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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 70,927 53.85% 60,791 46.15%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 18,736 14.22% 20,762 15.76%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,780 5.91% 5,804 4.41%
Management, except farm managers 5,354 4.06% 3,415 2.59%
Farmers & farm managers 352 0.27% 27 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 2,074 1.57% 2,362 1.79%
Business operations specialists 1,046 0.79% 1,060 0.80%
Financial specialists 1,028 0.78% 1,302 0.99%
Professional & related occupations: 10,956 8.32% 14,958 11.36%
Computer & mathematical 734 0.56% 461 0.35%
Architecture & engineering: 2,214 1.68% 240 0.18%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,555 1.18% 153 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 659 0.50% 87 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 861 0.65% 320 0.24%
Community & social services 776 0.59% 1,365 1.04%
Legal 839 0.64% 676 0.51%
Education, training, & library 2,261 1.72% 6,346 4.82%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 921 0.70% 752 0.57%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,350 1.78% 4,798 3.64%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,777 1.35% 2,992 2.27%
Health technologists & technicians 573 0.44% 1,806 1.37%
Service occupations: 9,929 7.54% 13,304 10.10%
Healthcare support 390 0.30% 2,925 2.22%
Protective services: 2,222 1.69% 433 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,582 1.20% 140 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 640 0.49% 293 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,765 2.86% 4,907 3.73%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,919 2.22% 1,985 1.51%
Personal care & service 633 0.48% 3,054 2.32%
Sales & office occupations: 12,668 9.62% 23,895 18.14%
Sales & related occupations 7,942 6.03% 8,810 6.69%
Office & administrative support 4,726 3.59% 15,085 11.45%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 428 0.32% 41 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 16,040 12.18% 444 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 9,122 6.93% 217 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,338 1.02% 29 0.02%
Construction trades 7,645 5.80% 188 0.14%
Extraction 139 0.11% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,918 5.25% 227 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 13,126 9.97% 2,345 1.78%
Production 6,256 4.75% 1,483 1.13%
Transportation & material moving: 6,870 5.22% 862 0.65%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 251 0.19% 22 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 354 0.27% 23 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 3,490 2.65% 489 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 513 0.39% 24 0.02%
Material moving 2,262 1.72% 304 0.23%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 70,927 53.85% 60,791 46.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,410 1.83% 382 0.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 892 0.68% 152 0.12%
Mining 1,518 1.15% 230 0.17%
Construction 10,147 7.70% 929 0.71%
Manufacturing 7,810 5.93% 1,807 1.37%
Wholesale trade 3,325 2.52% 1,028 0.78%
Retail trade 8,007 6.08% 8,002 6.08%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,914 3.73% 1,295 0.98%
Transportation & warehousing 3,918 2.97% 995 0.76%
Utilities 996 0.76% 300 0.23%
Information 1,764 1.34% 1,410 1.07%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,224 2.45% 4,646 3.53%
Finance & insurance 1,501 1.14% 3,071 2.33%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,723 1.31% 1,575 1.20%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 6,350 4.82% 5,386 4.09%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,168 2.41% 2,574 1.95%
Management of companies & enterprises 20 0.02% 33 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,162 2.40% 2,779 2.11%
Educational, health & social services: 7,731 5.87% 22,549 17.12%
Educational services 3,870 2.94% 9,765 7.41%
Health care & social assistance 3,861 2.93% 12,784 9.71%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 6,244 4.74% 6,803 5.16%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,183 0.90% 741 0.56%
Accommodation & food services 5,061 3.84% 6,062 4.60%
Other services (except public administration) 3,709 2.82% 3,378 2.56%
Public administration 5,292 4.02% 3,176 2.41%

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

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