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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 47,910 54.68% 39,716 45.32%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 12,625 14.41% 13,248 15.12%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,476 7.39% 4,730 5.40%
Management, except farm managers 3,780 4.31% 2,556 2.92%
Farmers & farm managers 1,408 1.61% 213 0.24%
Business & financial operations: 1,288 1.47% 1,961 2.24%
Business operations specialists 661 0.75% 863 0.98%
Financial specialists 627 0.72% 1,098 1.25%
Professional & related occupations: 6,149 7.02% 8,518 9.72%
Computer & mathematical 1,295 1.48% 614 0.70%
Architecture & engineering: 1,297 1.48% 235 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 919 1.05% 123 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 378 0.43% 112 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 391 0.45% 223 0.25%
Community & social services 486 0.55% 736 0.84%
Legal 162 0.18% 293 0.33%
Education, training, & library 1,214 1.39% 3,462 3.95%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 632 0.72% 732 0.84%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 672 0.77% 2,223 2.54%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 499 0.57% 1,391 1.59%
Health technologists & technicians 173 0.20% 832 0.95%
Service occupations: 5,096 5.82% 7,707 8.80%
Healthcare support 203 0.23% 1,571 1.79%
Protective services: 1,096 1.25% 278 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 762 0.87% 109 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 334 0.38% 169 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,696 1.94% 2,725 3.11%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,713 1.95% 1,163 1.33%
Personal care & service 388 0.44% 1,970 2.25%
Sales & office occupations: 7,410 8.46% 14,702 16.78%
Sales & related occupations 4,435 5.06% 4,501 5.14%
Office & administrative support 2,975 3.40% 10,201 11.64%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,445 1.65% 292 0.33%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 10,730 12.25% 470 0.54%
Construction & extraction: 7,062 8.06% 268 0.31%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,011 1.15% 12 0.01%
Construction trades 5,943 6.78% 256 0.29%
Extraction 108 0.12% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,668 4.19% 202 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,604 12.10% 3,297 3.76%
Production 5,074 5.79% 2,351 2.68%
Transportation & material moving: 5,530 6.31% 946 1.08%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 199 0.23% 33 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 165 0.19% 8 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 2,874 3.28% 374 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 194 0.22% 40 0.05%
Material moving 2,098 2.39% 491 0.56%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 47,910 54.68% 39,716 45.32%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,624 4.14% 823 0.94%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 3,052 3.48% 694 0.79%
Mining 572 0.65% 129 0.15%
Construction 8,387 9.57% 1,056 1.21%
Manufacturing 8,279 9.45% 3,724 4.25%
Wholesale trade 2,426 2.77% 983 1.12%
Retail trade 5,117 5.84% 5,096 5.82%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,256 3.72% 1,002 1.14%
Transportation & warehousing 2,521 2.88% 852 0.97%
Utilities 735 0.84% 150 0.17%
Information 1,190 1.36% 1,134 1.29%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,820 2.08% 3,104 3.54%
Finance & insurance 973 1.11% 2,383 2.72%
Real estate & rental & leasing 847 0.97% 721 0.82%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,935 3.35% 2,891 3.30%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,475 1.68% 1,478 1.69%
Management of companies & enterprises 31 0.04% 11 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,429 1.63% 1,402 1.60%
Educational, health & social services: 4,121 4.70% 12,641 14.43%
Educational services 2,622 2.99% 5,802 6.62%
Health care & social assistance 1,499 1.71% 6,839 7.80%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,994 3.42% 3,531 4.03%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 717 0.82% 658 0.75%
Accommodation & food services 2,277 2.60% 2,873 3.28%
Other services (except public administration) 1,845 2.11% 2,136 2.44%
Public administration 1,916 2.19% 1,595 1.82%

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

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