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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 24,547 49.71% 24,834 50.29%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 6,277 12.71% 8,382 16.97%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,919 5.91% 2,481 5.02%
Management, except farm managers 2,177 4.41% 1,633 3.31%
Farmers & farm managers 89 0.18% 2 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 653 1.32% 846 1.71%
Business operations specialists 312 0.63% 459 0.93%
Financial specialists 341 0.69% 387 0.78%
Professional & related occupations: 3,358 6.80% 5,901 11.95%
Computer & mathematical 339 0.69% 147 0.30%
Architecture & engineering: 763 1.55% 132 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 420 0.85% 105 0.21%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 343 0.69% 27 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 290 0.59% 133 0.27%
Community & social services 395 0.80% 583 1.18%
Legal 167 0.34% 159 0.32%
Education, training, & library 605 1.23% 2,576 5.22%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 245 0.50% 295 0.60%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 554 1.12% 1,876 3.80%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 421 0.85% 1,164 2.36%
Health technologists & technicians 133 0.27% 712 1.44%
Service occupations: 3,388 6.86% 4,494 9.10%
Healthcare support 121 0.25% 940 1.90%
Protective services: 1,147 2.32% 250 0.51%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 890 1.80% 158 0.32%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 257 0.52% 92 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 715 1.45% 1,565 3.17%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,054 2.13% 745 1.51%
Personal care & service 351 0.71% 994 2.01%
Sales & office occupations: 4,355 8.82% 9,258 18.75%
Sales & related occupations 2,574 5.21% 3,345 6.77%
Office & administrative support 1,781 3.61% 5,913 11.97%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 227 0.46% 31 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,656 9.43% 256 0.52%
Construction & extraction: 2,760 5.59% 108 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 350 0.71% 9 0.02%
Construction trades 2,397 4.85% 99 0.20%
Extraction 13 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,896 3.84% 148 0.30%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,644 11.43% 2,413 4.89%
Production 2,870 5.81% 1,731 3.51%
Transportation & material moving: 2,774 5.62% 682 1.38%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 79 0.16% 21 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 26 0.05% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,408 2.85% 270 0.55%
Rail, water & other transportation 147 0.30% 12 0.02%
Material moving 1,114 2.26% 379 0.77%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 24,547 49.71% 24,834 50.29%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 506 1.02% 87 0.18%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 506 1.02% 85 0.17%
Mining 0 0.00% 2 0.00%
Construction 3,029 6.13% 292 0.59%
Manufacturing 4,787 9.69% 2,211 4.48%
Wholesale trade 1,262 2.56% 574 1.16%
Retail trade 2,681 5.43% 3,421 6.93%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,746 3.54% 528 1.07%
Transportation & warehousing 1,392 2.82% 467 0.95%
Utilities 354 0.72% 61 0.12%
Information 502 1.02% 659 1.33%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 926 1.88% 1,574 3.19%
Finance & insurance 581 1.18% 1,133 2.29%
Real estate & rental & leasing 345 0.70% 441 0.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,836 3.72% 1,315 2.66%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 821 1.66% 834 1.69%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 10 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,015 2.06% 471 0.95%
Educational, health & social services: 2,325 4.71% 8,761 17.74%
Educational services 1,173 2.38% 3,756 7.61%
Health care & social assistance 1,152 2.33% 5,005 10.14%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,225 2.48% 2,142 4.34%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 226 0.46% 223 0.45%
Accommodation & food services 999 2.02% 1,919 3.89%
Other services (except public administration) 1,320 2.67% 1,442 2.92%
Public administration 2,402 4.86% 1,828 3.70%

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

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