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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 102,299 54.27% 86,190 45.73%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 33,161 17.59% 29,505 15.65%
Management, business, & financial operations: 16,724 8.87% 10,261 5.44%
Management, except farm managers 12,640 6.71% 5,898 3.13%
Farmers & farm managers 104 0.06% 20 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 3,980 2.11% 4,343 2.30%
Business operations specialists 2,119 1.12% 2,174 1.15%
Financial specialists 1,861 0.99% 2,169 1.15%
Professional & related occupations: 16,437 8.72% 19,244 10.21%
Computer & mathematical 3,088 1.64% 1,163 0.62%
Architecture & engineering: 5,119 2.72% 865 0.46%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4,200 2.23% 584 0.31%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 919 0.49% 281 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 637 0.34% 514 0.27%
Community & social services 1,336 0.71% 1,234 0.65%
Legal 711 0.38% 838 0.44%
Education, training, & library 1,711 0.91% 6,765 3.59%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,642 0.87% 1,667 0.88%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,193 1.16% 6,198 3.29%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,756 0.93% 4,201 2.23%
Health technologists & technicians 437 0.23% 1,997 1.06%
Service occupations: 10,072 5.34% 14,656 7.78%
Healthcare support 233 0.12% 2,463 1.31%
Protective services: 1,991 1.06% 610 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,234 0.65% 252 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 757 0.40% 358 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,539 1.88% 5,252 2.79%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,497 1.86% 2,617 1.39%
Personal care & service 812 0.43% 3,714 1.97%
Sales & office occupations: 19,095 10.13% 31,296 16.60%
Sales & related occupations 12,235 6.49% 11,501 6.10%
Office & administrative support 6,860 3.64% 19,795 10.50%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 376 0.20% 122 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 17,052 9.05% 904 0.48%
Construction & extraction: 9,667 5.13% 340 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,106 0.59% 63 0.03%
Construction trades 8,552 4.54% 277 0.15%
Extraction 9 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 7,385 3.92% 564 0.30%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 22,543 11.96% 9,707 5.15%
Production 13,700 7.27% 8,069 4.28%
Transportation & material moving: 8,843 4.69% 1,638 0.87%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 258 0.14% 58 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 211 0.11% 36 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 3,770 2.00% 483 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 243 0.13% 40 0.02%
Material moving 4,361 2.31% 1,021 0.54%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 102,299 54.27% 86,190 45.73%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 574 0.30% 161 0.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 517 0.27% 141 0.07%
Mining 57 0.03% 20 0.01%
Construction 12,897 6.84% 1,727 0.92%
Manufacturing 27,522 14.60% 12,943 6.87%
Wholesale trade 5,882 3.12% 2,506 1.33%
Retail trade 11,533 6.12% 11,729 6.22%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,099 3.24% 1,783 0.95%
Transportation & warehousing 4,992 2.65% 1,448 0.77%
Utilities 1,107 0.59% 335 0.18%
Information 3,151 1.67% 3,008 1.60%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,736 2.51% 6,766 3.59%
Finance & insurance 3,054 1.62% 4,930 2.62%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,682 0.89% 1,836 0.97%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 9,924 5.27% 7,448 3.95%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 6,144 3.26% 4,660 2.47%
Management of companies & enterprises 57 0.03% 20 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,723 1.98% 2,768 1.47%
Educational, health & social services: 6,791 3.60% 23,792 12.62%
Educational services 3,607 1.91% 10,119 5.37%
Health care & social assistance 3,184 1.69% 13,673 7.25%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 6,166 3.27% 7,792 4.13%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,195 0.63% 1,058 0.56%
Accommodation & food services 4,971 2.64% 6,734 3.57%
Other services (except public administration) 4,723 2.51% 4,679 2.48%
Public administration 2,301 1.22% 1,856 0.98%

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

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