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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 21,395 51.86% 19,863 48.14%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,956 14.44% 6,768 16.40%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,413 5.85% 1,490 3.61%
Management, except farm managers 1,786 4.33% 869 2.11%
Farmers & farm managers 41 0.10% 4 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 586 1.42% 617 1.50%
Business operations specialists 295 0.72% 294 0.71%
Financial specialists 291 0.71% 323 0.78%
Professional & related occupations: 3,543 8.59% 5,278 12.79%
Computer & mathematical 295 0.72% 64 0.16%
Architecture & engineering: 452 1.10% 72 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 359 0.87% 55 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 93 0.23% 17 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 209 0.51% 133 0.32%
Community & social services 352 0.85% 547 1.33%
Legal 216 0.52% 233 0.56%
Education, training, & library 765 1.85% 2,104 5.10%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 347 0.84% 265 0.64%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 907 2.20% 1,860 4.51%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 632 1.53% 1,218 2.95%
Health technologists & technicians 275 0.67% 642 1.56%
Service occupations: 3,135 7.60% 4,197 10.17%
Healthcare support 314 0.76% 803 1.95%
Protective services: 612 1.48% 59 0.14%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 372 0.90% 15 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 240 0.58% 44 0.11%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,075 2.61% 1,778 4.31%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 852 2.07% 545 1.32%
Personal care & service 282 0.68% 1,012 2.45%
Sales & office occupations: 4,764 11.55% 7,946 19.26%
Sales & related occupations 3,010 7.30% 3,319 8.04%
Office & administrative support 1,754 4.25% 4,627 11.21%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 86 0.21% 11 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,301 8.00% 53 0.13%
Construction & extraction: 1,903 4.61% 35 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 222 0.54% 7 0.02%
Construction trades 1,631 3.95% 28 0.07%
Extraction 50 0.12% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,398 3.39% 18 0.04%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,153 10.07% 888 2.15%
Production 2,107 5.11% 655 1.59%
Transportation & material moving: 2,046 4.96% 233 0.56%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 78 0.19% 37 0.09%
Aircraft & traffic control 21 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 925 2.24% 106 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 147 0.36% 11 0.03%
Material moving 875 2.12% 79 0.19%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 21,395 51.86% 19,863 48.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 282 0.68% 30 0.07%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 138 0.33% 19 0.05%
Mining 144 0.35% 11 0.03%
Construction 2,089 5.06% 190 0.46%
Manufacturing 3,192 7.74% 816 1.98%
Wholesale trade 1,005 2.44% 278 0.67%
Retail trade 2,798 6.78% 3,095 7.50%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,545 3.74% 353 0.86%
Transportation & warehousing 1,211 2.94% 283 0.69%
Utilities 334 0.81% 70 0.17%
Information 473 1.15% 450 1.09%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,043 2.53% 1,221 2.96%
Finance & insurance 734 1.78% 956 2.32%
Real estate & rental & leasing 309 0.75% 265 0.64%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,592 3.86% 1,631 3.95%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 682 1.65% 910 2.21%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 6 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 910 2.21% 715 1.73%
Educational, health & social services: 3,358 8.14% 7,753 18.79%
Educational services 1,576 3.82% 2,938 7.12%
Health care & social assistance 1,782 4.32% 4,815 11.67%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,618 3.92% 2,202 5.34%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 296 0.72% 301 0.73%
Accommodation & food services 1,322 3.20% 1,901 4.61%
Other services (except public administration) 1,172 2.84% 1,137 2.76%
Public administration 1,228 2.98% 707 1.71%

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

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