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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 25,029 53.69% 21,592 46.31%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,434 15.95% 7,365 15.80%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,991 8.56% 2,680 5.75%
Management, except farm managers 2,812 6.03% 1,385 2.97%
Farmers & farm managers 159 0.34% 43 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 1,020 2.19% 1,252 2.69%
Business operations specialists 595 1.28% 614 1.32%
Financial specialists 425 0.91% 638 1.37%
Professional & related occupations: 3,443 7.39% 4,685 10.05%
Computer & mathematical 630 1.35% 316 0.68%
Architecture & engineering: 905 1.94% 105 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 663 1.42% 31 0.07%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 242 0.52% 74 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 103 0.22% 89 0.19%
Community & social services 209 0.45% 254 0.54%
Legal 140 0.30% 158 0.34%
Education, training, & library 344 0.74% 1,441 3.09%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 570 1.22% 305 0.65%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 542 1.16% 2,017 4.33%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 382 0.82% 1,231 2.64%
Health technologists & technicians 160 0.34% 786 1.69%
Service occupations: 2,131 4.57% 3,076 6.60%
Healthcare support 19 0.04% 580 1.24%
Protective services: 586 1.26% 99 0.21%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 417 0.89% 11 0.02%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 169 0.36% 88 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 762 1.63% 1,101 2.36%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 590 1.27% 408 0.88%
Personal care & service 174 0.37% 888 1.90%
Sales & office occupations: 4,739 10.16% 9,024 19.36%
Sales & related occupations 3,170 6.80% 2,670 5.73%
Office & administrative support 1,569 3.37% 6,354 13.63%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 73 0.16% 26 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,692 10.06% 158 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 2,618 5.62% 64 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 377 0.81% 12 0.03%
Construction trades 2,225 4.77% 52 0.11%
Extraction 16 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,074 4.45% 94 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,960 12.78% 1,943 4.17%
Production 3,026 6.49% 1,543 3.31%
Transportation & material moving: 2,934 6.29% 400 0.86%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 160 0.34% 13 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 158 0.34% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,486 3.19% 119 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 125 0.27% 26 0.06%
Material moving 1,005 2.16% 242 0.52%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 25,029 53.69% 21,592 46.31%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 288 0.62% 105 0.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 253 0.54% 98 0.21%
Mining 35 0.08% 7 0.02%
Construction 3,426 7.35% 357 0.77%
Manufacturing 5,186 11.12% 2,469 5.30%
Wholesale trade 1,676 3.59% 766 1.64%
Retail trade 2,708 5.81% 2,710 5.81%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,678 5.74% 694 1.49%
Transportation & warehousing 2,233 4.79% 592 1.27%
Utilities 445 0.95% 102 0.22%
Information 821 1.76% 758 1.63%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,308 2.81% 2,145 4.60%
Finance & insurance 825 1.77% 1,660 3.56%
Real estate & rental & leasing 483 1.04% 485 1.04%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,699 3.64% 1,730 3.71%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,029 2.21% 1,142 2.45%
Management of companies & enterprises 44 0.09% 14 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 626 1.34% 574 1.23%
Educational, health & social services: 1,560 3.35% 6,091 13.06%
Educational services 602 1.29% 1,890 4.05%
Health care & social assistance 958 2.05% 4,201 9.01%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,512 3.24% 1,866 4.00%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 391 0.84% 255 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 1,121 2.40% 1,611 3.46%
Other services (except public administration) 1,177 2.52% 1,063 2.28%
Public administration 990 2.12% 838 1.80%

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

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