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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 38,146 48.78% 40,048 51.22%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 11,226 14.36% 12,636 16.16%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,182 5.35% 4,417 5.65%
Management, except farm managers 3,009 3.85% 2,365 3.02%
Farmers & farm managers 20 0.03% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 1,153 1.47% 2,052 2.62%
Business operations specialists 737 0.94% 1,087 1.39%
Financial specialists 416 0.53% 965 1.23%
Professional & related occupations: 7,044 9.01% 8,219 10.51%
Computer & mathematical 1,013 1.30% 486 0.62%
Architecture & engineering: 2,506 3.20% 326 0.42%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,810 2.31% 175 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 696 0.89% 151 0.19%
Life, physical, & social science 435 0.56% 247 0.32%
Community & social services 398 0.51% 775 0.99%
Legal 175 0.22% 239 0.31%
Education, training, & library 1,011 1.29% 3,135 4.01%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 739 0.95% 703 0.90%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 767 0.98% 2,308 2.95%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 553 0.71% 1,392 1.78%
Health technologists & technicians 214 0.27% 916 1.17%
Service occupations: 5,406 6.91% 8,358 10.69%
Healthcare support 137 0.18% 1,783 2.28%
Protective services: 1,412 1.81% 440 0.56%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 849 1.09% 184 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 563 0.72% 256 0.33%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,668 2.13% 2,744 3.51%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,677 2.14% 1,382 1.77%
Personal care & service 512 0.65% 2,009 2.57%
Sales & office occupations: 6,158 7.88% 15,397 19.69%
Sales & related occupations 3,534 4.52% 5,836 7.46%
Office & administrative support 2,624 3.36% 9,561 12.23%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 137 0.18% 65 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,802 9.98% 369 0.47%
Construction & extraction: 4,726 6.04% 160 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 424 0.54% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 4,280 5.47% 160 0.20%
Extraction 22 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,076 3.93% 209 0.27%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,417 9.49% 3,223 4.12%
Production 4,092 5.23% 2,168 2.77%
Transportation & material moving: 3,325 4.25% 1,055 1.35%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 94 0.12% 28 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 74 0.09% 14 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 1,412 1.81% 587 0.75%
Rail, water & other transportation 344 0.44% 27 0.03%
Material moving 1,401 1.79% 399 0.51%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 38,146 48.78% 40,048 51.22%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 173 0.22% 38 0.05%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 151 0.19% 38 0.05%
Mining 22 0.03% 0 0.00%
Construction 4,906 6.27% 600 0.77%
Manufacturing 8,607 11.01% 3,339 4.27%
Wholesale trade 1,085 1.39% 692 0.88%
Retail trade 3,910 5.00% 6,082 7.78%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,148 2.75% 840 1.07%
Transportation & warehousing 1,642 2.10% 774 0.99%
Utilities 506 0.65% 66 0.08%
Information 1,020 1.30% 1,008 1.29%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,252 1.60% 2,275 2.91%
Finance & insurance 533 0.68% 1,212 1.55%
Real estate & rental & leasing 719 0.92% 1,063 1.36%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,624 4.63% 3,767 4.82%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,984 2.54% 1,676 2.14%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 15 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,640 2.10% 2,076 2.65%
Educational, health & social services: 3,110 3.98% 11,983 15.32%
Educational services 1,748 2.24% 5,022 6.42%
Health care & social assistance 1,362 1.74% 6,961 8.90%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,179 4.07% 4,607 5.89%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 901 1.15% 966 1.24%
Accommodation & food services 2,278 2.91% 3,641 4.66%
Other services (except public administration) 1,750 2.24% 2,022 2.59%
Public administration 3,382 4.33% 2,795 3.57%

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

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