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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 96,354 49.43% 98,569 50.57%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 32,082 16.46% 37,855 19.42%
Management, business, & financial operations: 14,347 7.36% 12,927 6.63%
Management, except farm managers 10,270 5.27% 7,422 3.81%
Farmers & farm managers 75 0.04% 33 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 4,002 2.05% 5,472 2.81%
Business operations specialists 2,282 1.17% 2,650 1.36%
Financial specialists 1,720 0.88% 2,822 1.45%
Professional & related occupations: 17,735 9.10% 24,928 12.79%
Computer & mathematical 3,717 1.91% 1,377 0.71%
Architecture & engineering: 4,333 2.22% 486 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,906 1.49% 275 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,427 0.73% 211 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 352 0.18% 355 0.18%
Community & social services 1,071 0.55% 1,967 1.01%
Legal 862 0.44% 1,388 0.71%
Education, training, & library 3,027 1.55% 9,883 5.07%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,814 0.93% 1,925 0.99%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,559 1.31% 7,547 3.87%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,016 1.03% 5,075 2.60%
Health technologists & technicians 543 0.28% 2,472 1.27%
Service occupations: 12,646 6.49% 16,342 8.38%
Healthcare support 251 0.13% 2,891 1.48%
Protective services: 3,640 1.87% 749 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,603 1.34% 358 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,037 0.53% 391 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,575 2.35% 5,491 2.82%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,166 1.62% 2,170 1.11%
Personal care & service 1,014 0.52% 5,041 2.59%
Sales & office occupations: 19,702 10.11% 38,995 20.01%
Sales & related occupations 12,396 6.36% 14,465 7.42%
Office & administrative support 7,306 3.75% 24,530 12.58%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 162 0.08% 85 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 18,705 9.60% 849 0.44%
Construction & extraction: 10,745 5.51% 348 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,989 1.02% 72 0.04%
Construction trades 8,694 4.46% 268 0.14%
Extraction 62 0.03% 8 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 7,960 4.08% 501 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 13,057 6.70% 4,443 2.28%
Production 5,712 2.93% 2,770 1.42%
Transportation & material moving: 7,345 3.77% 1,673 0.86%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 288 0.15% 94 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 477 0.24% 44 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 3,244 1.66% 831 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 787 0.40% 97 0.05%
Material moving 2,549 1.31% 607 0.31%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 96,354 49.43% 98,569 50.57%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 302 0.15% 119 0.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 271 0.14% 119 0.06%
Mining 31 0.02% 0 0.00%
Construction 12,630 6.48% 1,879 0.96%
Manufacturing 9,098 4.67% 3,483 1.79%
Wholesale trade 3,802 1.95% 2,007 1.03%
Retail trade 12,191 6.25% 14,547 7.46%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,090 3.12% 2,578 1.32%
Transportation & warehousing 5,530 2.84% 2,300 1.18%
Utilities 560 0.29% 278 0.14%
Information 3,337 1.71% 3,499 1.80%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 6,108 3.13% 10,660 5.47%
Finance & insurance 3,610 1.85% 7,542 3.87%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,498 1.28% 3,118 1.60%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 11,510 5.90% 9,809 5.03%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 7,520 3.86% 5,867 3.01%
Management of companies & enterprises 48 0.02% 56 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,942 2.02% 3,886 1.99%
Educational, health & social services: 8,887 4.56% 31,004 15.91%
Educational services 4,615 2.37% 12,845 6.59%
Health care & social assistance 4,272 2.19% 18,159 9.32%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 8,652 4.44% 8,759 4.49%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,676 0.86% 1,422 0.73%
Accommodation & food services 6,976 3.58% 7,337 3.76%
Other services (except public administration) 4,866 2.50% 5,187 2.66%
Public administration 8,881 4.56% 5,038 2.58%

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

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