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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 19,069 51.61% 17,880 48.39%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,424 14.68% 6,481 17.54%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,646 7.16% 2,394 6.48%
Management, except farm managers 1,790 4.84% 1,280 3.46%
Farmers & farm managers 264 0.71% 72 0.19%
Business & financial operations: 592 1.60% 1,042 2.82%
Business operations specialists 211 0.57% 428 1.16%
Financial specialists 381 1.03% 614 1.66%
Professional & related occupations: 2,778 7.52% 4,087 11.06%
Computer & mathematical 299 0.81% 255 0.69%
Architecture & engineering: 616 1.67% 136 0.37%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 423 1.14% 93 0.25%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 193 0.52% 43 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 270 0.73% 110 0.30%
Community & social services 208 0.56% 371 1.00%
Legal 246 0.67% 322 0.87%
Education, training, & library 500 1.35% 1,310 3.55%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 271 0.73% 284 0.77%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 368 1.00% 1,299 3.52%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 299 0.81% 895 2.42%
Health technologists & technicians 69 0.19% 404 1.09%
Service occupations: 2,325 6.29% 3,146 8.51%
Healthcare support 86 0.23% 612 1.66%
Protective services: 586 1.59% 201 0.54%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 403 1.09% 87 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 183 0.50% 114 0.31%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 810 2.19% 1,038 2.81%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 691 1.87% 408 1.10%
Personal care & service 152 0.41% 887 2.40%
Sales & office occupations: 3,016 8.16% 7,233 19.58%
Sales & related occupations 1,823 4.93% 2,253 6.10%
Office & administrative support 1,193 3.23% 4,980 13.48%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 181 0.49% 53 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,889 10.53% 244 0.66%
Construction & extraction: 2,325 6.29% 108 0.29%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 368 1.00% 8 0.02%
Construction trades 1,887 5.11% 100 0.27%
Extraction 70 0.19% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,564 4.23% 136 0.37%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 4,234 11.46% 723 1.96%
Production 1,452 3.93% 384 1.04%
Transportation & material moving: 2,782 7.53% 339 0.92%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 111 0.30% 21 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 56 0.15% 14 0.04%
Motor vehicle operators 1,242 3.36% 174 0.47%
Rail, water & other transportation 806 2.18% 21 0.06%
Material moving 567 1.53% 109 0.30%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 19,069 51.61% 17,880 48.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 710 1.92% 208 0.56%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 507 1.37% 205 0.55%
Mining 203 0.55% 3 0.01%
Construction 2,609 7.06% 294 0.80%
Manufacturing 1,436 3.89% 412 1.12%
Wholesale trade 586 1.59% 173 0.47%
Retail trade 2,335 6.32% 2,517 6.81%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,319 6.28% 415 1.12%
Transportation & warehousing 2,064 5.59% 322 0.87%
Utilities 255 0.69% 93 0.25%
Information 545 1.48% 666 1.80%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 796 2.15% 1,954 5.29%
Finance & insurance 485 1.31% 1,546 4.18%
Real estate & rental & leasing 311 0.84% 408 1.10%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,213 3.28% 1,256 3.40%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 729 1.97% 774 2.09%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 7 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 484 1.31% 475 1.29%
Educational, health & social services: 1,695 4.59% 5,297 14.34%
Educational services 851 2.30% 1,927 5.22%
Health care & social assistance 844 2.28% 3,370 9.12%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,348 3.65% 1,504 4.07%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 199 0.54% 289 0.78%
Accommodation & food services 1,149 3.11% 1,215 3.29%
Other services (except public administration) 847 2.29% 838 2.27%
Public administration 2,630 7.12% 2,346 6.35%

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

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