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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 47,920 54.41% 40,154 45.59%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 11,650 13.23% 12,476 14.17%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,866 6.66% 3,098 3.52%
Management, except farm managers 3,663 4.16% 1,857 2.11%
Farmers & farm managers 1,331 1.51% 137 0.16%
Business & financial operations: 872 0.99% 1,104 1.25%
Business operations specialists 413 0.47% 427 0.48%
Financial specialists 459 0.52% 677 0.77%
Professional & related occupations: 5,784 6.57% 9,378 10.65%
Computer & mathematical 429 0.49% 137 0.16%
Architecture & engineering: 676 0.77% 113 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 448 0.51% 36 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 228 0.26% 77 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 426 0.48% 249 0.28%
Community & social services 773 0.88% 1,011 1.15%
Legal 398 0.45% 402 0.46%
Education, training, & library 1,419 1.61% 4,228 4.80%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 533 0.61% 393 0.45%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,130 1.28% 2,845 3.23%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 910 1.03% 1,901 2.16%
Health technologists & technicians 220 0.25% 944 1.07%
Service occupations: 5,710 6.48% 8,444 9.59%
Healthcare support 234 0.27% 1,767 2.01%
Protective services: 1,123 1.28% 233 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 839 0.95% 127 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 284 0.32% 106 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,479 1.68% 2,602 2.95%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,358 2.68% 1,063 1.21%
Personal care & service 516 0.59% 2,779 3.16%
Sales & office occupations: 6,889 7.82% 12,893 14.64%
Sales & related occupations 4,498 5.11% 4,336 4.92%
Office & administrative support 2,391 2.71% 8,557 9.72%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 5,431 6.17% 2,758 3.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,103 8.06% 191 0.22%
Construction & extraction: 3,779 4.29% 118 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 501 0.57% 10 0.01%
Construction trades 3,250 3.69% 108 0.12%
Extraction 28 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,324 3.77% 73 0.08%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 11,137 12.65% 3,392 3.85%
Production 5,352 6.08% 1,900 2.16%
Transportation & material moving: 5,785 6.57% 1,492 1.69%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 90 0.10% 15 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 0 0.00% 1 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,458 2.79% 322 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 161 0.18% 30 0.03%
Material moving 3,076 3.49% 1,124 1.28%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 47,920 54.41% 40,154 45.59%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 7,525 8.54% 1,858 2.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 7,477 8.49% 1,858 2.11%
Mining 48 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 4,219 4.79% 451 0.51%
Manufacturing 7,752 8.80% 2,441 2.77%
Wholesale trade 4,074 4.63% 2,613 2.97%
Retail trade 4,881 5.54% 5,136 5.83%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,961 3.36% 1,087 1.23%
Transportation & warehousing 2,336 2.65% 969 1.10%
Utilities 625 0.71% 118 0.13%
Information 720 0.82% 499 0.57%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,414 1.61% 1,788 2.03%
Finance & insurance 645 0.73% 1,224 1.39%
Real estate & rental & leasing 769 0.87% 564 0.64%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,488 2.82% 2,194 2.49%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,142 1.30% 1,343 1.52%
Management of companies & enterprises 5 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,341 1.52% 851 0.97%
Educational, health & social services: 4,772 5.42% 14,583 16.56%
Educational services 2,450 2.78% 5,575 6.33%
Health care & social assistance 2,322 2.64% 9,008 10.23%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,437 2.77% 3,298 3.74%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 639 0.73% 584 0.66%
Accommodation & food services 1,798 2.04% 2,714 3.08%
Other services (except public administration) 2,106 2.39% 2,158 2.45%
Public administration 2,571 2.92% 2,048 2.33%

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

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