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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 25,091 53.70% 21,631 46.30%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,663 9.98% 5,792 12.40%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,074 4.44% 1,506 3.22%
Management, except farm managers 1,394 2.98% 965 2.07%
Farmers & farm managers 117 0.25% 13 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 563 1.20% 528 1.13%
Business operations specialists 289 0.62% 220 0.47%
Financial specialists 274 0.59% 308 0.66%
Professional & related occupations: 2,589 5.54% 4,286 9.17%
Computer & mathematical 331 0.71% 104 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 249 0.53% 52 0.11%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 189 0.40% 18 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 60 0.13% 34 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 118 0.25% 84 0.18%
Community & social services 352 0.75% 396 0.85%
Legal 197 0.42% 136 0.29%
Education, training, & library 422 0.90% 1,427 3.05%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 249 0.53% 374 0.80%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 671 1.44% 1,713 3.67%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 476 1.02% 979 2.10%
Health technologists & technicians 195 0.42% 734 1.57%
Service occupations: 3,991 8.54% 5,892 12.61%
Healthcare support 166 0.36% 1,114 2.38%
Protective services: 843 1.80% 317 0.68%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 548 1.17% 242 0.52%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 295 0.63% 75 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,285 2.75% 1,957 4.19%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,372 2.94% 1,139 2.44%
Personal care & service 325 0.70% 1,365 2.92%
Sales & office occupations: 4,060 8.69% 7,870 16.84%
Sales & related occupations 2,616 5.60% 2,614 5.59%
Office & administrative support 1,444 3.09% 5,256 11.25%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 220 0.47% 32 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,694 12.19% 189 0.40%
Construction & extraction: 3,550 7.60% 94 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 344 0.74% 7 0.01%
Construction trades 3,195 6.84% 87 0.19%
Extraction 11 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,144 4.59% 95 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,463 13.83% 1,856 3.97%
Production 3,202 6.85% 1,309 2.80%
Transportation & material moving: 3,261 6.98% 547 1.17%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 68 0.15% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 50 0.11% 3 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,626 3.48% 182 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 243 0.52% 35 0.07%
Material moving 1,274 2.73% 327 0.70%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 25,091 53.70% 21,631 46.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 423 0.91% 80 0.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 330 0.71% 65 0.14%
Mining 93 0.20% 15 0.03%
Construction 3,733 7.99% 312 0.67%
Manufacturing 4,213 9.02% 1,409 3.02%
Wholesale trade 1,367 2.93% 448 0.96%
Retail trade 3,323 7.11% 3,005 6.43%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,982 4.24% 531 1.14%
Transportation & warehousing 1,540 3.30% 354 0.76%
Utilities 442 0.95% 177 0.38%
Information 485 1.04% 566 1.21%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,102 2.36% 1,462 3.13%
Finance & insurance 640 1.37% 1,057 2.26%
Real estate & rental & leasing 462 0.99% 405 0.87%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,622 3.47% 1,566 3.35%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 654 1.40% 725 1.55%
Management of companies & enterprises 6 0.01% 20 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 962 2.06% 821 1.76%
Educational, health & social services: 2,176 4.66% 7,046 15.08%
Educational services 906 1.94% 2,148 4.60%
Health care & social assistance 1,270 2.72% 4,898 10.48%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,930 4.13% 2,522 5.40%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 321 0.69% 356 0.76%
Accommodation & food services 1,609 3.44% 2,166 4.64%
Other services (except public administration) 1,583 3.39% 1,627 3.48%
Public administration 1,152 2.47% 1,057 2.26%

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

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