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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 83,988 53.86% 71,942 46.14%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 21,883 14.03% 24,258 15.56%
Management, business, & financial operations: 9,364 6.01% 6,750 4.33%
Management, except farm managers 6,392 4.10% 4,009 2.57%
Farmers & farm managers 556 0.36% 41 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 2,416 1.55% 2,700 1.73%
Business operations specialists 1,243 0.80% 1,190 0.76%
Financial specialists 1,173 0.75% 1,510 0.97%
Professional & related occupations: 12,519 8.03% 17,508 11.23%
Computer & mathematical 856 0.55% 532 0.34%
Architecture & engineering: 2,637 1.69% 291 0.19%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,782 1.14% 192 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 855 0.55% 99 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 1,011 0.65% 357 0.23%
Community & social services 902 0.58% 1,586 1.02%
Legal 959 0.62% 735 0.47%
Education, training, & library 2,527 1.62% 7,718 4.95%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,038 0.67% 857 0.55%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,589 1.66% 5,432 3.48%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,977 1.27% 3,335 2.14%
Health technologists & technicians 612 0.39% 2,097 1.34%
Service occupations: 11,412 7.32% 16,181 10.38%
Healthcare support 419 0.27% 3,458 2.22%
Protective services: 2,647 1.70% 641 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,834 1.18% 202 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 813 0.52% 439 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,277 2.74% 5,891 3.78%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,362 2.16% 2,567 1.65%
Personal care & service 707 0.45% 3,624 2.32%
Sales & office occupations: 14,402 9.24% 28,020 17.97%
Sales & related occupations 8,990 5.77% 10,240 6.57%
Office & administrative support 5,412 3.47% 17,780 11.40%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 782 0.50% 60 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 19,379 12.43% 553 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 11,156 7.15% 280 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,639 1.05% 31 0.02%
Construction trades 9,307 5.97% 249 0.16%
Extraction 210 0.13% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 8,223 5.27% 273 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 16,130 10.34% 2,870 1.84%
Production 7,815 5.01% 1,810 1.16%
Transportation & material moving: 8,315 5.33% 1,060 0.68%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 306 0.20% 27 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 362 0.23% 26 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 4,208 2.70% 559 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 676 0.43% 24 0.02%
Material moving 2,763 1.77% 424 0.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 83,988 53.86% 71,942 46.14%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,616 2.32% 555 0.36%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,545 0.99% 236 0.15%
Mining 2,071 1.33% 319 0.20%
Construction 12,465 7.99% 1,189 0.76%
Manufacturing 9,796 6.28% 2,162 1.39%
Wholesale trade 3,890 2.49% 1,162 0.75%
Retail trade 9,172 5.88% 9,464 6.07%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 5,918 3.80% 1,500 0.96%
Transportation & warehousing 4,690 3.01% 1,108 0.71%
Utilities 1,228 0.79% 392 0.25%
Information 1,897 1.22% 1,636 1.05%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,644 2.34% 5,452 3.50%
Finance & insurance 1,650 1.06% 3,576 2.29%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,994 1.28% 1,876 1.20%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 7,082 4.54% 6,241 4.00%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,567 2.29% 3,035 1.95%
Management of companies & enterprises 20 0.01% 33 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 3,495 2.24% 3,173 2.03%
Educational, health & social services: 8,709 5.59% 26,553 17.03%
Educational services 4,463 2.86% 11,797 7.57%
Health care & social assistance 4,246 2.72% 14,756 9.46%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 7,113 4.56% 8,040 5.16%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,378 0.88% 847 0.54%
Accommodation & food services 5,735 3.68% 7,193 4.61%
Other services (except public administration) 4,442 2.85% 4,072 2.61%
Public administration 6,244 4.00% 3,916 2.51%

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

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