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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 60,570 53.11% 53,470 46.89%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 36,785 32.26% 33,127 29.05%
Management, business, & financial operations: 14,951 13.11% 13,286 11.65%
Management, except farm managers 9,201 8.07% 8,032 7.04%
Farmers & farm managers 0 0.00% 12 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 5,750 5.04% 5,242 4.60%
Business operations specialists 3,250 2.85% 3,219 2.82%
Financial specialists 2,500 2.19% 2,023 1.77%
Professional & related occupations: 21,834 19.15% 19,841 17.40%
Computer & mathematical 6,425 5.63% 3,331 2.92%
Architecture & engineering: 1,951 1.71% 439 0.38%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,801 1.58% 414 0.36%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 150 0.13% 25 0.02%
Life, physical, & social science 2,020 1.77% 1,712 1.50%
Community & social services 457 0.40% 894 0.78%
Legal 4,980 4.37% 3,896 3.42%
Education, training, & library 2,013 1.77% 4,298 3.77%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,082 2.70% 3,362 2.95%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 906 0.79% 1,909 1.67%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 706 0.62% 1,587 1.39%
Health technologists & technicians 200 0.18% 322 0.28%
Service occupations: 5,791 5.08% 7,097 6.22%
Healthcare support 45 0.04% 607 0.53%
Protective services: 1,138 1.00% 382 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 563 0.49% 144 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 575 0.50% 238 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,736 2.40% 2,195 1.92%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,443 1.27% 1,962 1.72%
Personal care & service 429 0.38% 1,951 1.71%
Sales & office occupations: 8,514 7.47% 12,099 10.61%
Sales & related occupations 4,100 3.60% 3,595 3.15%
Office & administrative support 4,414 3.87% 8,504 7.46%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 96 0.08% 9 0.01%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,390 5.60% 255 0.22%
Construction & extraction: 5,166 4.53% 177 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 305 0.27% 5 0.00%
Construction trades 4,861 4.26% 172 0.15%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,224 1.07% 78 0.07%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,994 2.63% 883 0.77%
Production 1,083 0.95% 658 0.58%
Transportation & material moving: 1,911 1.68% 225 0.20%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 44 0.04% 7 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 64 0.06% 8 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,207 1.06% 103 0.09%
Rail, water & other transportation 141 0.12% 19 0.02%
Material moving 455 0.40% 88 0.08%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 60,570 53.11% 53,470 46.89%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 121 0.11% 67 0.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 111 0.10% 42 0.04%
Mining 10 0.01% 25 0.02%
Construction 5,830 5.11% 469 0.41%
Manufacturing 1,738 1.52% 956 0.84%
Wholesale trade 849 0.74% 239 0.21%
Retail trade 3,578 3.14% 2,756 2.42%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,067 1.81% 740 0.65%
Transportation & warehousing 1,848 1.62% 634 0.56%
Utilities 219 0.19% 106 0.09%
Information 4,554 3.99% 3,377 2.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,265 3.74% 3,808 3.34%
Finance & insurance 3,091 2.71% 2,713 2.38%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,174 1.03% 1,095 0.96%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 14,902 13.07% 11,867 10.41%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 12,772 11.20% 10,069 8.83%
Management of companies & enterprises 8 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,122 1.86% 1,798 1.58%
Educational, health & social services: 4,154 3.64% 10,241 8.98%
Educational services 2,662 2.33% 5,342 4.68%
Health care & social assistance 1,492 1.31% 4,899 4.30%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,745 4.16% 4,657 4.08%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 899 0.79% 1,063 0.93%
Accommodation & food services 3,846 3.37% 3,594 3.15%
Other services (except public administration) 3,453 3.03% 5,606 4.92%
Public administration 10,314 9.04% 8,687 7.62%

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

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