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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 129,393 52.83% 115,520 47.17%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 48,918 19.97% 42,099 17.19%
Management, business, & financial operations: 19,446 7.94% 14,286 5.83%
Management, except farm managers 14,673 5.99% 8,177 3.34%
Farmers & farm managers 252 0.10% 147 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 4,521 1.85% 5,962 2.43%
Business operations specialists 2,493 1.02% 3,102 1.27%
Financial specialists 2,028 0.83% 2,860 1.17%
Professional & related occupations: 29,472 12.03% 27,813 11.36%
Computer & mathematical 10,395 4.24% 3,356 1.37%
Architecture & engineering: 6,348 2.59% 1,026 0.42%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4,762 1.94% 694 0.28%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,586 0.65% 332 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 795 0.32% 572 0.23%
Community & social services 1,727 0.71% 2,303 0.94%
Legal 897 0.37% 1,189 0.49%
Education, training, & library 3,659 1.49% 9,567 3.91%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,660 1.09% 2,972 1.21%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,991 1.22% 6,828 2.79%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,185 0.89% 4,593 1.88%
Health technologists & technicians 806 0.33% 2,235 0.91%
Service occupations: 15,130 6.18% 20,492 8.37%
Healthcare support 444 0.18% 3,688 1.51%
Protective services: 3,585 1.46% 932 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,126 0.87% 367 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,459 0.60% 565 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,552 2.27% 6,972 2.85%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,164 1.70% 2,782 1.14%
Personal care & service 1,385 0.57% 6,118 2.50%
Sales & office occupations: 23,520 9.60% 44,351 18.11%
Sales & related occupations 13,922 5.68% 14,411 5.88%
Office & administrative support 9,598 3.92% 29,940 12.22%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 191 0.08% 135 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 22,823 9.32% 1,057 0.43%
Construction & extraction: 14,341 5.86% 578 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,047 0.84% 43 0.02%
Construction trades 12,174 4.97% 535 0.22%
Extraction 120 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 8,482 3.46% 479 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 18,811 7.68% 7,386 3.02%
Production 9,555 3.90% 5,499 2.25%
Transportation & material moving: 9,256 3.78% 1,887 0.77%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 244 0.10% 35 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 544 0.22% 42 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 5,156 2.11% 767 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 286 0.12% 68 0.03%
Material moving 3,026 1.24% 975 0.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 129,393 52.83% 115,520 47.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 798 0.33% 481 0.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 632 0.26% 436 0.18%
Mining 166 0.07% 45 0.02%
Construction 17,379 7.10% 2,294 0.94%
Manufacturing 17,741 7.24% 9,547 3.90%
Wholesale trade 4,320 1.76% 1,404 0.57%
Retail trade 15,104 6.17% 15,960 6.52%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 7,020 2.87% 2,441 1.00%
Transportation & warehousing 5,398 2.20% 1,655 0.68%
Utilities 1,622 0.66% 786 0.32%
Information 6,541 2.67% 4,555 1.86%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 6,928 2.83% 10,576 4.32%
Finance & insurance 4,031 1.65% 7,979 3.26%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,897 1.18% 2,597 1.06%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 17,396 7.10% 12,178 4.97%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 12,020 4.91% 7,385 3.02%
Management of companies & enterprises 18 0.01% 15 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 5,358 2.19% 4,778 1.95%
Educational, health & social services: 11,458 4.68% 32,318 13.20%
Educational services 6,205 2.53% 13,191 5.39%
Health care & social assistance 5,253 2.14% 19,127 7.81%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 10,166 4.15% 11,163 4.56%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,189 0.89% 2,246 0.92%
Accommodation & food services 7,977 3.26% 8,917 3.64%
Other services (except public administration) 7,077 2.89% 8,003 3.27%
Public administration 7,465 3.05% 4,600 1.88%

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

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