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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 39,019 54.12% 33,077 45.88%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 15,260 21.17% 13,061 18.12%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,777 6.63% 3,523 4.89%
Management, except farm managers 3,424 4.75% 2,255 3.13%
Farmers & farm managers 229 0.32% 59 0.08%
Business & financial operations: 1,124 1.56% 1,209 1.68%
Business operations specialists 614 0.85% 534 0.74%
Financial specialists 510 0.71% 675 0.94%
Professional & related occupations: 10,483 14.54% 9,538 13.23%
Computer & mathematical 1,336 1.85% 418 0.58%
Architecture & engineering: 1,021 1.42% 256 0.36%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 583 0.81% 152 0.21%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 438 0.61% 104 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 1,419 1.97% 869 1.21%
Community & social services 448 0.62% 641 0.89%
Legal 232 0.32% 147 0.20%
Education, training, & library 4,250 5.89% 4,514 6.26%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 668 0.93% 609 0.84%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,109 1.54% 2,084 2.89%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 645 0.89% 1,307 1.81%
Health technologists & technicians 464 0.64% 777 1.08%
Service occupations: 5,088 7.06% 6,746 9.36%
Healthcare support 113 0.16% 982 1.36%
Protective services: 1,069 1.48% 303 0.42%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 801 1.11% 207 0.29%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 268 0.37% 96 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,281 3.16% 2,505 3.47%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,152 1.60% 1,151 1.60%
Personal care & service 473 0.66% 1,805 2.50%
Sales & office occupations: 6,784 9.41% 11,447 15.88%
Sales & related occupations 3,920 5.44% 3,521 4.88%
Office & administrative support 2,864 3.97% 7,926 10.99%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 371 0.51% 93 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,109 8.47% 293 0.41%
Construction & extraction: 3,718 5.16% 182 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 679 0.94% 27 0.04%
Construction trades 2,985 4.14% 155 0.21%
Extraction 54 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,391 3.32% 111 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,407 7.50% 1,437 1.99%
Production 2,556 3.55% 923 1.28%
Transportation & material moving: 2,851 3.95% 514 0.71%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 77 0.11% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 46 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,659 2.30% 311 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 68 0.09% 7 0.01%
Material moving 1,001 1.39% 196 0.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 39,019 54.12% 33,077 45.88%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,222 1.69% 442 0.61%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 674 0.93% 278 0.39%
Mining 548 0.76% 164 0.23%
Construction 4,402 6.11% 368 0.51%
Manufacturing 3,398 4.71% 1,201 1.67%
Wholesale trade 1,119 1.55% 417 0.58%
Retail trade 4,331 6.01% 3,758 5.21%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,532 2.12% 465 0.64%
Transportation & warehousing 1,167 1.62% 360 0.50%
Utilities 365 0.51% 105 0.15%
Information 1,045 1.45% 607 0.84%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,659 2.30% 1,764 2.45%
Finance & insurance 791 1.10% 1,245 1.73%
Real estate & rental & leasing 868 1.20% 519 0.72%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,269 4.53% 2,282 3.17%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,387 3.31% 1,720 2.39%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 882 1.22% 562 0.78%
Educational, health & social services: 10,263 14.24% 15,461 21.45%
Educational services 8,976 12.45% 10,567 14.66%
Health care & social assistance 1,287 1.79% 4,894 6.79%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,645 5.06% 3,314 4.60%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 479 0.66% 549 0.76%
Accommodation & food services 3,166 4.39% 2,765 3.84%
Other services (except public administration) 1,459 2.02% 1,775 2.46%
Public administration 1,675 2.32% 1,223 1.70%

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

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