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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 271,318 51.00% 260,666 49.00%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 83,590 15.71% 94,983 17.85%
Management, business, & financial operations: 37,330 7.02% 26,692 5.02%
Management, except farm managers 26,432 4.97% 15,292 2.87%
Farmers & farm managers 704 0.13% 209 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 10,194 1.92% 11,191 2.10%
Business operations specialists 4,794 0.90% 5,200 0.98%
Financial specialists 5,400 1.02% 5,991 1.13%
Professional & related occupations: 46,260 8.70% 68,291 12.84%
Computer & mathematical 5,917 1.11% 2,535 0.48%
Architecture & engineering: 8,997 1.69% 1,115 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 6,359 1.20% 687 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,638 0.50% 428 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 2,592 0.49% 1,604 0.30%
Community & social services 3,694 0.69% 5,880 1.11%
Legal 3,293 0.62% 2,975 0.56%
Education, training, & library 10,421 1.96% 26,304 4.94%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,788 0.71% 3,497 0.66%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 7,558 1.42% 24,381 4.58%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 5,752 1.08% 16,408 3.08%
Health technologists & technicians 1,806 0.34% 7,973 1.50%
Service occupations: 35,574 6.69% 47,979 9.02%
Healthcare support 1,805 0.34% 12,113 2.28%
Protective services: 10,028 1.89% 2,360 0.44%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 7,313 1.37% 985 0.19%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,715 0.51% 1,375 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 11,773 2.21% 17,841 3.35%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 9,458 1.78% 5,471 1.03%
Personal care & service 2,510 0.47% 10,194 1.92%
Sales & office occupations: 50,452 9.48% 97,713 18.37%
Sales & related occupations 28,692 5.39% 31,012 5.83%
Office & administrative support 21,760 4.09% 66,701 12.54%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 727 0.14% 433 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 37,400 7.03% 1,071 0.20%
Construction & extraction: 18,530 3.48% 352 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,364 0.44% 77 0.01%
Construction trades 16,085 3.02% 270 0.05%
Extraction 81 0.02% 5 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 18,870 3.55% 719 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 63,575 11.95% 18,487 3.48%
Production 36,657 6.89% 13,278 2.50%
Transportation & material moving: 26,918 5.06% 5,209 0.98%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 799 0.15% 200 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 303 0.06% 26 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 13,337 2.51% 2,385 0.45%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,535 0.29% 161 0.03%
Material moving 10,944 2.06% 2,437 0.46%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 271,318 51.00% 260,666 49.00%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,797 0.34% 621 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,545 0.29% 597 0.11%
Mining 252 0.05% 24 0.00%
Construction 21,652 4.07% 2,584 0.49%
Manufacturing 61,738 11.61% 21,558 4.05%
Wholesale trade 15,107 2.84% 7,031 1.32%
Retail trade 30,053 5.65% 33,771 6.35%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 20,284 3.81% 7,331 1.38%
Transportation & warehousing 16,302 3.06% 6,241 1.17%
Utilities 3,982 0.75% 1,090 0.20%
Information 6,478 1.22% 6,041 1.14%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 12,746 2.40% 20,539 3.86%
Finance & insurance 8,941 1.68% 17,342 3.26%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,805 0.72% 3,197 0.60%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 21,757 4.09% 19,712 3.71%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 12,563 2.36% 12,131 2.28%
Management of companies & enterprises 84 0.02% 139 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 9,110 1.71% 7,442 1.40%
Educational, health & social services: 33,657 6.33% 98,250 18.47%
Educational services 17,614 3.31% 39,076 7.35%
Health care & social assistance 16,043 3.02% 59,174 11.12%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 18,990 3.57% 21,448 4.03%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 4,014 0.75% 2,723 0.51%
Accommodation & food services 14,976 2.82% 18,725 3.52%
Other services (except public administration) 12,056 2.27% 12,304 2.31%
Public administration 15,003 2.82% 9,476 1.78%

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

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