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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 278,151 53.25% 244,247 46.75%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 160,377 30.70% 130,649 25.01%
Management, business, & financial operations: 72,650 13.91% 53,859 10.31%
Management, except farm managers 49,147 9.41% 30,827 5.90%
Farmers & farm managers 102 0.02% 54 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 23,401 4.48% 22,978 4.40%
Business operations specialists 12,653 2.42% 12,698 2.43%
Financial specialists 10,748 2.06% 10,280 1.97%
Professional & related occupations: 87,727 16.79% 76,790 14.70%
Computer & mathematical 36,425 6.97% 15,681 3.00%
Architecture & engineering: 13,272 2.54% 2,174 0.42%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 11,888 2.28% 1,839 0.35%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,384 0.26% 335 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 6,227 1.19% 3,824 0.73%
Community & social services 2,284 0.44% 4,079 0.78%
Legal 9,743 1.87% 6,273 1.20%
Education, training, & library 6,417 1.23% 22,673 4.34%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 8,140 1.56% 8,784 1.68%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 5,219 1.00% 13,302 2.55%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 4,311 0.83% 10,523 2.01%
Health technologists & technicians 908 0.17% 2,779 0.53%
Service occupations: 25,641 4.91% 33,458 6.40%
Healthcare support 645 0.12% 3,615 0.69%
Protective services: 6,972 1.33% 1,957 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,390 0.65% 756 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 3,582 0.69% 1,201 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 9,773 1.87% 8,744 1.67%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,277 1.01% 6,531 1.25%
Personal care & service 2,974 0.57% 12,611 2.41%
Sales & office occupations: 46,217 8.85% 73,224 14.02%
Sales & related occupations 26,742 5.12% 24,219 4.64%
Office & administrative support 19,475 3.73% 49,005 9.38%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 252 0.05% 101 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 27,322 5.23% 963 0.18%
Construction & extraction: 17,051 3.26% 337 0.06%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,303 0.44% 33 0.01%
Construction trades 14,730 2.82% 304 0.06%
Extraction 18 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 10,271 1.97% 626 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 18,342 3.51% 5,852 1.12%
Production 6,950 1.33% 3,810 0.73%
Transportation & material moving: 11,392 2.18% 2,042 0.39%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 432 0.08% 139 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 953 0.18% 132 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 6,375 1.22% 1,017 0.19%
Rail, water & other transportation 791 0.15% 50 0.01%
Material moving 2,841 0.54% 704 0.13%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 278,151 53.25% 244,247 46.75%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 730 0.14% 373 0.07%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 447 0.09% 224 0.04%
Mining 283 0.05% 149 0.03%
Construction 24,615 4.71% 3,775 0.72%
Manufacturing 12,790 2.45% 6,046 1.16%
Wholesale trade 5,946 1.14% 2,911 0.56%
Retail trade 25,726 4.92% 21,433 4.10%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 13,408 2.57% 5,840 1.12%
Transportation & warehousing 11,723 2.24% 5,371 1.03%
Utilities 1,685 0.32% 469 0.09%
Information 21,701 4.15% 15,020 2.88%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 18,037 3.45% 19,313 3.70%
Finance & insurance 12,474 2.39% 13,106 2.51%
Real estate & rental & leasing 5,563 1.06% 6,207 1.19%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 66,635 12.76% 45,401 8.69%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 57,358 10.98% 36,805 7.05%
Management of companies & enterprises 195 0.04% 172 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 9,082 1.74% 8,424 1.61%
Educational, health & social services: 17,872 3.42% 59,011 11.30%
Educational services 9,454 1.81% 27,816 5.32%
Health care & social assistance 8,418 1.61% 31,195 5.97%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 19,338 3.70% 17,075 3.27%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 4,221 0.81% 4,053 0.78%
Accommodation & food services 15,117 2.89% 13,022 2.49%
Other services (except public administration) 13,926 2.67% 19,857 3.80%
Public administration 37,427 7.16% 28,192 5.40%

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

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