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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 258,240 51.57% 242,491 48.43%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 80,987 16.17% 89,007 17.78%
Management, business, & financial operations: 35,523 7.09% 26,758 5.34%
Management, except farm managers 25,870 5.17% 16,602 3.32%
Farmers & farm managers 347 0.07% 123 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 9,306 1.86% 10,033 2.00%
Business operations specialists 4,471 0.89% 5,266 1.05%
Financial specialists 4,835 0.97% 4,767 0.95%
Professional & related occupations: 45,464 9.08% 62,249 12.43%
Computer & mathematical 7,604 1.52% 3,186 0.64%
Architecture & engineering: 8,767 1.75% 1,310 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 6,429 1.28% 796 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,338 0.47% 514 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 2,394 0.48% 2,108 0.42%
Community & social services 3,082 0.62% 6,069 1.21%
Legal 3,070 0.61% 2,265 0.45%
Education, training, & library 9,133 1.82% 22,650 4.52%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 4,830 0.96% 5,183 1.04%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 6,584 1.31% 19,478 3.89%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 5,161 1.03% 13,542 2.70%
Health technologists & technicians 1,423 0.28% 5,936 1.19%
Service occupations: 36,153 7.22% 42,386 8.46%
Healthcare support 1,789 0.36% 11,007 2.20%
Protective services: 8,669 1.73% 1,721 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 5,692 1.14% 424 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,977 0.59% 1,297 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 12,222 2.44% 14,992 2.99%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 10,093 2.02% 4,322 0.86%
Personal care & service 3,380 0.68% 10,344 2.07%
Sales & office occupations: 48,936 9.77% 86,818 17.34%
Sales & related occupations 27,934 5.58% 27,026 5.40%
Office & administrative support 21,002 4.19% 59,792 11.94%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,477 0.29% 238 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 37,170 7.42% 1,267 0.25%
Construction & extraction: 21,883 4.37% 647 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,729 0.55% 123 0.02%
Construction trades 19,025 3.80% 513 0.10%
Extraction 129 0.03% 11 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 15,287 3.05% 620 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 53,517 10.69% 22,775 4.55%
Production 32,051 6.40% 18,799 3.75%
Transportation & material moving: 21,466 4.29% 3,976 0.79%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 602 0.12% 200 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 287 0.06% 14 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 11,313 2.26% 1,559 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,225 0.24% 121 0.02%
Material moving 8,039 1.61% 2,082 0.42%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 258,240 51.57% 242,491 48.43%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,942 0.39% 454 0.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,830 0.37% 400 0.08%
Mining 112 0.02% 54 0.01%
Construction 24,764 4.95% 2,478 0.49%
Manufacturing 52,975 10.58% 29,285 5.85%
Wholesale trade 11,838 2.36% 5,127 1.02%
Retail trade 30,493 6.09% 29,933 5.98%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 14,350 2.87% 5,124 1.02%
Transportation & warehousing 11,683 2.33% 4,496 0.90%
Utilities 2,667 0.53% 628 0.13%
Information 6,085 1.22% 5,261 1.05%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 14,125 2.82% 20,563 4.11%
Finance & insurance 10,043 2.01% 16,961 3.39%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4,082 0.82% 3,602 0.72%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 23,662 4.73% 17,888 3.57%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 14,464 2.89% 11,338 2.26%
Management of companies & enterprises 280 0.06% 330 0.07%
Administrative & support & waste management services 8,918 1.78% 6,220 1.24%
Educational, health & social services: 31,221 6.24% 84,015 16.78%
Educational services 17,211 3.44% 32,873 6.57%
Health care & social assistance 14,010 2.80% 51,142 10.21%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 21,371 4.27% 21,859 4.37%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 5,875 1.17% 4,473 0.89%
Accommodation & food services 15,496 3.09% 17,386 3.47%
Other services (except public administration) 11,738 2.34% 11,561 2.31%
Public administration 13,676 2.73% 8,943 1.79%

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

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