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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 126,343 51.35% 119,721 48.65%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 53,403 21.70% 53,944 21.92%
Management, business, & financial operations: 20,886 8.49% 16,571 6.73%
Management, except farm managers 13,744 5.59% 8,777 3.57%
Farmers & farm managers 1,185 0.48% 327 0.13%
Business & financial operations: 5,957 2.42% 7,467 3.03%
Business operations specialists 2,783 1.13% 4,140 1.68%
Financial specialists 3,174 1.29% 3,327 1.35%
Professional & related occupations: 32,517 13.21% 37,373 15.19%
Computer & mathematical 7,314 2.97% 3,349 1.36%
Architecture & engineering: 4,357 1.77% 905 0.37%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,177 1.29% 546 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,180 0.48% 359 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 3,959 1.61% 2,773 1.13%
Community & social services 1,522 0.62% 2,517 1.02%
Legal 1,643 0.67% 1,527 0.62%
Education, training, & library 6,861 2.79% 12,305 5.00%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,099 1.26% 3,523 1.43%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,762 1.53% 10,474 4.26%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,748 1.12% 7,339 2.98%
Health technologists & technicians 1,014 0.41% 3,135 1.27%
Service occupations: 13,583 5.52% 17,779 7.23%
Healthcare support 802 0.33% 4,216 1.71%
Protective services: 2,275 0.92% 837 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,427 0.58% 355 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 848 0.34% 482 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,230 2.13% 5,768 2.34%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,065 1.65% 2,029 0.82%
Personal care & service 1,211 0.49% 4,929 2.00%
Sales & office occupations: 23,835 9.69% 41,450 16.85%
Sales & related occupations 13,499 5.49% 11,699 4.75%
Office & administrative support 10,336 4.20% 29,751 12.09%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 732 0.30% 159 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 15,744 6.40% 665 0.27%
Construction & extraction: 8,913 3.62% 291 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,132 0.46% 47 0.02%
Construction trades 7,766 3.16% 244 0.10%
Extraction 15 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,831 2.78% 374 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 19,046 7.74% 5,724 2.33%
Production 10,367 4.21% 4,292 1.74%
Transportation & material moving: 8,679 3.53% 1,432 0.58%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 255 0.10% 15 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 148 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,548 1.85% 426 0.17%
Rail, water & other transportation 262 0.11% 68 0.03%
Material moving 3,466 1.41% 923 0.38%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 126,343 51.35% 119,721 48.65%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,288 0.93% 744 0.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,233 0.91% 728 0.30%
Mining 55 0.02% 16 0.01%
Construction 11,180 4.54% 1,360 0.55%
Manufacturing 18,693 7.60% 7,725 3.14%
Wholesale trade 4,873 1.98% 1,807 0.73%
Retail trade 14,059 5.71% 12,951 5.26%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,999 2.44% 2,064 0.84%
Transportation & warehousing 4,627 1.88% 1,507 0.61%
Utilities 1,372 0.56% 557 0.23%
Information 4,234 1.72% 3,691 1.50%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 9,071 3.69% 13,684 5.56%
Finance & insurance 6,599 2.68% 11,666 4.74%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,472 1.00% 2,018 0.82%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 12,909 5.25% 10,570 4.30%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 9,901 4.02% 8,027 3.26%
Management of companies & enterprises 36 0.01% 47 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,972 1.21% 2,496 1.01%
Educational, health & social services: 20,650 8.39% 42,989 17.47%
Educational services 13,820 5.62% 20,081 8.16%
Health care & social assistance 6,830 2.78% 22,908 9.31%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 9,187 3.73% 8,215 3.34%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,784 0.73% 1,528 0.62%
Accommodation & food services 7,403 3.01% 6,687 2.72%
Other services (except public administration) 5,068 2.06% 6,078 2.47%
Public administration 8,132 3.30% 7,843 3.19%

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

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