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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 43,108 53.37% 37,665 46.63%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 12,844 15.90% 12,601 15.60%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,899 7.30% 4,105 5.08%
Management, except farm managers 4,039 5.00% 2,355 2.92%
Farmers & farm managers 536 0.66% 142 0.18%
Business & financial operations: 1,324 1.64% 1,608 1.99%
Business operations specialists 720 0.89% 755 0.93%
Financial specialists 604 0.75% 853 1.06%
Professional & related occupations: 6,945 8.60% 8,496 10.52%
Computer & mathematical 902 1.12% 243 0.30%
Architecture & engineering: 1,163 1.44% 283 0.35%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 802 0.99% 110 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 361 0.45% 173 0.21%
Life, physical, & social science 526 0.65% 326 0.40%
Community & social services 570 0.71% 841 1.04%
Legal 260 0.32% 368 0.46%
Education, training, & library 1,705 2.11% 3,256 4.03%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 963 1.19% 896 1.11%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 856 1.06% 2,283 2.83%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 738 0.91% 1,556 1.93%
Health technologists & technicians 118 0.15% 727 0.90%
Service occupations: 5,307 6.57% 8,024 9.93%
Healthcare support 184 0.23% 1,284 1.59%
Protective services: 1,003 1.24% 196 0.24%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 735 0.91% 48 0.06%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 268 0.33% 148 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,850 2.29% 2,806 3.47%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,674 2.07% 1,201 1.49%
Personal care & service 596 0.74% 2,537 3.14%
Sales & office occupations: 7,217 8.93% 14,035 17.38%
Sales & related occupations 4,732 5.86% 4,908 6.08%
Office & administrative support 2,485 3.08% 9,127 11.30%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,277 1.58% 377 0.47%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,943 9.83% 212 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 5,307 6.57% 141 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 718 0.89% 7 0.01%
Construction trades 4,550 5.63% 134 0.17%
Extraction 39 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,636 3.26% 71 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 8,520 10.55% 2,416 2.99%
Production 4,609 5.71% 1,781 2.20%
Transportation & material moving: 3,911 4.84% 635 0.79%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 106 0.13% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 117 0.14% 3 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,785 2.21% 290 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 331 0.41% 26 0.03%
Material moving 1,572 1.95% 316 0.39%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 43,108 53.37% 37,665 46.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,106 2.61% 556 0.69%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,036 2.52% 546 0.68%
Mining 70 0.09% 10 0.01%
Construction 6,086 7.53% 668 0.83%
Manufacturing 7,341 9.09% 2,466 3.05%
Wholesale trade 2,029 2.51% 774 0.96%
Retail trade 5,581 6.91% 6,014 7.45%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,192 2.71% 1,008 1.25%
Transportation & warehousing 1,820 2.25% 880 1.09%
Utilities 372 0.46% 128 0.16%
Information 925 1.15% 692 0.86%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,511 1.87% 2,406 2.98%
Finance & insurance 667 0.83% 1,658 2.05%
Real estate & rental & leasing 844 1.04% 748 0.93%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,596 4.45% 2,973 3.68%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,102 2.60% 1,826 2.26%
Management of companies & enterprises 9 0.01% 14 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,485 1.84% 1,133 1.40%
Educational, health & social services: 4,480 5.55% 12,369 15.31%
Educational services 2,898 3.59% 5,346 6.62%
Health care & social assistance 1,582 1.96% 7,023 8.69%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,622 4.48% 4,132 5.12%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,034 1.28% 877 1.09%
Accommodation & food services 2,588 3.20% 3,255 4.03%
Other services (except public administration) 1,962 2.43% 2,411 2.98%
Public administration 1,677 2.08% 1,196 1.48%

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

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