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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 37,921 52.13% 34,822 47.87%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 14,986 20.60% 15,046 20.68%
Management, business, & financial operations: 6,352 8.73% 4,669 6.42%
Management, except farm managers 4,280 5.88% 2,477 3.41%
Farmers & farm managers 214 0.29% 92 0.13%
Business & financial operations: 1,858 2.55% 2,100 2.89%
Business operations specialists 831 1.14% 980 1.35%
Financial specialists 1,027 1.41% 1,120 1.54%
Professional & related occupations: 8,634 11.87% 10,377 14.27%
Computer & mathematical 1,767 2.43% 965 1.33%
Architecture & engineering: 2,239 3.08% 221 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,789 2.46% 191 0.26%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 450 0.62% 30 0.04%
Life, physical, & social science 536 0.74% 318 0.44%
Community & social services 357 0.49% 885 1.22%
Legal 296 0.41% 450 0.62%
Education, training, & library 1,926 2.65% 4,083 5.61%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 684 0.94% 658 0.90%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 829 1.14% 2,797 3.85%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 628 0.86% 1,955 2.69%
Health technologists & technicians 201 0.28% 842 1.16%
Service occupations: 4,163 5.72% 5,431 7.47%
Healthcare support 175 0.24% 1,227 1.69%
Protective services: 1,021 1.40% 230 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 751 1.03% 104 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 270 0.37% 126 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,319 1.81% 2,117 2.91%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,222 1.68% 419 0.58%
Personal care & service 426 0.59% 1,438 1.98%
Sales & office occupations: 6,535 8.98% 12,278 16.88%
Sales & related occupations 3,915 5.38% 3,569 4.91%
Office & administrative support 2,620 3.60% 8,709 11.97%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 178 0.24% 71 0.10%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,140 8.44% 169 0.23%
Construction & extraction: 3,494 4.80% 35 0.05%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 593 0.82% 4 0.01%
Construction trades 2,849 3.92% 31 0.04%
Extraction 52 0.07% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,646 3.64% 134 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,919 8.14% 1,827 2.51%
Production 3,323 4.57% 1,290 1.77%
Transportation & material moving: 2,596 3.57% 537 0.74%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 62 0.09% 25 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 47 0.06% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,594 2.19% 283 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 72 0.10% 15 0.02%
Material moving 821 1.13% 214 0.29%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 37,921 52.13% 34,822 47.87%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 429 0.59% 208 0.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 412 0.57% 199 0.27%
Mining 17 0.02% 9 0.01%
Construction 3,959 5.44% 335 0.46%
Manufacturing 7,272 10.00% 2,590 3.56%
Wholesale trade 1,702 2.34% 550 0.76%
Retail trade 4,192 5.76% 4,083 5.61%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,029 2.79% 710 0.98%
Transportation & warehousing 1,471 2.02% 646 0.89%
Utilities 558 0.77% 64 0.09%
Information 934 1.28% 781 1.07%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,369 4.63% 4,430 6.09%
Finance & insurance 2,791 3.84% 3,956 5.44%
Real estate & rental & leasing 578 0.79% 474 0.65%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,215 4.42% 2,681 3.69%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,324 3.19% 2,075 2.85%
Management of companies & enterprises 22 0.03% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 869 1.19% 606 0.83%
Educational, health & social services: 5,253 7.22% 12,808 17.61%
Educational services 3,777 5.19% 6,172 8.48%
Health care & social assistance 1,476 2.03% 6,636 9.12%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 2,251 3.09% 2,699 3.71%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 613 0.84% 547 0.75%
Accommodation & food services 1,638 2.25% 2,152 2.96%
Other services (except public administration) 1,483 2.04% 1,412 1.94%
Public administration 1,833 2.52% 1,535 2.11%

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

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