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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 79,826 53.07% 70,598 46.93%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 25,702 17.09% 24,707 16.42%
Management, business, & financial operations: 10,962 7.29% 7,675 5.10%
Management, except farm managers 8,076 5.37% 4,339 2.88%
Farmers & farm managers 218 0.14% 61 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 2,668 1.77% 3,275 2.18%
Business operations specialists 1,136 0.76% 1,843 1.23%
Financial specialists 1,532 1.02% 1,432 0.95%
Professional & related occupations: 14,740 9.80% 17,032 11.32%
Computer & mathematical 2,502 1.66% 928 0.62%
Architecture & engineering: 4,561 3.03% 660 0.44%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,462 2.30% 478 0.32%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,099 0.73% 182 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 1,006 0.67% 615 0.41%
Community & social services 865 0.58% 1,653 1.10%
Legal 521 0.35% 367 0.24%
Education, training, & library 1,831 1.22% 5,816 3.87%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,383 0.92% 1,175 0.78%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,071 1.38% 5,818 3.87%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,697 1.13% 4,072 2.71%
Health technologists & technicians 374 0.25% 1,746 1.16%
Service occupations: 8,606 5.72% 12,431 8.26%
Healthcare support 388 0.26% 3,377 2.24%
Protective services: 1,630 1.08% 245 0.16%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 952 0.63% 54 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 678 0.45% 191 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,022 2.01% 4,454 2.96%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,941 1.96% 1,806 1.20%
Personal care & service 625 0.42% 2,549 1.69%
Sales & office occupations: 14,589 9.70% 26,480 17.60%
Sales & related occupations 8,718 5.80% 7,790 5.18%
Office & administrative support 5,871 3.90% 18,690 12.42%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 162 0.11% 142 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 11,933 7.93% 280 0.19%
Construction & extraction: 6,463 4.30% 111 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 634 0.42% 9 0.01%
Construction trades 5,789 3.85% 102 0.07%
Extraction 40 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,470 3.64% 169 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 18,834 12.52% 6,558 4.36%
Production 10,120 6.73% 5,083 3.38%
Transportation & material moving: 8,714 5.79% 1,475 0.98%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 181 0.12% 56 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 148 0.10% 7 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,008 2.66% 388 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 256 0.17% 32 0.02%
Material moving 4,121 2.74% 992 0.66%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 79,826 53.07% 70,598 46.93%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 565 0.38% 208 0.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 436 0.29% 172 0.11%
Mining 129 0.09% 36 0.02%
Construction 7,385 4.91% 683 0.45%
Manufacturing 21,487 14.28% 8,947 5.95%
Wholesale trade 4,135 2.75% 1,543 1.03%
Retail trade 9,072 6.03% 8,796 5.85%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,807 3.86% 1,940 1.29%
Transportation & warehousing 4,382 2.91% 1,410 0.94%
Utilities 1,425 0.95% 530 0.35%
Information 2,473 1.64% 2,240 1.49%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,415 2.27% 5,918 3.93%
Finance & insurance 2,262 1.50% 4,967 3.30%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,153 0.77% 951 0.63%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,741 4.48% 5,147 3.42%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,664 2.44% 2,837 1.89%
Management of companies & enterprises 50 0.03% 38 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,027 2.01% 2,272 1.51%
Educational, health & social services: 7,867 5.23% 23,939 15.91%
Educational services 3,686 2.45% 8,268 5.50%
Health care & social assistance 4,181 2.78% 15,671 10.42%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,702 3.13% 5,587 3.71%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 910 0.60% 1,027 0.68%
Accommodation & food services 3,792 2.52% 4,560 3.03%
Other services (except public administration) 4,165 2.77% 4,000 2.66%
Public administration 2,012 1.34% 1,650 1.10%

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

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