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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 156,278 53.71% 134,684 46.29%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 63,986 21.99% 56,159 19.30%
Management, business, & financial operations: 29,195 10.03% 22,226 7.64%
Management, except farm managers 20,753 7.13% 12,480 4.29%
Farmers & farm managers 138 0.05% 95 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 8,304 2.85% 9,651 3.32%
Business operations specialists 4,069 1.40% 4,651 1.60%
Financial specialists 4,235 1.46% 5,000 1.72%
Professional & related occupations: 34,791 11.96% 33,933 11.66%
Computer & mathematical 9,778 3.36% 3,850 1.32%
Architecture & engineering: 9,099 3.13% 1,667 0.57%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 7,270 2.50% 1,279 0.44%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,829 0.63% 388 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 3,144 1.08% 1,519 0.52%
Community & social services 1,201 0.41% 2,107 0.72%
Legal 1,718 0.59% 1,838 0.63%
Education, training, & library 3,908 1.34% 11,255 3.87%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,924 1.00% 2,996 1.03%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,019 1.04% 8,701 2.99%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,258 0.78% 6,357 2.18%
Health technologists & technicians 761 0.26% 2,344 0.81%
Service occupations: 14,356 4.93% 19,225 6.61%
Healthcare support 377 0.13% 3,128 1.08%
Protective services: 3,723 1.28% 1,066 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,447 0.84% 485 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,276 0.44% 581 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,330 1.83% 6,294 2.16%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,483 1.20% 2,099 0.72%
Personal care & service 1,443 0.50% 6,638 2.28%
Sales & office occupations: 31,130 10.70% 52,707 18.11%
Sales & related occupations 19,875 6.83% 16,457 5.66%
Office & administrative support 11,255 3.87% 36,250 12.46%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 196 0.07% 105 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 26,614 9.15% 1,193 0.41%
Construction & extraction: 16,515 5.68% 490 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,889 0.99% 44 0.02%
Construction trades 13,503 4.64% 424 0.15%
Extraction 123 0.04% 22 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 10,099 3.47% 703 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 19,996 6.87% 5,295 1.82%
Production 9,468 3.25% 3,612 1.24%
Transportation & material moving: 10,528 3.62% 1,683 0.58%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 507 0.17% 77 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 579 0.20% 38 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 5,637 1.94% 668 0.23%
Rail, water & other transportation 640 0.22% 105 0.04%
Material moving 3,165 1.09% 795 0.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 156,278 53.71% 134,684 46.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,654 0.57% 987 0.34%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 477 0.16% 367 0.13%
Mining 1,177 0.40% 620 0.21%
Construction 21,542 7.40% 3,155 1.08%
Manufacturing 18,961 6.52% 8,079 2.78%
Wholesale trade 7,702 2.65% 3,577 1.23%
Retail trade 18,456 6.34% 15,758 5.42%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 10,365 3.56% 3,868 1.33%
Transportation & warehousing 8,184 2.81% 3,162 1.09%
Utilities 2,181 0.75% 706 0.24%
Information 8,755 3.01% 7,060 2.43%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 10,368 3.56% 14,414 4.95%
Finance & insurance 6,907 2.37% 10,474 3.60%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,461 1.19% 3,940 1.35%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 21,401 7.36% 17,220 5.92%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 15,855 5.45% 12,205 4.19%
Management of companies & enterprises 69 0.02% 188 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 5,477 1.88% 4,827 1.66%
Educational, health & social services: 10,918 3.75% 34,577 11.88%
Educational services 6,081 2.09% 14,298 4.91%
Health care & social assistance 4,837 1.66% 20,279 6.97%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 10,949 3.76% 11,365 3.91%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,700 1.27% 3,592 1.23%
Accommodation & food services 7,249 2.49% 7,773 2.67%
Other services (except public administration) 6,588 2.26% 7,100 2.44%
Public administration 8,619 2.96% 7,524 2.59%

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

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