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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 43,051 52.24% 39,352 47.76%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 12,388 15.03% 13,712 16.64%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,457 6.62% 3,590 4.36%
Management, except farm managers 3,691 4.48% 2,346 2.85%
Farmers & farm managers 744 0.90% 73 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 1,022 1.24% 1,171 1.42%
Business operations specialists 509 0.62% 553 0.67%
Financial specialists 513 0.62% 618 0.75%
Professional & related occupations: 6,931 8.41% 10,122 12.28%
Computer & mathematical 703 0.85% 236 0.29%
Architecture & engineering: 680 0.83% 85 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 500 0.61% 37 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 180 0.22% 48 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 377 0.46% 288 0.35%
Community & social services 622 0.75% 1,073 1.30%
Legal 223 0.27% 306 0.37%
Education, training, & library 1,951 2.37% 4,283 5.20%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,020 1.24% 713 0.87%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,355 1.64% 3,138 3.81%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 984 1.19% 2,059 2.50%
Health technologists & technicians 371 0.45% 1,079 1.31%
Service occupations: 6,747 8.19% 8,664 10.51%
Healthcare support 327 0.40% 1,880 2.28%
Protective services: 1,342 1.63% 271 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 840 1.02% 156 0.19%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 502 0.61% 115 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,860 2.26% 2,739 3.32%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,482 3.01% 961 1.17%
Personal care & service 736 0.89% 2,813 3.41%
Sales & office occupations: 7,632 9.26% 14,336 17.40%
Sales & related occupations 4,820 5.85% 4,388 5.33%
Office & administrative support 2,812 3.41% 9,948 12.07%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,295 1.57% 359 0.44%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,460 9.05% 230 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 4,115 4.99% 108 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 522 0.63% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 3,555 4.31% 108 0.13%
Extraction 38 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,345 4.06% 122 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,529 9.14% 2,051 2.49%
Production 3,962 4.81% 1,257 1.53%
Transportation & material moving: 3,567 4.33% 794 0.96%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 81 0.10% 45 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 74 0.09% 9 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,928 2.34% 388 0.47%
Rail, water & other transportation 147 0.18% 24 0.03%
Material moving 1,337 1.62% 328 0.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 43,051 52.24% 39,352 47.76%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,405 2.92% 659 0.80%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,351 2.85% 652 0.79%
Mining 54 0.07% 7 0.01%
Construction 4,713 5.72% 513 0.62%
Manufacturing 4,710 5.72% 1,388 1.68%
Wholesale trade 1,568 1.90% 800 0.97%
Retail trade 5,901 7.16% 4,939 5.99%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,537 3.08% 807 0.98%
Transportation & warehousing 1,790 2.17% 606 0.74%
Utilities 747 0.91% 201 0.24%
Information 1,190 1.44% 623 0.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,797 2.18% 2,615 3.17%
Finance & insurance 907 1.10% 1,855 2.25%
Real estate & rental & leasing 890 1.08% 760 0.92%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,560 4.32% 2,507 3.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,695 2.06% 1,708 2.07%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,865 2.26% 799 0.97%
Educational, health & social services: 6,744 8.18% 16,234 19.70%
Educational services 3,953 4.80% 6,415 7.78%
Health care & social assistance 2,791 3.39% 9,819 11.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,637 4.41% 3,981 4.83%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,138 1.38% 811 0.98%
Accommodation & food services 2,499 3.03% 3,170 3.85%
Other services (except public administration) 2,302 2.79% 2,509 3.04%
Public administration 1,987 2.41% 1,777 2.16%

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

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