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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 22,732 51.62% 21,309 48.38%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,315 18.88% 8,541 19.39%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,264 9.68% 2,938 6.67%
Management, except farm managers 3,127 7.10% 1,492 3.39%
Farmers & farm managers 21 0.05% 24 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 1,116 2.53% 1,422 3.23%
Business operations specialists 539 1.22% 700 1.59%
Financial specialists 577 1.31% 722 1.64%
Professional & related occupations: 4,051 9.20% 5,603 12.72%
Computer & mathematical 603 1.37% 338 0.77%
Architecture & engineering: 963 2.19% 72 0.16%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 718 1.63% 53 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 245 0.56% 19 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 179 0.41% 120 0.27%
Community & social services 272 0.62% 424 0.96%
Legal 249 0.57% 249 0.57%
Education, training, & library 527 1.20% 2,139 4.86%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 342 0.78% 233 0.53%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 916 2.08% 2,028 4.60%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 799 1.81% 1,521 3.45%
Health technologists & technicians 117 0.27% 507 1.15%
Service occupations: 1,787 4.06% 2,979 6.76%
Healthcare support 40 0.09% 598 1.36%
Protective services: 533 1.21% 99 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 364 0.83% 38 0.09%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 169 0.38% 61 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 650 1.48% 1,115 2.53%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 409 0.93% 246 0.56%
Personal care & service 155 0.35% 921 2.09%
Sales & office occupations: 4,844 11.00% 8,570 19.46%
Sales & related occupations 3,056 6.94% 2,573 5.84%
Office & administrative support 1,788 4.06% 5,997 13.62%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 27 0.06% 19 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,558 8.08% 92 0.21%
Construction & extraction: 1,908 4.33% 43 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 280 0.64% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 1,628 3.70% 43 0.10%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,650 3.75% 49 0.11%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,201 9.54% 1,108 2.52%
Production 2,031 4.61% 781 1.77%
Transportation & material moving: 2,170 4.93% 327 0.74%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 117 0.27% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 54 0.12% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,142 2.59% 160 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 298 0.68% 20 0.05%
Material moving 559 1.27% 147 0.33%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 22,732 51.62% 21,309 48.38%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 138 0.31% 28 0.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 81 0.18% 28 0.06%
Mining 57 0.13% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,296 5.21% 261 0.59%
Manufacturing 3,985 9.05% 1,447 3.29%
Wholesale trade 1,549 3.52% 624 1.42%
Retail trade 3,071 6.97% 3,080 6.99%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,461 5.59% 651 1.48%
Transportation & warehousing 2,172 4.93% 556 1.26%
Utilities 289 0.66% 95 0.22%
Information 686 1.56% 488 1.11%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,440 3.27% 2,674 6.07%
Finance & insurance 1,038 2.36% 2,304 5.23%
Real estate & rental & leasing 402 0.91% 370 0.84%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,640 3.72% 1,550 3.52%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,084 2.46% 1,039 2.36%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 13 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 556 1.26% 498 1.13%
Educational, health & social services: 2,243 5.09% 7,333 16.65%
Educational services 781 1.77% 3,010 6.83%
Health care & social assistance 1,462 3.32% 4,323 9.82%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,235 2.80% 1,405 3.19%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 222 0.50% 246 0.56%
Accommodation & food services 1,013 2.30% 1,159 2.63%
Other services (except public administration) 1,079 2.45% 1,066 2.42%
Public administration 909 2.06% 702 1.59%

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

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