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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 208,751 51.14% 199,470 48.86%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 63,598 15.58% 72,545 17.77%
Management, business, & financial operations: 31,401 7.69% 24,066 5.90%
Management, except farm managers 23,180 5.68% 13,867 3.40%
Farmers & farm managers 382 0.09% 27 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 7,839 1.92% 10,172 2.49%
Business operations specialists 3,420 0.84% 4,433 1.09%
Financial specialists 4,419 1.08% 5,739 1.41%
Professional & related occupations: 32,197 7.89% 48,479 11.88%
Computer & mathematical 6,437 1.58% 3,046 0.75%
Architecture & engineering: 4,799 1.18% 796 0.19%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,374 0.83% 513 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,425 0.35% 283 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 1,778 0.44% 1,337 0.33%
Community & social services 2,811 0.69% 3,700 0.91%
Legal 2,315 0.57% 1,873 0.46%
Education, training, & library 5,135 1.26% 17,519 4.29%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,372 0.83% 3,494 0.86%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 5,550 1.36% 16,714 4.09%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 4,546 1.11% 11,105 2.72%
Health technologists & technicians 1,004 0.25% 5,609 1.37%
Service occupations: 26,884 6.59% 31,467 7.71%
Healthcare support 992 0.24% 5,836 1.43%
Protective services: 7,766 1.90% 2,699 0.66%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 4,535 1.11% 1,225 0.30%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 3,231 0.79% 1,474 0.36%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 8,304 2.03% 9,554 2.34%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 7,505 1.84% 5,802 1.42%
Personal care & service 2,317 0.57% 7,576 1.86%
Sales & office occupations: 44,240 10.84% 78,486 19.23%
Sales & related occupations 25,018 6.13% 24,367 5.97%
Office & administrative support 19,222 4.71% 54,119 13.26%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 373 0.09% 106 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 29,576 7.25% 1,509 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 16,216 3.97% 632 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,802 0.44% 79 0.02%
Construction trades 14,380 3.52% 553 0.14%
Extraction 34 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 13,360 3.27% 877 0.21%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 44,080 10.80% 15,357 3.76%
Production 15,487 3.79% 9,313 2.28%
Transportation & material moving: 28,593 7.00% 6,044 1.48%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,114 0.27% 348 0.09%
Aircraft & traffic control 2,349 0.58% 148 0.04%
Motor vehicle operators 10,730 2.63% 1,352 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,105 0.27% 210 0.05%
Material moving 13,295 3.26% 3,986 0.98%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 208,751 51.14% 199,470 48.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 786 0.19% 170 0.04%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 717 0.18% 162 0.04%
Mining 69 0.02% 8 0.00%
Construction 19,753 4.84% 2,324 0.57%
Manufacturing 27,299 6.69% 14,678 3.60%
Wholesale trade 12,839 3.15% 6,649 1.63%
Retail trade 23,840 5.84% 22,892 5.61%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 32,490 7.96% 15,912 3.90%
Transportation & warehousing 30,373 7.44% 15,151 3.71%
Utilities 2,117 0.52% 761 0.19%
Information 4,659 1.14% 4,665 1.14%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 11,644 2.85% 16,101 3.94%
Finance & insurance 7,735 1.89% 12,319 3.02%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,909 0.96% 3,782 0.93%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 21,228 5.20% 16,397 4.02%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 10,506 2.57% 8,740 2.14%
Management of companies & enterprises 197 0.05% 211 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 10,525 2.58% 7,446 1.82%
Educational, health & social services: 19,447 4.76% 61,359 15.03%
Educational services 8,606 2.11% 23,308 5.71%
Health care & social assistance 10,841 2.66% 38,051 9.32%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 15,022 3.68% 16,818 4.12%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,807 0.93% 3,878 0.95%
Accommodation & food services 11,215 2.75% 12,940 3.17%
Other services (except public administration) 9,804 2.40% 11,289 2.77%
Public administration 9,940 2.43% 10,216 2.50%

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

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