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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 139,258 53.02% 123,371 46.98%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 54,336 20.69% 49,666 18.91%
Management, business, & financial operations: 25,738 9.80% 20,706 7.88%
Management, except farm managers 17,234 6.56% 11,356 4.32%
Farmers & farm managers 164 0.06% 55 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 8,340 3.18% 9,295 3.54%
Business operations specialists 3,501 1.33% 4,463 1.70%
Financial specialists 4,839 1.84% 4,832 1.84%
Professional & related occupations: 28,598 10.89% 28,960 11.03%
Computer & mathematical 9,449 3.60% 4,143 1.58%
Architecture & engineering: 5,699 2.17% 1,156 0.44%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4,562 1.74% 761 0.29%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,137 0.43% 395 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 1,121 0.43% 974 0.37%
Community & social services 1,144 0.44% 1,851 0.70%
Legal 2,166 0.82% 1,745 0.66%
Education, training, & library 2,957 1.13% 9,156 3.49%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,768 1.05% 2,501 0.95%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,294 1.25% 7,434 2.83%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,592 0.99% 5,230 1.99%
Health technologists & technicians 702 0.27% 2,204 0.84%
Service occupations: 13,560 5.16% 17,132 6.52%
Healthcare support 524 0.20% 2,752 1.05%
Protective services: 3,219 1.23% 972 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,684 0.64% 354 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,535 0.58% 618 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,145 1.96% 5,035 1.92%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,163 1.20% 2,236 0.85%
Personal care & service 1,509 0.57% 6,137 2.34%
Sales & office occupations: 31,777 12.10% 50,441 19.21%
Sales & related occupations 19,357 7.37% 15,373 5.85%
Office & administrative support 12,420 4.73% 35,068 13.35%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 73 0.03% 85 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 21,653 8.24% 1,255 0.48%
Construction & extraction: 13,172 5.02% 419 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,955 0.74% 55 0.02%
Construction trades 11,114 4.23% 361 0.14%
Extraction 103 0.04% 3 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 8,481 3.23% 836 0.32%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 17,859 6.80% 4,792 1.82%
Production 7,008 2.67% 3,045 1.16%
Transportation & material moving: 10,851 4.13% 1,747 0.67%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 405 0.15% 71 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 762 0.29% 125 0.05%
Motor vehicle operators 5,560 2.12% 719 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 726 0.28% 70 0.03%
Material moving 3,398 1.29% 762 0.29%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 139,258 53.02% 123,371 46.98%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,287 0.49% 618 0.24%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 302 0.11% 182 0.07%
Mining 985 0.38% 436 0.17%
Construction 16,444 6.26% 2,421 0.92%
Manufacturing 12,275 4.67% 5,222 1.99%
Wholesale trade 7,354 2.80% 3,698 1.41%
Retail trade 16,993 6.47% 14,895 5.67%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 10,232 3.90% 4,548 1.73%
Transportation & warehousing 9,287 3.54% 4,244 1.62%
Utilities 945 0.36% 304 0.12%
Information 10,485 3.99% 8,994 3.42%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 13,175 5.02% 16,874 6.43%
Finance & insurance 9,142 3.48% 13,343 5.08%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4,033 1.54% 3,531 1.34%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 19,292 7.35% 15,474 5.89%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 13,403 5.10% 10,201 3.88%
Management of companies & enterprises 73 0.03% 67 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 5,816 2.21% 5,206 1.98%
Educational, health & social services: 10,382 3.95% 30,880 11.76%
Educational services 4,946 1.88% 12,272 4.67%
Health care & social assistance 5,436 2.07% 18,608 7.09%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 9,841 3.75% 8,253 3.14%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,279 0.87% 1,718 0.65%
Accommodation & food services 7,562 2.88% 6,535 2.49%
Other services (except public administration) 5,645 2.15% 6,572 2.50%
Public administration 5,853 2.23% 4,922 1.87%

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

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