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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 24,331 53.30% 21,320 46.70%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,820 17.13% 8,096 17.73%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,753 8.22% 2,937 6.43%
Management, except farm managers 2,631 5.76% 1,571 3.44%
Farmers & farm managers 59 0.13% 49 0.11%
Business & financial operations: 1,063 2.33% 1,317 2.88%
Business operations specialists 712 1.56% 684 1.50%
Financial specialists 351 0.77% 633 1.39%
Professional & related occupations: 4,067 8.91% 5,159 11.30%
Computer & mathematical 1,475 3.23% 721 1.58%
Architecture & engineering: 824 1.80% 112 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 542 1.19% 96 0.21%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 282 0.62% 16 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 221 0.48% 160 0.35%
Community & social services 256 0.56% 237 0.52%
Legal 150 0.33% 286 0.63%
Education, training, & library 463 1.01% 2,142 4.69%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 380 0.83% 305 0.67%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 298 0.65% 1,196 2.62%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 249 0.55% 759 1.66%
Health technologists & technicians 49 0.11% 437 0.96%
Service occupations: 2,809 6.15% 3,285 7.20%
Healthcare support 39 0.09% 487 1.07%
Protective services: 1,173 2.57% 237 0.52%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 806 1.77% 172 0.38%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 367 0.80% 65 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 654 1.43% 1,203 2.64%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 759 1.66% 425 0.93%
Personal care & service 184 0.40% 933 2.04%
Sales & office occupations: 4,005 8.77% 8,547 18.72%
Sales & related occupations 2,455 5.38% 2,857 6.26%
Office & administrative support 1,550 3.40% 5,690 12.46%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 81 0.18% 0 0.00%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,262 11.53% 169 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 2,994 6.56% 46 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 488 1.07% 16 0.04%
Construction trades 2,474 5.42% 30 0.07%
Extraction 32 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,268 4.97% 123 0.27%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,354 9.54% 1,223 2.68%
Production 1,625 3.56% 671 1.47%
Transportation & material moving: 2,729 5.98% 552 1.21%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 153 0.34% 24 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 119 0.26% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,565 3.43% 285 0.62%
Rail, water & other transportation 73 0.16% 44 0.10%
Material moving 819 1.79% 199 0.44%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 24,331 53.30% 21,320 46.70%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 203 0.44% 112 0.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 137 0.30% 92 0.20%
Mining 66 0.14% 20 0.04%
Construction 3,952 8.66% 447 0.98%
Manufacturing 1,933 4.23% 655 1.43%
Wholesale trade 1,248 2.73% 467 1.02%
Retail trade 2,879 6.31% 3,122 6.84%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,358 5.17% 676 1.48%
Transportation & warehousing 1,691 3.70% 492 1.08%
Utilities 667 1.46% 184 0.40%
Information 796 1.74% 401 0.88%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,275 2.79% 2,615 5.73%
Finance & insurance 968 2.12% 2,215 4.85%
Real estate & rental & leasing 307 0.67% 400 0.88%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,534 5.55% 1,986 4.35%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,681 3.68% 1,460 3.20%
Management of companies & enterprises 10 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 843 1.85% 526 1.15%
Educational, health & social services: 1,284 2.81% 5,824 12.76%
Educational services 821 1.80% 2,682 5.88%
Health care & social assistance 463 1.01% 3,142 6.88%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,395 3.06% 1,808 3.96%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 308 0.67% 343 0.75%
Accommodation & food services 1,087 2.38% 1,465 3.21%
Other services (except public administration) 1,276 2.80% 1,027 2.25%
Public administration 3,198 7.01% 2,180 4.78%

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

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