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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 78,826 57.70% 57,792 42.30%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 25,177 18.43% 21,199 15.52%
Management, business, & financial operations: 14,476 10.60% 7,697 5.63%
Management, except farm managers 10,860 7.95% 4,551 3.33%
Farmers & farm managers 210 0.15% 53 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 3,406 2.49% 3,093 2.26%
Business operations specialists 1,835 1.34% 1,506 1.10%
Financial specialists 1,571 1.15% 1,587 1.16%
Professional & related occupations: 10,701 7.83% 13,502 9.88%
Computer & mathematical 2,051 1.50% 599 0.44%
Architecture & engineering: 2,909 2.13% 342 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,071 1.52% 165 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 838 0.61% 177 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 1,078 0.79% 447 0.33%
Community & social services 655 0.48% 710 0.52%
Legal 596 0.44% 641 0.47%
Education, training, & library 1,130 0.83% 6,516 4.77%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 943 0.69% 966 0.71%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,339 0.98% 3,281 2.40%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 913 0.67% 2,150 1.57%
Health technologists & technicians 426 0.31% 1,131 0.83%
Service occupations: 7,947 5.82% 9,441 6.91%
Healthcare support 91 0.07% 1,348 0.99%
Protective services: 2,529 1.85% 519 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,951 1.43% 253 0.19%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 578 0.42% 266 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,864 1.36% 3,010 2.20%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,859 2.09% 1,600 1.17%
Personal care & service 604 0.44% 2,964 2.17%
Sales & office occupations: 14,761 10.80% 23,606 17.28%
Sales & related occupations 10,210 7.47% 8,273 6.06%
Office & administrative support 4,551 3.33% 15,333 11.22%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 356 0.26% 70 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 16,631 12.17% 461 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 9,828 7.19% 262 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,305 1.69% 56 0.04%
Construction trades 7,356 5.38% 189 0.14%
Extraction 167 0.12% 17 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,803 4.98% 199 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 13,954 10.21% 3,015 2.21%
Production 6,593 4.83% 1,574 1.15%
Transportation & material moving: 7,361 5.39% 1,441 1.05%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 215 0.16% 95 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 929 0.68% 19 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 3,776 2.76% 844 0.62%
Rail, water & other transportation 446 0.33% 67 0.05%
Material moving 1,995 1.46% 416 0.30%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 78,826 57.70% 57,792 42.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,605 2.64% 1,138 0.83%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 588 0.43% 151 0.11%
Mining 3,017 2.21% 987 0.72%
Construction 12,294 9.00% 1,571 1.15%
Manufacturing 12,308 9.01% 3,374 2.47%
Wholesale trade 4,804 3.52% 1,614 1.18%
Retail trade 8,876 6.50% 8,732 6.39%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 7,772 5.69% 3,056 2.24%
Transportation & warehousing 6,309 4.62% 2,501 1.83%
Utilities 1,463 1.07% 555 0.41%
Information 1,987 1.45% 1,179 0.86%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,706 2.71% 4,638 3.39%
Finance & insurance 1,973 1.44% 3,001 2.20%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,733 1.27% 1,637 1.20%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 8,447 6.18% 6,131 4.49%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,184 3.79% 4,070 2.98%
Management of companies & enterprises 103 0.08% 60 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,160 2.31% 2,001 1.46%
Educational, health & social services: 4,041 2.96% 17,297 12.66%
Educational services 2,294 1.68% 9,039 6.62%
Health care & social assistance 1,747 1.28% 8,258 6.04%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,864 2.83% 4,191 3.07%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 996 0.73% 682 0.50%
Accommodation & food services 2,868 2.10% 3,509 2.57%
Other services (except public administration) 3,864 2.83% 3,178 2.33%
Public administration 3,258 2.38% 1,693 1.24%

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

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