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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 26,115 53.20% 22,974 46.80%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,668 13.58% 7,658 15.60%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,249 6.62% 2,212 4.51%
Management, except farm managers 2,508 5.11% 1,384 2.82%
Farmers & farm managers 84 0.17% 13 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 657 1.34% 815 1.66%
Business operations specialists 336 0.68% 368 0.75%
Financial specialists 321 0.65% 447 0.91%
Professional & related occupations: 3,419 6.96% 5,446 11.09%
Computer & mathematical 287 0.58% 185 0.38%
Architecture & engineering: 829 1.69% 87 0.18%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 584 1.19% 44 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 245 0.50% 43 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 159 0.32% 80 0.16%
Community & social services 386 0.79% 429 0.87%
Legal 154 0.31% 159 0.32%
Education, training, & library 620 1.26% 2,446 4.98%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 301 0.61% 326 0.66%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 683 1.39% 1,734 3.53%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 529 1.08% 970 1.98%
Health technologists & technicians 154 0.31% 764 1.56%
Service occupations: 2,585 5.27% 4,699 9.57%
Healthcare support 82 0.17% 1,087 2.21%
Protective services: 577 1.18% 100 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 374 0.76% 76 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 203 0.41% 24 0.05%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 751 1.53% 1,698 3.46%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 995 2.03% 720 1.47%
Personal care & service 180 0.37% 1,094 2.23%
Sales & office occupations: 4,849 9.88% 8,542 17.40%
Sales & related occupations 3,280 6.68% 3,505 7.14%
Office & administrative support 1,569 3.20% 5,037 10.26%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 148 0.30% 13 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,035 10.26% 215 0.44%
Construction & extraction: 2,856 5.82% 130 0.26%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 533 1.09% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,019 4.11% 115 0.23%
Extraction 304 0.62% 15 0.03%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,179 4.44% 85 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,830 13.91% 1,847 3.76%
Production 3,871 7.89% 1,380 2.81%
Transportation & material moving: 2,959 6.03% 467 0.95%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 42 0.09% 26 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 87 0.18% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,539 3.14% 210 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 232 0.47% 29 0.06%
Material moving 1,059 2.16% 202 0.41%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 26,115 53.20% 22,974 46.80%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,890 3.85% 265 0.54%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 286 0.58% 26 0.05%
Mining 1,604 3.27% 239 0.49%
Construction 2,719 5.54% 265 0.54%
Manufacturing 5,707 11.63% 2,045 4.17%
Wholesale trade 1,522 3.10% 542 1.10%
Retail trade 3,216 6.55% 3,475 7.08%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,736 3.54% 373 0.76%
Transportation & warehousing 1,345 2.74% 294 0.60%
Utilities 391 0.80% 79 0.16%
Information 634 1.29% 708 1.44%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,034 2.11% 1,690 3.44%
Finance & insurance 584 1.19% 1,300 2.65%
Real estate & rental & leasing 450 0.92% 390 0.79%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,784 3.63% 1,209 2.46%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 662 1.35% 626 1.28%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,122 2.29% 583 1.19%
Educational, health & social services: 2,259 4.60% 7,979 16.25%
Educational services 1,201 2.45% 3,360 6.84%
Health care & social assistance 1,058 2.16% 4,619 9.41%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,410 2.87% 2,028 4.13%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 250 0.51% 177 0.36%
Accommodation & food services 1,160 2.36% 1,851 3.77%
Other services (except public administration) 1,543 3.14% 1,448 2.95%
Public administration 661 1.35% 947 1.93%

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

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