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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 44,285 51.62% 41,503 48.38%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 13,578 15.83% 15,042 17.53%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,545 7.63% 4,547 5.30%
Management, except farm managers 4,851 5.65% 2,779 3.24%
Farmers & farm managers 63 0.07% 16 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 1,631 1.90% 1,752 2.04%
Business operations specialists 839 0.98% 891 1.04%
Financial specialists 792 0.92% 861 1.00%
Professional & related occupations: 7,033 8.20% 10,495 12.23%
Computer & mathematical 1,273 1.48% 605 0.71%
Architecture & engineering: 1,595 1.86% 194 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,207 1.41% 111 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 388 0.45% 83 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 379 0.44% 304 0.35%
Community & social services 427 0.50% 1,009 1.18%
Legal 520 0.61% 396 0.46%
Education, training, & library 1,070 1.25% 3,514 4.10%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 618 0.72% 629 0.73%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,151 1.34% 3,844 4.48%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 898 1.05% 2,637 3.07%
Health technologists & technicians 253 0.29% 1,207 1.41%
Service occupations: 5,981 6.97% 6,975 8.13%
Healthcare support 290 0.34% 1,684 1.96%
Protective services: 1,675 1.95% 268 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,189 1.39% 113 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 486 0.57% 155 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,178 2.54% 2,636 3.07%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,450 1.69% 622 0.73%
Personal care & service 388 0.45% 1,765 2.06%
Sales & office occupations: 8,999 10.49% 16,359 19.07%
Sales & related occupations 5,396 6.29% 5,137 5.99%
Office & administrative support 3,603 4.20% 11,222 13.08%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 167 0.19% 40 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,532 7.61% 132 0.15%
Construction & extraction: 3,624 4.22% 38 0.04%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 415 0.48% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 3,171 3.70% 38 0.04%
Extraction 38 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,908 3.39% 94 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 9,028 10.52% 2,955 3.44%
Production 5,078 5.92% 2,345 2.73%
Transportation & material moving: 3,950 4.60% 610 0.71%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 128 0.15% 22 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 60 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,180 2.54% 299 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 201 0.23% 0 0.00%
Material moving 1,381 1.61% 289 0.34%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 44,285 51.62% 41,503 48.38%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 248 0.29% 51 0.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 212 0.25% 51 0.06%
Mining 36 0.04% 0 0.00%
Construction 4,128 4.81% 393 0.46%
Manufacturing 9,693 11.30% 4,430 5.16%
Wholesale trade 2,192 2.56% 867 1.01%
Retail trade 5,716 6.66% 5,753 6.71%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,208 3.74% 1,218 1.42%
Transportation & warehousing 2,659 3.10% 1,008 1.17%
Utilities 549 0.64% 210 0.24%
Information 1,031 1.20% 901 1.05%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,697 3.14% 4,376 5.10%
Finance & insurance 1,922 2.24% 3,694 4.31%
Real estate & rental & leasing 775 0.90% 682 0.79%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,448 4.02% 2,659 3.10%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,128 2.48% 1,731 2.02%
Management of companies & enterprises 37 0.04% 22 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,283 1.50% 906 1.06%
Educational, health & social services: 4,142 4.83% 13,623 15.88%
Educational services 2,027 2.36% 4,782 5.57%
Health care & social assistance 2,115 2.47% 8,841 10.31%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,416 3.98% 3,505 4.09%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 755 0.88% 640 0.75%
Accommodation & food services 2,661 3.10% 2,865 3.34%
Other services (except public administration) 1,924 2.24% 2,160 2.52%
Public administration 2,442 2.85% 1,567 1.83%

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

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