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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 36,045 54.67% 29,881 45.33%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,947 15.09% 9,947 15.09%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,356 8.12% 3,505 5.32%
Management, except farm managers 3,957 6.00% 2,027 3.07%
Farmers & farm managers 262 0.40% 40 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 1,137 1.72% 1,438 2.18%
Business operations specialists 591 0.90% 658 1.00%
Financial specialists 546 0.83% 780 1.18%
Professional & related occupations: 4,591 6.96% 6,442 9.77%
Computer & mathematical 678 1.03% 405 0.61%
Architecture & engineering: 888 1.35% 138 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 658 1.00% 78 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 230 0.35% 60 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 182 0.28% 126 0.19%
Community & social services 281 0.43% 328 0.50%
Legal 236 0.36% 268 0.41%
Education, training, & library 520 0.79% 2,470 3.75%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 997 1.51% 469 0.71%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 809 1.23% 2,238 3.39%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 507 0.77% 1,324 2.01%
Health technologists & technicians 302 0.46% 914 1.39%
Service occupations: 2,966 4.50% 4,527 6.87%
Healthcare support 44 0.07% 746 1.13%
Protective services: 784 1.19% 191 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 571 0.87% 90 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 213 0.32% 101 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,011 1.53% 1,569 2.38%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 955 1.45% 685 1.04%
Personal care & service 172 0.26% 1,336 2.03%
Sales & office occupations: 7,432 11.27% 12,040 18.26%
Sales & related occupations 4,648 7.05% 3,724 5.65%
Office & administrative support 2,784 4.22% 8,316 12.61%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 206 0.31% 42 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,902 10.47% 217 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 4,080 6.19% 122 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 472 0.72% 15 0.02%
Construction trades 3,608 5.47% 107 0.16%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,822 4.28% 95 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,592 13.03% 3,108 4.71%
Production 5,134 7.79% 2,264 3.43%
Transportation & material moving: 3,458 5.25% 844 1.28%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 113 0.17% 11 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 43 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,807 2.74% 234 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 135 0.20% 26 0.04%
Material moving 1,360 2.06% 573 0.87%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 36,045 54.67% 29,881 45.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 473 0.72% 106 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 459 0.70% 97 0.15%
Mining 14 0.02% 9 0.01%
Construction 4,776 7.24% 517 0.78%
Manufacturing 8,001 12.14% 3,548 5.38%
Wholesale trade 2,283 3.46% 1,059 1.61%
Retail trade 4,583 6.95% 4,504 6.83%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,915 4.42% 726 1.10%
Transportation & warehousing 2,307 3.50% 613 0.93%
Utilities 608 0.92% 113 0.17%
Information 1,200 1.82% 825 1.25%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,644 2.49% 2,514 3.81%
Finance & insurance 978 1.48% 1,936 2.94%
Real estate & rental & leasing 666 1.01% 578 0.88%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,482 3.76% 2,578 3.91%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,220 1.85% 1,467 2.23%
Management of companies & enterprises 39 0.06% 105 0.16%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,223 1.86% 1,006 1.53%
Educational, health & social services: 2,254 3.42% 8,542 12.96%
Educational services 960 1.46% 3,277 4.97%
Health care & social assistance 1,294 1.96% 5,265 7.99%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,457 3.73% 2,347 3.56%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 781 1.18% 318 0.48%
Accommodation & food services 1,676 2.54% 2,029 3.08%
Other services (except public administration) 1,697 2.57% 1,540 2.34%
Public administration 1,280 1.94% 1,075 1.63%

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

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