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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 19,534 53.92% 16,695 46.08%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,040 11.15% 5,327 14.70%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,695 4.68% 1,631 4.50%
Management, except farm managers 1,215 3.35% 883 2.44%
Farmers & farm managers 133 0.37% 21 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 347 0.96% 727 2.01%
Business operations specialists 168 0.46% 345 0.95%
Financial specialists 179 0.49% 382 1.05%
Professional & related occupations: 2,345 6.47% 3,696 10.20%
Computer & mathematical 431 1.19% 348 0.96%
Architecture & engineering: 396 1.09% 67 0.18%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 258 0.71% 11 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 138 0.38% 56 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 117 0.32% 99 0.27%
Community & social services 198 0.55% 218 0.60%
Legal 78 0.22% 141 0.39%
Education, training, & library 457 1.26% 1,206 3.33%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 159 0.44% 244 0.67%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 509 1.40% 1,373 3.79%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 365 1.01% 737 2.03%
Health technologists & technicians 144 0.40% 636 1.76%
Service occupations: 2,062 5.69% 2,894 7.99%
Healthcare support 66 0.18% 814 2.25%
Protective services: 529 1.46% 17 0.05%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 319 0.88% 0 0.00%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 210 0.58% 17 0.05%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 565 1.56% 1,084 2.99%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 718 1.98% 393 1.08%
Personal care & service 184 0.51% 586 1.62%
Sales & office occupations: 2,977 8.22% 6,112 16.87%
Sales & related occupations 1,666 4.60% 1,956 5.40%
Office & administrative support 1,311 3.62% 4,156 11.47%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 119 0.33% 15 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,431 12.23% 153 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 2,459 6.79% 70 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 319 0.88% 6 0.02%
Construction trades 2,059 5.68% 64 0.18%
Extraction 81 0.22% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,972 5.44% 83 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,905 16.30% 2,194 6.06%
Production 3,070 8.47% 1,633 4.51%
Transportation & material moving: 2,835 7.83% 561 1.55%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 101 0.28% 6 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 85 0.23% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,320 3.64% 158 0.44%
Rail, water & other transportation 101 0.28% 8 0.02%
Material moving 1,228 3.39% 389 1.07%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 19,534 53.92% 16,695 46.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 495 1.37% 52 0.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 323 0.89% 52 0.14%
Mining 172 0.47% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,808 7.75% 279 0.77%
Manufacturing 4,748 13.11% 2,070 5.71%
Wholesale trade 754 2.08% 261 0.72%
Retail trade 2,231 6.16% 2,340 6.46%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,503 4.15% 422 1.16%
Transportation & warehousing 1,253 3.46% 396 1.09%
Utilities 250 0.69% 26 0.07%
Information 396 1.09% 519 1.43%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 563 1.55% 1,278 3.53%
Finance & insurance 389 1.07% 1,076 2.97%
Real estate & rental & leasing 174 0.48% 202 0.56%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,234 3.41% 1,093 3.02%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 610 1.68% 759 2.10%
Management of companies & enterprises 12 0.03% 4 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 612 1.69% 330 0.91%
Educational, health & social services: 1,693 4.67% 5,150 14.22%
Educational services 759 2.10% 1,848 5.10%
Health care & social assistance 934 2.58% 3,302 9.11%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 945 2.61% 1,382 3.81%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 274 0.76% 156 0.43%
Accommodation & food services 671 1.85% 1,226 3.38%
Other services (except public administration) 838 2.31% 760 2.10%
Public administration 1,326 3.66% 1,089 3.01%

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

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