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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 245,353 55.12% 199,775 44.88%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 79,754 17.92% 66,155 14.86%
Management, business, & financial operations: 36,464 8.19% 23,791 5.34%
Management, except farm managers 26,022 5.85% 12,374 2.78%
Farmers & farm managers 216 0.05% 89 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 10,226 2.30% 11,328 2.54%
Business operations specialists 4,446 1.00% 5,481 1.23%
Financial specialists 5,780 1.30% 5,847 1.31%
Professional & related occupations: 43,290 9.73% 42,364 9.52%
Computer & mathematical 9,488 2.13% 2,973 0.67%
Architecture & engineering: 8,208 1.84% 1,009 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,755 1.29% 593 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,453 0.55% 416 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 3,069 0.69% 1,889 0.42%
Community & social services 2,038 0.46% 3,029 0.68%
Legal 3,022 0.68% 1,961 0.44%
Education, training, & library 6,253 1.40% 15,761 3.54%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 5,154 1.16% 4,114 0.92%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 6,058 1.36% 11,628 2.61%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 4,526 1.02% 8,156 1.83%
Health technologists & technicians 1,532 0.34% 3,472 0.78%
Service occupations: 26,779 6.02% 31,167 7.00%
Healthcare support 1,494 0.34% 5,693 1.28%
Protective services: 5,332 1.20% 1,393 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,363 0.76% 427 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,969 0.44% 966 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 9,391 2.11% 9,944 2.23%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 8,471 1.90% 4,680 1.05%
Personal care & service 2,091 0.47% 9,457 2.12%
Sales & office occupations: 53,454 12.01% 86,254 19.38%
Sales & related occupations 30,770 6.91% 25,352 5.70%
Office & administrative support 22,684 5.10% 60,902 13.68%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 330 0.07% 125 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 41,669 9.36% 1,514 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 26,739 6.01% 672 0.15%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 3,283 0.74% 64 0.01%
Construction trades 23,124 5.19% 608 0.14%
Extraction 332 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 14,930 3.35% 842 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 43,367 9.74% 14,560 3.27%
Production 21,633 4.86% 11,026 2.48%
Transportation & material moving: 21,734 4.88% 3,534 0.79%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 731 0.16% 136 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 682 0.15% 69 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 10,678 2.40% 1,214 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,090 0.24% 133 0.03%
Material moving 8,553 1.92% 1,982 0.45%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 245,353 55.12% 199,775 44.88%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,722 0.61% 598 0.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 743 0.17% 317 0.07%
Mining 1,979 0.44% 281 0.06%
Construction 31,710 7.12% 3,343 0.75%
Manufacturing 33,856 7.61% 16,344 3.67%
Wholesale trade 13,964 3.14% 5,781 1.30%
Retail trade 28,701 6.45% 25,826 5.80%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 17,783 4.00% 8,576 1.93%
Transportation & warehousing 15,391 3.46% 7,749 1.74%
Utilities 2,392 0.54% 827 0.19%
Information 9,375 2.11% 8,479 1.90%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 17,761 3.99% 22,573 5.07%
Finance & insurance 12,312 2.77% 18,441 4.14%
Real estate & rental & leasing 5,449 1.22% 4,132 0.93%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 26,728 6.00% 19,387 4.36%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 16,235 3.65% 10,990 2.47%
Management of companies & enterprises 219 0.05% 176 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 10,274 2.31% 8,221 1.85%
Educational, health & social services: 23,241 5.22% 53,628 12.05%
Educational services 12,340 2.77% 23,243 5.22%
Health care & social assistance 10,901 2.45% 30,385 6.83%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 18,285 4.11% 17,177 3.86%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,715 0.83% 3,048 0.68%
Accommodation & food services 14,570 3.27% 14,129 3.17%
Other services (except public administration) 10,735 2.41% 9,666 2.17%
Public administration 10,492 2.36% 8,397 1.89%

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

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