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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 100,896 53.75% 86,821 46.25%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 36,014 19.19% 32,908 17.53%
Management, business, & financial operations: 14,978 7.98% 10,158 5.41%
Management, except farm managers 11,027 5.87% 6,023 3.21%
Farmers & farm managers 178 0.09% 31 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 3,773 2.01% 4,104 2.19%
Business operations specialists 1,901 1.01% 1,863 0.99%
Financial specialists 1,872 1.00% 2,241 1.19%
Professional & related occupations: 21,036 11.21% 22,750 12.12%
Computer & mathematical 2,935 1.56% 1,075 0.57%
Architecture & engineering: 4,759 2.54% 559 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,853 2.05% 321 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 906 0.48% 238 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 1,711 0.91% 786 0.42%
Community & social services 1,327 0.71% 1,763 0.94%
Legal 1,072 0.57% 1,134 0.60%
Education, training, & library 3,665 1.95% 8,193 4.36%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,317 1.23% 1,660 0.88%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,250 1.73% 7,580 4.04%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,540 1.35% 5,022 2.68%
Health technologists & technicians 710 0.38% 2,558 1.36%
Service occupations: 12,667 6.75% 14,637 7.80%
Healthcare support 424 0.23% 2,734 1.46%
Protective services: 2,639 1.41% 515 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,718 0.92% 257 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 921 0.49% 258 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,994 2.66% 5,484 2.92%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,583 1.91% 2,264 1.21%
Personal care & service 1,027 0.55% 3,640 1.94%
Sales & office occupations: 20,842 11.10% 33,576 17.89%
Sales & related occupations 13,515 7.20% 11,784 6.28%
Office & administrative support 7,327 3.90% 21,792 11.61%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 273 0.15% 81 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 14,342 7.64% 493 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 8,200 4.37% 237 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,069 0.57% 39 0.02%
Construction trades 7,061 3.76% 198 0.11%
Extraction 70 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,142 3.27% 256 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 16,758 8.93% 5,126 2.73%
Production 7,711 4.11% 3,831 2.04%
Transportation & material moving: 9,047 4.82% 1,295 0.69%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 296 0.16% 50 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 144 0.08% 8 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,557 2.43% 488 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 468 0.25% 37 0.02%
Material moving 3,582 1.91% 712 0.38%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 100,896 53.75% 86,821 46.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 591 0.31% 127 0.07%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 411 0.22% 118 0.06%
Mining 180 0.10% 9 0.00%
Construction 9,679 5.16% 1,250 0.67%
Manufacturing 13,773 7.34% 6,074 3.24%
Wholesale trade 6,235 3.32% 2,182 1.16%
Retail trade 13,395 7.14% 12,550 6.69%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 7,251 3.86% 2,499 1.33%
Transportation & warehousing 5,522 2.94% 1,665 0.89%
Utilities 1,729 0.92% 834 0.44%
Information 2,892 1.54% 2,033 1.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,972 2.65% 6,031 3.21%
Finance & insurance 3,188 1.70% 4,540 2.42%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,784 0.95% 1,491 0.79%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 13,104 6.98% 9,136 4.87%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 8,643 4.60% 6,043 3.22%
Management of companies & enterprises 29 0.02% 101 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,432 2.36% 2,992 1.59%
Educational, health & social services: 12,544 6.68% 29,639 15.79%
Educational services 6,923 3.69% 11,647 6.20%
Health care & social assistance 5,621 2.99% 17,992 9.58%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 8,110 4.32% 7,579 4.04%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,468 0.78% 921 0.49%
Accommodation & food services 6,642 3.54% 6,658 3.55%
Other services (except public administration) 4,399 2.34% 4,726 2.52%
Public administration 3,951 2.10% 2,995 1.60%

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

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