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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 52,793 52.98% 46,847 47.02%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 12,959 13.01% 15,753 15.81%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,471 5.49% 3,778 3.79%
Management, except farm managers 4,068 4.08% 2,307 2.32%
Farmers & farm managers 129 0.13% 22 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 1,274 1.28% 1,449 1.45%
Business operations specialists 675 0.68% 694 0.70%
Financial specialists 599 0.60% 755 0.76%
Professional & related occupations: 7,488 7.52% 11,975 12.02%
Computer & mathematical 476 0.48% 223 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 1,822 1.83% 245 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,305 1.31% 120 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 517 0.52% 125 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 553 0.55% 226 0.23%
Community & social services 911 0.91% 952 0.96%
Legal 482 0.48% 474 0.48%
Education, training, & library 1,233 1.24% 5,111 5.13%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 675 0.68% 564 0.57%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,336 1.34% 4,180 4.20%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,062 1.07% 2,439 2.45%
Health technologists & technicians 274 0.27% 1,741 1.75%
Service occupations: 6,924 6.95% 10,618 10.66%
Healthcare support 317 0.32% 2,725 2.73%
Protective services: 2,415 2.42% 1,051 1.05%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,891 1.90% 734 0.74%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 524 0.53% 317 0.32%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,786 1.79% 2,900 2.91%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,940 1.95% 1,725 1.73%
Personal care & service 466 0.47% 2,217 2.23%
Sales & office occupations: 8,761 8.79% 17,979 18.04%
Sales & related occupations 5,715 5.74% 6,206 6.23%
Office & administrative support 3,046 3.06% 11,773 11.82%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 342 0.34% 81 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 11,052 11.09% 345 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 7,165 7.19% 207 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 975 0.98% 14 0.01%
Construction trades 6,089 6.11% 193 0.19%
Extraction 101 0.10% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,887 3.90% 138 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 12,755 12.80% 2,071 2.08%
Production 6,928 6.95% 1,375 1.38%
Transportation & material moving: 5,827 5.85% 696 0.70%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 203 0.20% 2 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 78 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,609 2.62% 418 0.42%
Rail, water & other transportation 629 0.63% 50 0.05%
Material moving 2,308 2.32% 226 0.23%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 52,793 52.98% 46,847 47.02%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,353 1.36% 187 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 528 0.53% 122 0.12%
Mining 825 0.83% 65 0.07%
Construction 7,339 7.37% 795 0.80%
Manufacturing 11,430 11.47% 2,368 2.38%
Wholesale trade 2,216 2.22% 741 0.74%
Retail trade 6,114 6.14% 6,622 6.65%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,026 4.04% 1,288 1.29%
Transportation & warehousing 3,322 3.33% 1,110 1.11%
Utilities 704 0.71% 178 0.18%
Information 927 0.93% 1,196 1.20%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,846 1.85% 2,624 2.63%
Finance & insurance 986 0.99% 1,945 1.95%
Real estate & rental & leasing 860 0.86% 679 0.68%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,908 3.92% 2,963 2.97%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,902 1.91% 1,669 1.68%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.01% 44 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,000 2.01% 1,250 1.25%
Educational, health & social services: 4,778 4.80% 18,560 18.63%
Educational services 2,423 2.43% 7,667 7.69%
Health care & social assistance 2,355 2.36% 10,893 10.93%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,733 2.74% 3,792 3.81%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 513 0.51% 333 0.33%
Accommodation & food services 2,220 2.23% 3,459 3.47%
Other services (except public administration) 2,833 2.84% 2,554 2.56%
Public administration 3,290 3.30% 3,157 3.17%

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

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