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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 28,949 52.59% 26,097 47.41%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 7,885 14.32% 8,262 15.01%
Management, business, & financial operations: 3,990 7.25% 2,468 4.48%
Management, except farm managers 2,572 4.67% 1,481 2.69%
Farmers & farm managers 404 0.73% 112 0.20%
Business & financial operations: 1,014 1.84% 875 1.59%
Business operations specialists 478 0.87% 343 0.62%
Financial specialists 536 0.97% 532 0.97%
Professional & related occupations: 3,895 7.08% 5,794 10.53%
Computer & mathematical 324 0.59% 195 0.35%
Architecture & engineering: 885 1.61% 167 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 586 1.06% 24 0.04%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 299 0.54% 143 0.26%
Life, physical, & social science 301 0.55% 188 0.34%
Community & social services 369 0.67% 573 1.04%
Legal 178 0.32% 256 0.47%
Education, training, & library 738 1.34% 2,077 3.77%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 253 0.46% 415 0.75%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 847 1.54% 1,923 3.49%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 692 1.26% 1,288 2.34%
Health technologists & technicians 155 0.28% 635 1.15%
Service occupations: 3,672 6.67% 5,779 10.50%
Healthcare support 265 0.48% 1,380 2.51%
Protective services: 543 0.99% 174 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 344 0.62% 70 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 199 0.36% 104 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,381 2.51% 2,047 3.72%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,230 2.23% 815 1.48%
Personal care & service 253 0.46% 1,363 2.48%
Sales & office occupations: 5,285 9.60% 10,067 18.29%
Sales & related occupations 3,445 6.26% 3,235 5.88%
Office & administrative support 1,840 3.34% 6,832 12.41%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 383 0.70% 116 0.21%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,263 11.38% 207 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 4,248 7.72% 126 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 683 1.24% 12 0.02%
Construction trades 3,461 6.29% 114 0.21%
Extraction 104 0.19% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,015 3.66% 81 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,461 9.92% 1,666 3.03%
Production 2,063 3.75% 961 1.75%
Transportation & material moving: 3,398 6.17% 705 1.28%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 121 0.22% 6 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 119 0.22% 17 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 1,969 3.58% 303 0.55%
Rail, water & other transportation 233 0.42% 38 0.07%
Material moving 956 1.74% 341 0.62%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 28,949 52.59% 26,097 47.41%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,358 2.47% 312 0.57%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 917 1.67% 262 0.48%
Mining 441 0.80% 50 0.09%
Construction 5,116 9.29% 599 1.09%
Manufacturing 2,661 4.83% 1,328 2.41%
Wholesale trade 1,562 2.84% 508 0.92%
Retail trade 3,776 6.86% 3,612 6.56%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,339 4.25% 716 1.30%
Transportation & warehousing 1,921 3.49% 602 1.09%
Utilities 418 0.76% 114 0.21%
Information 738 1.34% 692 1.26%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,379 2.51% 1,903 3.46%
Finance & insurance 631 1.15% 1,171 2.13%
Real estate & rental & leasing 748 1.36% 732 1.33%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,131 3.87% 2,268 4.12%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,179 2.14% 1,375 2.50%
Management of companies & enterprises 8 0.01% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 944 1.71% 893 1.62%
Educational, health & social services: 2,849 5.18% 8,526 15.49%
Educational services 1,142 2.07% 2,823 5.13%
Health care & social assistance 1,707 3.10% 5,703 10.36%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,336 4.24% 2,999 5.45%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 435 0.79% 294 0.53%
Accommodation & food services 1,901 3.45% 2,705 4.91%
Other services (except public administration) 1,420 2.58% 1,484 2.70%
Public administration 1,284 2.33% 1,150 2.09%

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

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