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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 27,529 52.80% 24,613 47.20%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,821 13.08% 7,571 14.52%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,118 5.98% 1,943 3.73%
Management, except farm managers 2,071 3.97% 1,173 2.25%
Farmers & farm managers 379 0.73% 51 0.10%
Business & financial operations: 668 1.28% 719 1.38%
Business operations specialists 316 0.61% 277 0.53%
Financial specialists 352 0.68% 442 0.85%
Professional & related occupations: 3,703 7.10% 5,628 10.79%
Computer & mathematical 394 0.76% 106 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 601 1.15% 73 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 414 0.79% 41 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 187 0.36% 32 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 124 0.24% 101 0.19%
Community & social services 509 0.98% 456 0.87%
Legal 118 0.23% 126 0.24%
Education, training, & library 864 1.66% 1,843 3.53%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 274 0.53% 364 0.70%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 819 1.57% 2,559 4.91%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 593 1.14% 1,717 3.29%
Health technologists & technicians 226 0.43% 842 1.61%
Service occupations: 3,097 5.94% 5,904 11.32%
Healthcare support 160 0.31% 1,458 2.80%
Protective services: 769 1.47% 157 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 547 1.05% 90 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 222 0.43% 67 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,006 1.93% 2,286 4.38%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 928 1.78% 869 1.67%
Personal care & service 234 0.45% 1,134 2.17%
Sales & office occupations: 4,242 8.14% 8,961 17.19%
Sales & related occupations 2,610 5.01% 3,236 6.21%
Office & administrative support 1,632 3.13% 5,725 10.98%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 248 0.48% 71 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,171 8.00% 110 0.21%
Construction & extraction: 2,279 4.37% 25 0.05%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 317 0.61% 2 0.00%
Construction trades 1,929 3.70% 23 0.04%
Extraction 33 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,892 3.63% 85 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,950 17.16% 1,996 3.83%
Production 5,000 9.59% 1,369 2.63%
Transportation & material moving: 3,950 7.58% 627 1.20%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 40 0.08% 12 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 16 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,877 3.60% 299 0.57%
Rail, water & other transportation 104 0.20% 26 0.05%
Material moving 1,913 3.67% 290 0.56%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 27,529 52.80% 24,613 47.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 701 1.34% 149 0.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 624 1.20% 149 0.29%
Mining 77 0.15% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,439 4.68% 203 0.39%
Manufacturing 8,326 15.97% 2,175 4.17%
Wholesale trade 1,453 2.79% 531 1.02%
Retail trade 3,164 6.07% 3,806 7.30%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,990 3.82% 604 1.16%
Transportation & warehousing 1,727 3.31% 575 1.10%
Utilities 263 0.50% 29 0.06%
Information 386 0.74% 449 0.86%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 869 1.67% 1,310 2.51%
Finance & insurance 600 1.15% 1,041 2.00%
Real estate & rental & leasing 269 0.52% 269 0.52%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,152 2.21% 1,273 2.44%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 602 1.15% 630 1.21%
Management of companies & enterprises 5 0.01% 19 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 545 1.05% 624 1.20%
Educational, health & social services: 3,101 5.95% 9,261 17.76%
Educational services 1,487 2.85% 3,075 5.90%
Health care & social assistance 1,614 3.10% 6,186 11.86%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,461 2.80% 2,575 4.94%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 239 0.46% 256 0.49%
Accommodation & food services 1,222 2.34% 2,319 4.45%
Other services (except public administration) 1,265 2.43% 1,323 2.54%
Public administration 1,222 2.34% 954 1.83%

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

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