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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 51,665 51.41% 48,822 48.59%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 18,134 18.05% 19,445 19.35%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,648 7.61% 6,813 6.78%
Management, except farm managers 5,423 5.40% 3,736 3.72%
Farmers & farm managers 206 0.21% 60 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 2,019 2.01% 3,017 3.00%
Business operations specialists 1,098 1.09% 1,495 1.49%
Financial specialists 921 0.92% 1,522 1.51%
Professional & related occupations: 10,486 10.44% 12,632 12.57%
Computer & mathematical 2,039 2.03% 1,034 1.03%
Architecture & engineering: 2,006 2.00% 279 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,575 1.57% 207 0.21%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 431 0.43% 72 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 947 0.94% 531 0.53%
Community & social services 856 0.85% 1,269 1.26%
Legal 625 0.62% 807 0.80%
Education, training, & library 1,611 1.60% 4,479 4.46%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 923 0.92% 820 0.82%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,479 1.47% 3,413 3.40%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,139 1.13% 2,262 2.25%
Health technologists & technicians 340 0.34% 1,151 1.15%
Service occupations: 6,758 6.73% 8,680 8.64%
Healthcare support 274 0.27% 1,520 1.51%
Protective services: 1,781 1.77% 480 0.48%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,217 1.21% 249 0.25%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 564 0.56% 231 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,038 2.03% 3,157 3.14%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,909 1.90% 924 0.92%
Personal care & service 756 0.75% 2,599 2.59%
Sales & office occupations: 9,240 9.20% 17,992 17.90%
Sales & related occupations 5,344 5.32% 4,689 4.67%
Office & administrative support 3,896 3.88% 13,303 13.24%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 769 0.77% 363 0.36%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,736 8.69% 331 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 5,110 5.09% 141 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 640 0.64% 20 0.02%
Construction trades 4,437 4.42% 121 0.12%
Extraction 33 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,626 3.61% 190 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,028 7.99% 2,011 2.00%
Production 3,468 3.45% 1,159 1.15%
Transportation & material moving: 4,560 4.54% 852 0.85%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 76 0.08% 7 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 110 0.11% 15 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,306 2.29% 408 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 350 0.35% 56 0.06%
Material moving 1,718 1.71% 366 0.36%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 51,665 51.41% 48,822 48.59%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,469 1.46% 605 0.60%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,318 1.31% 581 0.58%
Mining 151 0.15% 24 0.02%
Construction 6,175 6.15% 688 0.68%
Manufacturing 5,356 5.33% 1,381 1.37%
Wholesale trade 2,099 2.09% 633 0.63%
Retail trade 5,472 5.45% 5,272 5.25%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,787 2.77% 906 0.90%
Transportation & warehousing 2,451 2.44% 699 0.70%
Utilities 336 0.33% 207 0.21%
Information 1,279 1.27% 1,062 1.06%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,126 2.12% 3,397 3.38%
Finance & insurance 1,250 1.24% 2,476 2.46%
Real estate & rental & leasing 876 0.87% 921 0.92%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,496 4.47% 3,044 3.03%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,431 2.42% 2,052 2.04%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,065 2.05% 992 0.99%
Educational, health & social services: 5,670 5.64% 15,212 15.14%
Educational services 2,876 2.86% 6,188 6.16%
Health care & social assistance 2,794 2.78% 9,024 8.98%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,424 3.41% 4,117 4.10%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 995 0.99% 859 0.85%
Accommodation & food services 2,429 2.42% 3,258 3.24%
Other services (except public administration) 2,277 2.27% 2,306 2.29%
Public administration 9,035 8.99% 10,199 10.15%

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

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