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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 18,761 52.19% 17,186 47.81%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,368 12.15% 5,553 15.45%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,021 5.62% 1,444 4.02%
Management, except farm managers 1,338 3.72% 941 2.62%
Farmers & farm managers 257 0.71% 23 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 426 1.19% 480 1.34%
Business operations specialists 190 0.53% 184 0.51%
Financial specialists 236 0.66% 296 0.82%
Professional & related occupations: 2,347 6.53% 4,109 11.43%
Computer & mathematical 108 0.30% 117 0.33%
Architecture & engineering: 262 0.73% 51 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 113 0.31% 6 0.02%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 149 0.41% 45 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 131 0.36% 56 0.16%
Community & social services 232 0.65% 287 0.80%
Legal 224 0.62% 216 0.60%
Education, training, & library 446 1.24% 1,665 4.63%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 197 0.55% 183 0.51%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 747 2.08% 1,534 4.27%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 660 1.84% 941 2.62%
Health technologists & technicians 87 0.24% 593 1.65%
Service occupations: 2,151 5.98% 3,733 10.38%
Healthcare support 70 0.19% 724 2.01%
Protective services: 902 2.51% 245 0.68%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 726 2.02% 223 0.62%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 176 0.49% 22 0.06%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 468 1.30% 1,146 3.19%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 570 1.59% 708 1.97%
Personal care & service 141 0.39% 910 2.53%
Sales & office occupations: 3,345 9.31% 6,660 18.53%
Sales & related occupations 2,294 6.38% 2,553 7.10%
Office & administrative support 1,051 2.92% 4,107 11.43%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 198 0.55% 21 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,765 10.47% 160 0.45%
Construction & extraction: 1,685 4.69% 94 0.26%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 233 0.65% 27 0.08%
Construction trades 1,431 3.98% 47 0.13%
Extraction 21 0.06% 20 0.06%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,080 5.79% 66 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,934 13.73% 1,059 2.95%
Production 2,416 6.72% 680 1.89%
Transportation & material moving: 2,518 7.00% 379 1.05%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 80 0.22% 9 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 28 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,271 3.54% 137 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 110 0.31% 16 0.04%
Material moving 1,029 2.86% 217 0.60%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 18,761 52.19% 17,186 47.81%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 545 1.52% 61 0.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 509 1.42% 37 0.10%
Mining 36 0.10% 24 0.07%
Construction 2,068 5.75% 293 0.82%
Manufacturing 3,276 9.11% 905 2.52%
Wholesale trade 1,032 2.87% 465 1.29%
Retail trade 2,556 7.11% 2,762 7.68%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,397 3.89% 373 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 1,134 3.15% 292 0.81%
Utilities 263 0.73% 81 0.23%
Information 290 0.81% 268 0.75%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 683 1.90% 896 2.49%
Finance & insurance 365 1.02% 633 1.76%
Real estate & rental & leasing 318 0.88% 263 0.73%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 935 2.60% 826 2.30%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 461 1.28% 431 1.20%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 474 1.32% 395 1.10%
Educational, health & social services: 1,927 5.36% 6,263 17.42%
Educational services 767 2.13% 2,301 6.40%
Health care & social assistance 1,160 3.23% 3,962 11.02%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 730 2.03% 1,451 4.04%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 109 0.30% 92 0.26%
Accommodation & food services 621 1.73% 1,359 3.78%
Other services (except public administration) 1,059 2.95% 1,113 3.10%
Public administration 2,263 6.30% 1,510 4.20%

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

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