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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 39,348 54.67% 32,623 45.33%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 10,976 15.25% 10,377 14.42%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,525 9.07% 4,255 5.91%
Management, except farm managers 4,141 5.75% 1,842 2.56%
Farmers & farm managers 756 1.05% 233 0.32%
Business & financial operations: 1,628 2.26% 2,180 3.03%
Business operations specialists 1,114 1.55% 1,368 1.90%
Financial specialists 514 0.71% 812 1.13%
Professional & related occupations: 4,451 6.18% 6,122 8.51%
Computer & mathematical 1,199 1.67% 538 0.75%
Architecture & engineering: 767 1.07% 110 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 488 0.68% 41 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 279 0.39% 69 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 111 0.15% 102 0.14%
Community & social services 485 0.67% 420 0.58%
Legal 170 0.24% 274 0.38%
Education, training, & library 616 0.86% 2,381 3.31%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 408 0.57% 369 0.51%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 695 0.97% 1,928 2.68%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 534 0.74% 1,192 1.66%
Health technologists & technicians 161 0.22% 736 1.02%
Service occupations: 3,794 5.27% 5,029 6.99%
Healthcare support 93 0.13% 802 1.11%
Protective services: 958 1.33% 139 0.19%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 540 0.75% 52 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 418 0.58% 87 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,039 1.44% 1,703 2.37%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,451 2.02% 1,086 1.51%
Personal care & service 253 0.35% 1,299 1.80%
Sales & office occupations: 6,919 9.61% 12,502 17.37%
Sales & related occupations 4,258 5.92% 3,761 5.23%
Office & administrative support 2,661 3.70% 8,741 12.15%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 543 0.75% 292 0.41%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,740 9.36% 282 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 3,768 5.24% 116 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 530 0.74% 5 0.01%
Construction trades 3,222 4.48% 111 0.15%
Extraction 16 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,972 4.13% 166 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,376 14.42% 4,141 5.75%
Production 5,992 8.33% 3,215 4.47%
Transportation & material moving: 4,384 6.09% 926 1.29%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 143 0.20% 48 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 96 0.13% 9 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,808 2.51% 237 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 80 0.11% 28 0.04%
Material moving 2,257 3.14% 604 0.84%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 39,348 54.67% 32,623 45.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,676 2.33% 652 0.91%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,590 2.21% 617 0.86%
Mining 86 0.12% 35 0.05%
Construction 4,366 6.07% 448 0.62%
Manufacturing 9,888 13.74% 4,784 6.65%
Wholesale trade 1,219 1.69% 712 0.99%
Retail trade 8,486 11.79% 7,617 10.58%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,877 4.00% 1,042 1.45%
Transportation & warehousing 2,303 3.20% 945 1.31%
Utilities 574 0.80% 97 0.13%
Information 514 0.71% 298 0.41%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,212 1.68% 2,351 3.27%
Finance & insurance 674 0.94% 1,781 2.47%
Real estate & rental & leasing 538 0.75% 570 0.79%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,518 3.50% 1,952 2.71%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,256 1.75% 1,080 1.50%
Management of companies & enterprises 104 0.14% 192 0.27%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,158 1.61% 680 0.94%
Educational, health & social services: 2,065 2.87% 8,065 11.21%
Educational services 1,135 1.58% 3,315 4.61%
Health care & social assistance 930 1.29% 4,750 6.60%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,746 2.43% 2,141 2.97%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 445 0.62% 258 0.36%
Accommodation & food services 1,301 1.81% 1,883 2.62%
Other services (except public administration) 1,816 2.52% 1,837 2.55%
Public administration 965 1.34% 724 1.01%

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

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