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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 246,173 55.80% 194,988 44.20%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 106,099 24.05% 86,474 19.60%
Management, business, & financial operations: 40,244 9.12% 31,684 7.18%
Management, except farm managers 28,351 6.43% 17,693 4.01%
Farmers & farm managers 436 0.10% 112 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 11,457 2.60% 13,879 3.15%
Business operations specialists 5,552 1.26% 7,447 1.69%
Financial specialists 5,905 1.34% 6,432 1.46%
Professional & related occupations: 65,855 14.93% 54,790 12.42%
Computer & mathematical 18,971 4.30% 6,640 1.51%
Architecture & engineering: 15,349 3.48% 2,573 0.58%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 11,629 2.64% 1,642 0.37%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 3,720 0.84% 931 0.21%
Life, physical, & social science 3,527 0.80% 2,457 0.56%
Community & social services 2,189 0.50% 3,984 0.90%
Legal 4,484 1.02% 4,226 0.96%
Education, training, & library 8,669 1.97% 18,230 4.13%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 7,818 1.77% 6,300 1.43%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,848 1.10% 10,380 2.35%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,742 0.85% 7,375 1.67%
Health technologists & technicians 1,106 0.25% 3,005 0.68%
Service occupations: 26,727 6.06% 28,790 6.53%
Healthcare support 897 0.20% 3,957 0.90%
Protective services: 4,698 1.06% 1,347 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,482 0.56% 577 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,216 0.50% 770 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 11,147 2.53% 10,195 2.31%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 7,613 1.73% 5,779 1.31%
Personal care & service 2,372 0.54% 7,512 1.70%
Sales & office occupations: 48,073 10.90% 67,286 15.25%
Sales & related occupations 27,837 6.31% 21,546 4.88%
Office & administrative support 20,236 4.59% 45,740 10.37%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 581 0.13% 168 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 37,618 8.53% 1,624 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 26,128 5.92% 777 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,761 0.63% 124 0.03%
Construction trades 23,187 5.26% 653 0.15%
Extraction 180 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 11,490 2.60% 847 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 27,075 6.14% 10,646 2.41%
Production 14,356 3.25% 8,650 1.96%
Transportation & material moving: 12,719 2.88% 1,996 0.45%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 457 0.10% 135 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 272 0.06% 67 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 6,554 1.49% 840 0.19%
Rail, water & other transportation 531 0.12% 90 0.02%
Material moving 4,905 1.11% 864 0.20%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 246,173 55.80% 194,988 44.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,581 0.36% 544 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 978 0.22% 334 0.08%
Mining 603 0.14% 210 0.05%
Construction 31,183 7.07% 3,098 0.70%
Manufacturing 40,386 9.15% 17,693 4.01%
Wholesale trade 7,835 1.78% 2,740 0.62%
Retail trade 26,798 6.07% 20,393 4.62%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 9,084 2.06% 3,178 0.72%
Transportation & warehousing 7,206 1.63% 2,409 0.55%
Utilities 1,878 0.43% 769 0.17%
Information 10,929 2.48% 8,081 1.83%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 14,168 3.21% 16,578 3.76%
Finance & insurance 8,732 1.98% 11,563 2.62%
Real estate & rental & leasing 5,436 1.23% 5,015 1.14%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 34,830 7.90% 25,135 5.70%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 24,525 5.56% 17,974 4.07%
Management of companies & enterprises 41 0.01% 103 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 10,264 2.33% 7,058 1.60%
Educational, health & social services: 24,907 5.65% 51,685 11.72%
Educational services 16,513 3.74% 27,232 6.17%
Health care & social assistance 8,394 1.90% 24,453 5.54%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 19,961 4.52% 16,614 3.77%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 4,179 0.95% 3,199 0.73%
Accommodation & food services 15,782 3.58% 13,415 3.04%
Other services (except public administration) 9,529 2.16% 10,879 2.47%
Public administration 14,982 3.40% 18,370 4.16%

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

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