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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 90,432 54.42% 75,740 45.58%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 39,414 23.72% 34,327 20.66%
Management, business, & financial operations: 19,374 11.66% 11,985 7.21%
Management, except farm managers 14,239 8.57% 6,362 3.83%
Farmers & farm managers 216 0.13% 45 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 4,919 2.96% 5,578 3.36%
Business operations specialists 1,990 1.20% 2,297 1.38%
Financial specialists 2,929 1.76% 3,281 1.97%
Professional & related occupations: 20,040 12.06% 22,342 13.45%
Computer & mathematical 4,217 2.54% 1,798 1.08%
Architecture & engineering: 6,172 3.71% 800 0.48%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,092 3.06% 598 0.36%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,080 0.65% 202 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 1,748 1.05% 681 0.41%
Community & social services 732 0.44% 1,200 0.72%
Legal 1,112 0.67% 788 0.47%
Education, training, & library 1,954 1.18% 8,653 5.21%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,456 0.88% 1,067 0.64%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,649 1.59% 7,355 4.43%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,976 1.19% 5,307 3.19%
Health technologists & technicians 673 0.41% 2,048 1.23%
Service occupations: 8,612 5.18% 10,028 6.03%
Healthcare support 424 0.26% 2,102 1.26%
Protective services: 2,634 1.59% 659 0.40%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,795 1.08% 399 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 839 0.50% 260 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,104 1.27% 2,390 1.44%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,562 1.54% 1,664 1.00%
Personal care & service 888 0.53% 3,213 1.93%
Sales & office occupations: 18,273 11.00% 27,713 16.68%
Sales & related occupations 12,311 7.41% 8,947 5.38%
Office & administrative support 5,962 3.59% 18,766 11.29%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 325 0.20% 129 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 12,023 7.24% 536 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 6,634 3.99% 219 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,078 0.65% 59 0.04%
Construction trades 5,445 3.28% 160 0.10%
Extraction 111 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,389 3.24% 317 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 11,785 7.09% 3,007 1.81%
Production 6,086 3.66% 2,083 1.25%
Transportation & material moving: 5,699 3.43% 924 0.56%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 272 0.16% 13 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 99 0.06% 8 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 3,229 1.94% 500 0.30%
Rail, water & other transportation 206 0.12% 27 0.02%
Material moving 1,893 1.14% 376 0.23%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 90,432 54.42% 75,740 45.58%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 4,712 2.84% 1,754 1.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 572 0.34% 151 0.09%
Mining 4,140 2.49% 1,603 0.96%
Construction 9,405 5.66% 1,483 0.89%
Manufacturing 12,791 7.70% 4,819 2.90%
Wholesale trade 5,530 3.33% 2,235 1.34%
Retail trade 10,979 6.61% 8,189 4.93%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,425 3.87% 2,939 1.77%
Transportation & warehousing 4,424 2.66% 1,914 1.15%
Utilities 2,001 1.20% 1,025 0.62%
Information 2,756 1.66% 2,012 1.21%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 5,498 3.31% 7,205 4.34%
Finance & insurance 3,882 2.34% 5,655 3.40%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,616 0.97% 1,550 0.93%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 12,571 7.57% 8,002 4.82%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 9,407 5.66% 5,513 3.32%
Management of companies & enterprises 93 0.06% 73 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,071 1.85% 2,416 1.45%
Educational, health & social services: 7,878 4.74% 26,710 16.07%
Educational services 3,814 2.30% 12,668 7.62%
Health care & social assistance 4,064 2.45% 14,042 8.45%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,529 2.73% 4,363 2.63%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,381 0.83% 928 0.56%
Accommodation & food services 3,148 1.89% 3,435 2.07%
Other services (except public administration) 3,701 2.23% 3,613 2.17%
Public administration 3,657 2.20% 2,416 1.45%

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

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