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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 122,590 53.48% 106,637 46.52%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 39,584 17.27% 40,749 17.78%
Management, business, & financial operations: 18,107 7.90% 15,037 6.56%
Management, except farm managers 12,407 5.41% 8,769 3.83%
Farmers & farm managers 1,108 0.48% 267 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 4,592 2.00% 6,001 2.62%
Business operations specialists 2,422 1.06% 3,006 1.31%
Financial specialists 2,170 0.95% 2,995 1.31%
Professional & related occupations: 21,477 9.37% 25,712 11.22%
Computer & mathematical 3,931 1.71% 1,617 0.71%
Architecture & engineering: 4,589 2.00% 739 0.32%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,205 1.40% 440 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,384 0.60% 299 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 1,142 0.50% 951 0.41%
Community & social services 1,512 0.66% 2,049 0.89%
Legal 1,250 0.55% 1,357 0.59%
Education, training, & library 3,361 1.47% 9,164 4.00%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,481 1.08% 2,986 1.30%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,211 1.40% 6,849 2.99%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,274 0.99% 4,715 2.06%
Health technologists & technicians 937 0.41% 2,134 0.93%
Service occupations: 16,062 7.01% 18,584 8.11%
Healthcare support 667 0.29% 3,456 1.51%
Protective services: 3,362 1.47% 626 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,452 1.07% 352 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 910 0.40% 274 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,011 2.19% 5,462 2.38%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,742 2.50% 2,962 1.29%
Personal care & service 1,280 0.56% 6,078 2.65%
Sales & office occupations: 21,745 9.49% 39,190 17.10%
Sales & related occupations 13,580 5.92% 12,540 5.47%
Office & administrative support 8,165 3.56% 26,650 11.63%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 3,383 1.48% 361 0.16%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 22,656 9.88% 786 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 14,781 6.45% 330 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,204 0.96% 22 0.01%
Construction trades 12,506 5.46% 308 0.13%
Extraction 71 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 7,875 3.44% 456 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 19,160 8.36% 6,967 3.04%
Production 10,211 4.45% 5,252 2.29%
Transportation & material moving: 8,949 3.90% 1,715 0.75%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 234 0.10% 35 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 231 0.10% 14 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 4,925 2.15% 641 0.28%
Rail, water & other transportation 356 0.16% 73 0.03%
Material moving 3,203 1.40% 952 0.42%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 122,590 53.48% 106,637 46.52%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 4,922 2.15% 990 0.43%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 4,757 2.08% 944 0.41%
Mining 165 0.07% 46 0.02%
Construction 17,782 7.76% 1,618 0.71%
Manufacturing 18,293 7.98% 10,726 4.68%
Wholesale trade 4,760 2.08% 2,344 1.02%
Retail trade 14,051 6.13% 13,270 5.79%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,966 3.04% 2,418 1.05%
Transportation & warehousing 5,255 2.29% 2,003 0.87%
Utilities 1,711 0.75% 415 0.18%
Information 3,587 1.56% 2,461 1.07%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 7,219 3.15% 10,729 4.68%
Finance & insurance 4,720 2.06% 8,189 3.57%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,499 1.09% 2,540 1.11%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 13,631 5.95% 11,175 4.88%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 7,339 3.20% 7,446 3.25%
Management of companies & enterprises 3 0.00% 53 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 6,289 2.74% 3,676 1.60%
Educational, health & social services: 11,476 5.01% 31,257 13.64%
Educational services 5,412 2.36% 11,942 5.21%
Health care & social assistance 6,064 2.65% 19,315 8.43%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 9,300 4.06% 8,914 3.89%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,497 1.09% 2,131 0.93%
Accommodation & food services 6,803 2.97% 6,783 2.96%
Other services (except public administration) 5,596 2.44% 6,773 2.95%
Public administration 5,007 2.18% 3,962 1.73%

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

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