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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 60,111 56.36% 46,551 43.64%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 17,230 16.15% 17,610 16.51%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,225 6.77% 5,399 5.06%
Management, except farm managers 5,176 4.85% 3,075 2.88%
Farmers & farm managers 223 0.21% 63 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 1,826 1.71% 2,261 2.12%
Business operations specialists 1,073 1.01% 1,047 0.98%
Financial specialists 753 0.71% 1,214 1.14%
Professional & related occupations: 10,005 9.38% 12,211 11.45%
Computer & mathematical 1,408 1.32% 728 0.68%
Architecture & engineering: 3,346 3.14% 634 0.59%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,432 2.28% 474 0.44%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 914 0.86% 160 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 1,402 1.31% 606 0.57%
Community & social services 552 0.52% 670 0.63%
Legal 249 0.23% 527 0.49%
Education, training, & library 1,135 1.06% 5,052 4.74%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 698 0.65% 481 0.45%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,215 1.14% 3,513 3.29%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 975 0.91% 2,329 2.18%
Health technologists & technicians 240 0.23% 1,184 1.11%
Service occupations: 5,739 5.38% 7,922 7.43%
Healthcare support 113 0.11% 1,271 1.19%
Protective services: 2,006 1.88% 718 0.67%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,586 1.49% 423 0.40%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 420 0.39% 295 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,360 1.28% 2,549 2.39%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,838 1.72% 1,283 1.20%
Personal care & service 422 0.40% 2,101 1.97%
Sales & office occupations: 8,237 7.72% 17,798 16.69%
Sales & related occupations 5,050 4.73% 5,724 5.37%
Office & administrative support 3,187 2.99% 12,074 11.32%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 376 0.35% 47 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 15,184 14.24% 571 0.54%
Construction & extraction: 9,652 9.05% 339 0.32%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,620 1.52% 38 0.04%
Construction trades 7,769 7.28% 278 0.26%
Extraction 263 0.25% 23 0.02%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,532 5.19% 232 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 13,345 12.51% 2,603 2.44%
Production 8,045 7.54% 1,711 1.60%
Transportation & material moving: 5,300 4.97% 892 0.84%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 185 0.17% 32 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 108 0.10% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,511 2.35% 575 0.54%
Rail, water & other transportation 404 0.38% 31 0.03%
Material moving 2,092 1.96% 254 0.24%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 60,111 56.36% 46,551 43.64%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,770 1.66% 581 0.54%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 593 0.56% 153 0.14%
Mining 1,177 1.10% 428 0.40%
Construction 10,889 10.21% 1,375 1.29%
Manufacturing 14,751 13.83% 4,419 4.14%
Wholesale trade 2,701 2.53% 943 0.88%
Retail trade 5,034 4.72% 5,923 5.55%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,641 4.35% 1,363 1.28%
Transportation & warehousing 3,373 3.16% 1,094 1.03%
Utilities 1,268 1.19% 269 0.25%
Information 974 0.91% 940 0.88%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,161 2.03% 3,491 3.27%
Finance & insurance 1,057 0.99% 2,498 2.34%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,104 1.04% 993 0.93%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,912 4.61% 3,746 3.51%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,103 2.91% 2,435 2.28%
Management of companies & enterprises 9 0.01% 30 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,800 1.69% 1,281 1.20%
Educational, health & social services: 3,751 3.52% 15,590 14.62%
Educational services 2,047 1.92% 7,223 6.77%
Health care & social assistance 1,704 1.60% 8,367 7.84%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,702 2.53% 3,409 3.20%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 752 0.71% 454 0.43%
Accommodation & food services 1,950 1.83% 2,955 2.77%
Other services (except public administration) 2,662 2.50% 2,301 2.16%
Public administration 3,163 2.97% 2,470 2.32%

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

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