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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 152,371 52.31% 138,912 47.69%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 53,144 18.24% 55,229 18.96%
Management, business, & financial operations: 23,435 8.05% 20,177 6.93%
Management, except farm managers 16,372 5.62% 11,041 3.79%
Farmers & farm managers 181 0.06% 23 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 6,882 2.36% 9,113 3.13%
Business operations specialists 3,084 1.06% 4,626 1.59%
Financial specialists 3,798 1.30% 4,487 1.54%
Professional & related occupations: 29,709 10.20% 35,052 12.03%
Computer & mathematical 4,893 1.68% 2,361 0.81%
Architecture & engineering: 3,758 1.29% 677 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,587 0.89% 406 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,171 0.40% 271 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 1,303 0.45% 1,361 0.47%
Community & social services 1,986 0.68% 2,936 1.01%
Legal 2,017 0.69% 1,743 0.60%
Education, training, & library 4,493 1.54% 11,141 3.82%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 6,462 2.22% 4,046 1.39%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,797 1.65% 10,787 3.70%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,656 1.26% 7,076 2.43%
Health technologists & technicians 1,141 0.39% 3,711 1.27%
Service occupations: 18,616 6.39% 21,684 7.44%
Healthcare support 749 0.26% 3,350 1.15%
Protective services: 3,342 1.15% 1,259 0.43%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,917 0.66% 496 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,425 0.49% 763 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 7,544 2.59% 7,643 2.62%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,424 1.86% 3,400 1.17%
Personal care & service 1,557 0.53% 6,032 2.07%
Sales & office occupations: 30,734 10.55% 52,371 17.98%
Sales & related occupations 17,090 5.87% 16,169 5.55%
Office & administrative support 13,644 4.68% 36,202 12.43%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 271 0.09% 77 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 23,317 8.00% 1,095 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 14,818 5.09% 422 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,421 0.49% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 13,306 4.57% 422 0.14%
Extraction 91 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 8,499 2.92% 673 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 26,289 9.03% 8,456 2.90%
Production 11,691 4.01% 6,010 2.06%
Transportation & material moving: 14,598 5.01% 2,446 0.84%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 314 0.11% 169 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 350 0.12% 8 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 7,013 2.41% 874 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 661 0.23% 89 0.03%
Material moving 6,260 2.15% 1,306 0.45%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 152,371 52.31% 138,912 47.69%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 580 0.20% 99 0.03%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 419 0.14% 90 0.03%
Mining 161 0.06% 9 0.00%
Construction 17,374 5.96% 1,835 0.63%
Manufacturing 18,576 6.38% 8,546 2.93%
Wholesale trade 8,196 2.81% 3,324 1.14%
Retail trade 16,434 5.64% 15,471 5.31%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 10,234 3.51% 3,280 1.13%
Transportation & warehousing 8,829 3.03% 2,906 1.00%
Utilities 1,405 0.48% 374 0.13%
Information 7,126 2.45% 7,179 2.46%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 10,238 3.51% 14,233 4.89%
Finance & insurance 6,993 2.40% 11,166 3.83%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,245 1.11% 3,067 1.05%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 16,040 5.51% 13,243 4.55%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 9,362 3.21% 8,575 2.94%
Management of companies & enterprises 62 0.02% 126 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 6,616 2.27% 4,542 1.56%
Educational, health & social services: 17,876 6.14% 42,668 14.65%
Educational services 8,212 2.82% 15,714 5.39%
Health care & social assistance 9,664 3.32% 26,954 9.25%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 15,760 5.41% 13,570 4.66%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 4,433 1.52% 2,896 0.99%
Accommodation & food services 11,327 3.89% 10,674 3.66%
Other services (except public administration) 7,554 2.59% 8,209 2.82%
Public administration 6,383 2.19% 7,255 2.49%

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

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