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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 166,918 53.13% 147,240 46.87%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 44,702 14.23% 49,844 15.87%
Management, business, & financial operations: 20,472 6.52% 16,352 5.21%
Management, except farm managers 14,629 4.66% 9,846 3.13%
Farmers & farm managers 233 0.07% 111 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 5,610 1.79% 6,395 2.04%
Business operations specialists 2,949 0.94% 3,220 1.02%
Financial specialists 2,661 0.85% 3,175 1.01%
Professional & related occupations: 24,230 7.71% 33,492 10.66%
Computer & mathematical 3,827 1.22% 1,664 0.53%
Architecture & engineering: 4,682 1.49% 631 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,317 1.06% 334 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,365 0.43% 297 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 1,025 0.33% 713 0.23%
Community & social services 2,467 0.79% 3,588 1.14%
Legal 1,255 0.40% 1,625 0.52%
Education, training, & library 4,518 1.44% 12,298 3.91%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,982 0.63% 2,134 0.68%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,474 1.42% 10,839 3.45%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,148 1.00% 6,843 2.18%
Health technologists & technicians 1,326 0.42% 3,996 1.27%
Service occupations: 20,594 6.56% 30,532 9.72%
Healthcare support 955 0.30% 6,028 1.92%
Protective services: 5,454 1.74% 1,510 0.48%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,365 1.07% 628 0.20%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,089 0.66% 882 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,897 1.88% 10,016 3.19%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 6,167 1.96% 3,837 1.22%
Personal care & service 2,121 0.68% 9,141 2.91%
Sales & office occupations: 29,228 9.30% 54,877 17.47%
Sales & related occupations 17,147 5.46% 18,155 5.78%
Office & administrative support 12,081 3.85% 36,722 11.69%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,245 0.40% 438 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 33,447 10.65% 1,887 0.60%
Construction & extraction: 18,791 5.98% 776 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,354 0.75% 83 0.03%
Construction trades 16,324 5.20% 693 0.22%
Extraction 113 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 14,656 4.67% 1,111 0.35%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 37,702 12.00% 9,662 3.08%
Production 17,114 5.45% 5,616 1.79%
Transportation & material moving: 20,588 6.55% 4,046 1.29%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 583 0.19% 162 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,069 0.34% 126 0.04%
Motor vehicle operators 9,313 2.96% 1,740 0.55%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,279 0.41% 177 0.06%
Material moving 8,344 2.66% 1,841 0.59%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 166,918 53.13% 147,240 46.87%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,343 0.75% 783 0.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,067 0.66% 774 0.25%
Mining 276 0.09% 9 0.00%
Construction 21,570 6.87% 2,770 0.88%
Manufacturing 29,214 9.30% 10,297 3.28%
Wholesale trade 9,908 3.15% 4,011 1.28%
Retail trade 18,509 5.89% 20,899 6.65%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 15,942 5.07% 5,613 1.79%
Transportation & warehousing 14,032 4.47% 5,001 1.59%
Utilities 1,910 0.61% 612 0.19%
Information 4,079 1.30% 3,059 0.97%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 7,301 2.32% 10,911 3.47%
Finance & insurance 4,099 1.30% 7,651 2.44%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,202 1.02% 3,260 1.04%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 12,447 3.96% 10,648 3.39%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,673 1.81% 5,781 1.84%
Management of companies & enterprises 17 0.01% 39 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 6,757 2.15% 4,828 1.54%
Educational, health & social services: 16,415 5.23% 48,841 15.55%
Educational services 7,572 2.41% 18,003 5.73%
Health care & social assistance 8,843 2.81% 30,838 9.82%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 10,645 3.39% 13,630 4.34%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,057 0.97% 3,198 1.02%
Accommodation & food services 7,588 2.42% 10,432 3.32%
Other services (except public administration) 8,218 2.62% 7,742 2.46%
Public administration 10,327 3.29% 8,036 2.56%

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

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