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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 73,057 51.25% 69,493 48.75%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 23,873 16.75% 27,348 19.18%
Management, business, & financial operations: 10,417 7.31% 8,236 5.78%
Management, except farm managers 7,847 5.50% 5,079 3.56%
Farmers & farm managers 83 0.06% 33 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 2,487 1.74% 3,124 2.19%
Business operations specialists 1,189 0.83% 1,535 1.08%
Financial specialists 1,298 0.91% 1,589 1.11%
Professional & related occupations: 13,456 9.44% 19,112 13.41%
Computer & mathematical 1,446 1.01% 582 0.41%
Architecture & engineering: 2,748 1.93% 409 0.29%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,014 1.41% 271 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 734 0.51% 138 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 1,048 0.74% 851 0.60%
Community & social services 887 0.62% 1,560 1.09%
Legal 921 0.65% 953 0.67%
Education, training, & library 2,150 1.51% 6,181 4.34%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,425 1.00% 1,402 0.98%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,831 1.99% 7,174 5.03%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,425 1.70% 4,934 3.46%
Health technologists & technicians 406 0.28% 2,240 1.57%
Service occupations: 11,569 8.12% 13,915 9.76%
Healthcare support 307 0.22% 2,230 1.56%
Protective services: 2,328 1.63% 694 0.49%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,588 1.11% 327 0.23%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 740 0.52% 367 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,595 3.22% 5,207 3.65%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,239 2.27% 2,793 1.96%
Personal care & service 1,100 0.77% 2,991 2.10%
Sales & office occupations: 13,477 9.45% 23,930 16.79%
Sales & related occupations 9,058 6.35% 9,507 6.67%
Office & administrative support 4,419 3.10% 14,423 10.12%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 475 0.33% 187 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 12,943 9.08% 667 0.47%
Construction & extraction: 8,472 5.94% 437 0.31%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,178 0.83% 55 0.04%
Construction trades 7,259 5.09% 382 0.27%
Extraction 35 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,471 3.14% 230 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,720 7.52% 3,446 2.42%
Production 4,497 3.15% 2,432 1.71%
Transportation & material moving: 6,223 4.37% 1,014 0.71%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 249 0.17% 65 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 239 0.17% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 3,017 2.12% 339 0.24%
Rail, water & other transportation 450 0.32% 145 0.10%
Material moving 2,268 1.59% 465 0.33%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 73,057 51.25% 69,493 48.75%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 615 0.43% 222 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 555 0.39% 219 0.15%
Mining 60 0.04% 3 0.00%
Construction 10,591 7.43% 1,328 0.93%
Manufacturing 6,569 4.61% 3,064 2.15%
Wholesale trade 3,178 2.23% 986 0.69%
Retail trade 8,391 5.89% 9,577 6.72%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,082 3.57% 1,959 1.37%
Transportation & warehousing 4,164 2.92% 1,700 1.19%
Utilities 918 0.64% 259 0.18%
Information 1,605 1.13% 1,509 1.06%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,925 2.75% 4,629 3.25%
Finance & insurance 2,172 1.52% 2,879 2.02%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,753 1.23% 1,750 1.23%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 8,134 5.71% 6,105 4.28%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,776 3.35% 3,867 2.71%
Management of companies & enterprises 13 0.01% 31 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,345 2.35% 2,207 1.55%
Educational, health & social services: 8,337 5.85% 24,088 16.90%
Educational services 3,779 2.65% 9,024 6.33%
Health care & social assistance 4,558 3.20% 15,064 10.57%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 8,584 6.02% 8,966 6.29%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,787 1.25% 1,431 1.00%
Accommodation & food services 6,797 4.77% 7,535 5.29%
Other services (except public administration) 3,624 2.54% 3,529 2.48%
Public administration 4,422 3.10% 3,531 2.48%

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

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