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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 44,624 49.18% 46,121 50.82%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 14,856 16.37% 17,389 19.16%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,171 6.80% 5,807 6.40%
Management, except farm managers 4,211 4.64% 3,120 3.44%
Farmers & farm managers 39 0.04% 34 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 1,921 2.12% 2,653 2.92%
Business operations specialists 742 0.82% 1,387 1.53%
Financial specialists 1,179 1.30% 1,266 1.40%
Professional & related occupations: 8,685 9.57% 11,582 12.76%
Computer & mathematical 1,506 1.66% 729 0.80%
Architecture & engineering: 1,095 1.21% 200 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 851 0.94% 120 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 244 0.27% 80 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 494 0.54% 602 0.66%
Community & social services 641 0.71% 1,350 1.49%
Legal 1,007 1.11% 917 1.01%
Education, training, & library 1,519 1.67% 3,764 4.15%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,493 1.65% 1,268 1.40%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 930 1.02% 2,752 3.03%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 696 0.77% 1,535 1.69%
Health technologists & technicians 234 0.26% 1,217 1.34%
Service occupations: 7,409 8.16% 9,515 10.49%
Healthcare support 233 0.26% 2,267 2.50%
Protective services: 1,104 1.22% 748 0.82%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 507 0.56% 301 0.33%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 597 0.66% 447 0.49%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,986 3.29% 2,806 3.09%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,299 2.53% 1,846 2.03%
Personal care & service 787 0.87% 1,848 2.04%
Sales & office occupations: 9,006 9.92% 15,398 16.97%
Sales & related occupations 4,773 5.26% 4,784 5.27%
Office & administrative support 4,233 4.66% 10,614 11.70%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 29 0.03% 24 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,476 6.03% 329 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 3,640 4.01% 174 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 378 0.42% 30 0.03%
Construction trades 3,243 3.57% 144 0.16%
Extraction 19 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,836 2.02% 155 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,848 8.65% 3,466 3.82%
Production 3,225 3.55% 2,496 2.75%
Transportation & material moving: 4,623 5.09% 970 1.07%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 145 0.16% 35 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 49 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,236 2.46% 451 0.50%
Rail, water & other transportation 113 0.12% 20 0.02%
Material moving 2,080 2.29% 464 0.51%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 44,624 49.18% 46,121 50.82%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 84 0.09% 93 0.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 64 0.07% 55 0.06%
Mining 20 0.02% 38 0.04%
Construction 4,377 4.82% 494 0.54%
Manufacturing 4,894 5.39% 2,706 2.98%
Wholesale trade 1,845 2.03% 685 0.75%
Retail trade 4,876 5.37% 4,586 5.05%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,862 3.15% 1,268 1.40%
Transportation & warehousing 2,549 2.81% 1,033 1.14%
Utilities 313 0.34% 235 0.26%
Information 1,155 1.27% 1,484 1.64%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,991 4.40% 4,800 5.29%
Finance & insurance 2,990 3.29% 4,005 4.41%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,001 1.10% 795 0.88%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 5,831 6.43% 4,811 5.30%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,451 3.80% 2,884 3.18%
Management of companies & enterprises 74 0.08% 40 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,306 2.54% 1,887 2.08%
Educational, health & social services: 5,448 6.00% 14,271 15.73%
Educational services 2,773 3.06% 5,546 6.11%
Health care & social assistance 2,675 2.95% 8,725 9.61%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,702 5.18% 4,329 4.77%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,237 1.36% 992 1.09%
Accommodation & food services 3,465 3.82% 3,337 3.68%
Other services (except public administration) 2,087 2.30% 2,961 3.26%
Public administration 2,472 2.72% 3,633 4.00%

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

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