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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 202,584 51.12% 193,742 48.88%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 70,861 17.88% 75,676 19.09%
Management, business, & financial operations: 30,307 7.65% 21,792 5.50%
Management, except farm managers 22,120 5.58% 12,386 3.13%
Farmers & farm managers 159 0.04% 46 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 8,028 2.03% 9,360 2.36%
Business operations specialists 3,704 0.93% 5,066 1.28%
Financial specialists 4,324 1.09% 4,294 1.08%
Professional & related occupations: 40,554 10.23% 53,884 13.60%
Computer & mathematical 6,970 1.76% 3,101 0.78%
Architecture & engineering: 7,819 1.97% 967 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,858 1.48% 651 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,961 0.49% 316 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 3,216 0.81% 2,423 0.61%
Community & social services 2,361 0.60% 4,952 1.25%
Legal 2,500 0.63% 2,502 0.63%
Education, training, & library 8,014 2.02% 19,973 5.04%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 4,083 1.03% 3,252 0.82%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 5,591 1.41% 16,714 4.22%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 4,535 1.14% 11,448 2.89%
Health technologists & technicians 1,056 0.27% 5,266 1.33%
Service occupations: 24,425 6.16% 33,045 8.34%
Healthcare support 1,271 0.32% 10,942 2.76%
Protective services: 6,891 1.74% 1,351 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 4,594 1.16% 556 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,297 0.58% 795 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 7,238 1.83% 9,028 2.28%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 7,065 1.78% 3,466 0.87%
Personal care & service 1,960 0.49% 8,258 2.08%
Sales & office occupations: 37,110 9.36% 68,674 17.33%
Sales & related occupations 21,386 5.40% 20,852 5.26%
Office & administrative support 15,724 3.97% 47,822 12.07%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 424 0.11% 169 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 31,081 7.84% 1,135 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 17,629 4.45% 444 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,998 0.50% 72 0.02%
Construction trades 15,491 3.91% 372 0.09%
Extraction 140 0.04% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 13,452 3.39% 691 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 38,683 9.76% 15,043 3.80%
Production 23,308 5.88% 12,186 3.07%
Transportation & material moving: 15,375 3.88% 2,857 0.72%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 533 0.13% 108 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 273 0.07% 7 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 8,437 2.13% 1,102 0.28%
Rail, water & other transportation 904 0.23% 111 0.03%
Material moving 5,228 1.32% 1,529 0.39%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 202,584 51.12% 193,742 48.88%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 771 0.19% 330 0.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 619 0.16% 304 0.08%
Mining 152 0.04% 26 0.01%
Construction 20,097 5.07% 1,729 0.44%
Manufacturing 42,610 10.75% 20,443 5.16%
Wholesale trade 9,749 2.46% 3,803 0.96%
Retail trade 23,461 5.92% 21,522 5.43%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 12,212 3.08% 4,495 1.13%
Transportation & warehousing 9,735 2.46% 3,579 0.90%
Utilities 2,477 0.62% 916 0.23%
Information 7,501 1.89% 6,856 1.73%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 11,031 2.78% 15,756 3.98%
Finance & insurance 7,627 1.92% 12,831 3.24%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,404 0.86% 2,925 0.74%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 19,104 4.82% 15,842 4.00%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 12,097 3.05% 10,697 2.70%
Management of companies & enterprises 88 0.02% 140 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 6,919 1.75% 5,005 1.26%
Educational, health & social services: 26,918 6.79% 74,815 18.88%
Educational services 14,930 3.77% 28,771 7.26%
Health care & social assistance 11,988 3.02% 46,044 11.62%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 11,302 2.85% 11,945 3.01%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,797 0.71% 2,549 0.64%
Accommodation & food services 8,505 2.15% 9,396 2.37%
Other services (except public administration) 8,382 2.11% 9,505 2.40%
Public administration 9,446 2.38% 6,701 1.69%

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

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