm managers 1,973 3.34% 1,156 1.96%
Farmers & farm managers 131 0.22% 7 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 697 1.18% 878 1.49%
Business operations specialists 352 0.60% 348 0.59%
Financial specialists 345 0.58% 530 0.90%
Professional & related occupations: 3,673 6.22% 5,596 9.48%
Computer & mathematical 299 0.51% 66 0.11%
Architecture & engineering: 860 1.46% 56 0.09%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 428 0.73% 14 0.02%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 432 0.73% 42 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 149 0.25% 125 0.21%
Community & social services 612 1.04% 542 0.92%
Legal 53 0.09% 155 0.26%
Education, training, & library 776 1.31% 1,738 2.94%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 238 0.40% 318 0.54%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 686 1.16% 2,596 4.40%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 391 0.66% 1,606 2.72%
Health technologists & technicians 295 0.50% 990 1.68%
Service occupations: 3,749 6.35% 6,134 10.39%
Healthcare support 154 0.26% 1,645 2.79%
Protective services: 830 1.41% 137 0.23%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 486 0.82% 35 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 344 0.58% 102 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,086 1.84% 2,493 4.22%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,389 2.35% 657 1.11%
Personal care & service 290 0.49% 1,202 2.04%
Sales & office occupations: 4,325 7.33% 10,554 17.88%
Sales & related occupations 2,588 4.39% 4,158 7.05%
Office & administrative support 1,737 2.94% 6,396 10.84%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 273 0.46% 115 0.19%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,367 12.48% 189 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 4,376 7.41% 47 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 523 0.89% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 3,325 5.63% 41 0.07%
Extraction 528 0.89% 6 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,991 5.07% 142 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 9,857 16.70% 2,343 3.97%
Production 4,591 7.78% 1,597 2.71%
Transportation & material moving: 5,266 8.92% 746 1.26%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 147 0.25% 13 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 32 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,623 4.44% 360 0.61%
Rail, water & other transportation 421 0.71% 12 0.02%
Material moving 2,043 3.46% 361 0.61%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 32,045 54.30% 26,972 45.70%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,663 2.82% 231 0.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 420 0.71% 150 0.25%
Mining 1,243 2.11% 81 0.14%
Construction 4,193 7.10% 350 0.59%
Manufacturing 6,689 11.33% 2,037 3.45%
Wholesale trade 1,448 2.45% 442 0.75%
Retail trade 3,877 6.57% 5,069 8.59%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,383 5.73% 879 1.49%
Transportation & warehousing 2,690 4.56% 613 1.04%
Utilities 693 1.17% 266 0.45%
Information 486 0.82% 663 1.12%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 703 1.19% 1,208 2.05%
Finance & insurance 406 0.69% 1,000 1.69%
Real estate & rental & leasing 297 0.50% 208 0.35%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,646 2.79% 1,627 2.76%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 719 1.22% 746 1.26%
Management of companies & enterprises 2 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 925 1.57% 881 1.49%
Educational, health & social services: 2,873 4.87% 9,222 15.63%
Educational services 1,601 2.71% 2,826 4.79%
Health care & social assistance 1,272 2.16% 6,396 10.84%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,034 3.45% 3,058 5.18%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 313 0.53% 313 0.53%
Accommodation & food services 1,721 2.92% 2,745 4.65%
Other services (except public administration) 1,800 3.05% 1,343 2.28%
Public administration 1,250 2.12% 843 1.43%

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

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