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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 51,909 54.09% 44,059 45.91%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 14,155 14.75% 15,087 15.72%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,046 7.34% 5,452 5.68%
Management, except farm managers 5,018 5.23% 2,918 3.04%
Farmers & farm managers 218 0.23% 23 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 1,810 1.89% 2,511 2.62%
Business operations specialists 1,145 1.19% 1,142 1.19%
Financial specialists 665 0.69% 1,369 1.43%
Professional & related occupations: 7,109 7.41% 9,635 10.04%
Computer & mathematical 1,257 1.31% 601 0.63%
Architecture & engineering: 1,772 1.85% 212 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,221 1.27% 106 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 551 0.57% 106 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 198 0.21% 181 0.19%
Community & social services 533 0.56% 613 0.64%
Legal 136 0.14% 267 0.28%
Education, training, & library 1,404 1.46% 3,698 3.85%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 839 0.87% 685 0.71%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 970 1.01% 3,378 3.52%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 686 0.71% 2,137 2.23%
Health technologists & technicians 284 0.30% 1,241 1.29%
Service occupations: 5,400 5.63% 6,647 6.93%
Healthcare support 233 0.24% 1,131 1.18%
Protective services: 1,130 1.18% 281 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 646 0.67% 142 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 484 0.50% 139 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,058 2.14% 2,677 2.79%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,518 1.58% 760 0.79%
Personal care & service 461 0.48% 1,798 1.87%
Sales & office occupations: 9,735 10.14% 17,124 17.84%
Sales & related occupations 5,530 5.76% 5,714 5.95%
Office & administrative support 4,205 4.38% 11,410 11.89%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 186 0.19% 25 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 9,340 9.73% 584 0.61%
Construction & extraction: 5,207 5.43% 243 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 734 0.76% 33 0.03%
Construction trades 4,450 4.64% 210 0.22%
Extraction 23 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,133 4.31% 341 0.36%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 13,093 13.64% 4,592 4.78%
Production 6,969 7.26% 3,532 3.68%
Transportation & material moving: 6,124 6.38% 1,060 1.10%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 120 0.13% 17 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 141 0.15% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,934 3.06% 234 0.24%
Rail, water & other transportation 276 0.29% 0 0.00%
Material moving 2,653 2.76% 809 0.84%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 51,909 54.09% 44,059 45.91%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 628 0.65% 101 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 545 0.57% 92 0.10%
Mining 83 0.09% 9 0.01%
Construction 6,215 6.48% 717 0.75%
Manufacturing 12,838 13.38% 5,614 5.85%
Wholesale trade 3,284 3.42% 2,228 2.32%
Retail trade 5,746 5.99% 5,913 6.16%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,212 4.39% 1,321 1.38%
Transportation & warehousing 3,792 3.95% 1,147 1.20%
Utilities 420 0.44% 174 0.18%
Information 1,336 1.39% 1,396 1.45%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,181 2.27% 3,841 4.00%
Finance & insurance 1,468 1.53% 2,975 3.10%
Real estate & rental & leasing 713 0.74% 866 0.90%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,552 3.70% 2,945 3.07%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,807 1.88% 1,617 1.68%
Management of companies & enterprises 5 0.01% 42 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,740 1.81% 1,286 1.34%
Educational, health & social services: 4,371 4.55% 12,653 13.18%
Educational services 2,329 2.43% 5,242 5.46%
Health care & social assistance 2,042 2.13% 7,411 7.72%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,785 3.94% 3,790 3.95%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 785 0.82% 430 0.45%
Accommodation & food services 3,000 3.13% 3,360 3.50%
Other services (except public administration) 1,952 2.03% 1,949 2.03%
Public administration 1,809 1.89% 1,591 1.66%

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

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