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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 76,665 53.43% 66,827 46.57%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 18,996 13.24% 20,821 14.51%
Management, business, & financial operations: 8,835 6.16% 5,751 4.01%
Management, except farm managers 6,028 4.20% 3,269 2.28%
Farmers & farm managers 232 0.16% 66 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 2,575 1.79% 2,416 1.68%
Business operations specialists 1,297 0.90% 1,280 0.89%
Financial specialists 1,278 0.89% 1,136 0.79%
Professional & related occupations: 10,161 7.08% 15,070 10.50%
Computer & mathematical 1,034 0.72% 633 0.44%
Architecture & engineering: 2,196 1.53% 160 0.11%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,438 1.00% 110 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 758 0.53% 50 0.03%
Life, physical, & social science 311 0.22% 272 0.19%
Community & social services 901 0.63% 1,202 0.84%
Legal 609 0.42% 503 0.35%
Education, training, & library 1,775 1.24% 4,289 2.99%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,103 0.77% 783 0.55%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,232 1.56% 7,228 5.04%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,684 1.17% 4,728 3.29%
Health technologists & technicians 548 0.38% 2,500 1.74%
Service occupations: 9,552 6.66% 12,225 8.52%
Healthcare support 583 0.41% 3,199 2.23%
Protective services: 2,897 2.02% 340 0.24%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,041 1.42% 79 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 856 0.60% 261 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,964 2.07% 4,707 3.28%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,586 1.80% 1,655 1.15%
Personal care & service 522 0.36% 2,324 1.62%
Sales & office occupations: 13,486 9.40% 26,796 18.67%
Sales & related occupations 7,445 5.19% 7,949 5.54%
Office & administrative support 6,041 4.21% 18,847 13.13%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 230 0.16% 53 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 13,669 9.53% 383 0.27%
Construction & extraction: 7,445 5.19% 121 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,037 0.72% 13 0.01%
Construction trades 6,296 4.39% 108 0.08%
Extraction 112 0.08% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,224 4.34% 262 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 20,732 14.45% 6,549 4.56%
Production 10,824 7.54% 4,779 3.33%
Transportation & material moving: 9,908 6.90% 1,770 1.23%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 224 0.16% 63 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 83 0.06% 7 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,382 3.05% 503 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 250 0.17% 45 0.03%
Material moving 4,969 3.46% 1,152 0.80%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 76,665 53.43% 66,827 46.57%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 900 0.63% 157 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 601 0.42% 143 0.10%
Mining 299 0.21% 14 0.01%
Construction 7,890 5.50% 625 0.44%
Manufacturing 16,666 11.61% 7,088 4.94%
Wholesale trade 4,393 3.06% 1,682 1.17%
Retail trade 9,211 6.42% 9,384 6.54%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,528 4.55% 1,732 1.21%
Transportation & warehousing 4,668 3.25% 1,277 0.89%
Utilities 1,860 1.30% 455 0.32%
Information 2,521 1.76% 2,395 1.67%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,086 2.15% 5,236 3.65%
Finance & insurance 2,231 1.55% 4,565 3.18%
Real estate & rental & leasing 855 0.60% 671 0.47%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,529 3.16% 4,434 3.09%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,237 1.56% 2,287 1.59%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.00% 5 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,286 1.59% 2,142 1.49%
Educational, health & social services: 8,161 5.69% 22,721 15.83%
Educational services 3,257 2.27% 6,532 4.55%
Health care & social assistance 4,904 3.42% 16,189 11.28%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,407 3.07% 5,581 3.89%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 920 0.64% 630 0.44%
Accommodation & food services 3,487 2.43% 4,951 3.45%
Other services (except public administration) 3,548 2.47% 2,821 1.97%
Public administration 4,825 3.36% 2,971 2.07%

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

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