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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 289,180 53.43% 252,034 46.57%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 81,198 15.00% 79,125 14.62%
Management, business, & financial operations: 39,686 7.33% 25,680 4.74%
Management, except farm managers 27,796 5.14% 13,813 2.55%
Farmers & farm managers 1,547 0.29% 341 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 10,343 1.91% 11,526 2.13%
Business operations specialists 5,062 0.94% 5,992 1.11%
Financial specialists 5,281 0.98% 5,534 1.02%
Professional & related occupations: 41,512 7.67% 53,445 9.88%
Computer & mathematical 6,200 1.15% 2,636 0.49%
Architecture & engineering: 11,154 2.06% 1,398 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 8,581 1.59% 804 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,573 0.48% 594 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 1,782 0.33% 1,178 0.22%
Community & social services 3,680 0.68% 4,700 0.87%
Legal 2,104 0.39% 1,482 0.27%
Education, training, & library 7,247 1.34% 20,333 3.76%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 4,645 0.86% 4,157 0.77%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,700 0.87% 17,561 3.24%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,787 0.70% 11,180 2.07%
Health technologists & technicians 913 0.17% 6,381 1.18%
Service occupations: 27,399 5.06% 45,604 8.43%
Healthcare support 951 0.18% 9,551 1.76%
Protective services: 4,828 0.89% 1,206 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,874 0.53% 438 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,954 0.36% 768 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 9,735 1.80% 16,579 3.06%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 9,835 1.82% 5,991 1.11%
Personal care & service 2,050 0.38% 12,277 2.27%
Sales & office occupations: 49,731 9.19% 88,850 16.42%
Sales & related occupations 31,056 5.74% 28,736 5.31%
Office & administrative support 18,675 3.45% 60,114 11.11%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 2,277 0.42% 1,451 0.27%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 43,203 7.98% 1,578 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 24,268 4.48% 526 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 3,032 0.56% 37 0.01%
Construction trades 21,066 3.89% 484 0.09%
Extraction 170 0.03% 5 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 18,935 3.50% 1,052 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 85,372 15.77% 35,426 6.55%
Production 56,423 10.43% 28,341 5.24%
Transportation & material moving: 28,949 5.35% 7,085 1.31%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 627 0.12% 205 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 379 0.07% 31 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 13,363 2.47% 2,227 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 835 0.15% 191 0.04%
Material moving 13,745 2.54% 4,431 0.82%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 289,180 53.43% 252,034 46.57%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,963 0.73% 1,772 0.33%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 3,776 0.70% 1,734 0.32%
Mining 187 0.03% 38 0.01%
Construction 28,224 5.21% 3,166 0.58%
Manufacturing 99,535 18.39% 45,791 8.46%
Wholesale trade 17,821 3.29% 7,420 1.37%
Retail trade 33,232 6.14% 35,391 6.54%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 13,856 2.56% 4,460 0.82%
Transportation & warehousing 11,558 2.14% 3,840 0.71%
Utilities 2,298 0.42% 620 0.11%
Information 4,635 0.86% 4,902 0.91%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 11,034 2.04% 16,475 3.04%
Finance & insurance 6,516 1.20% 13,152 2.43%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4,518 0.83% 3,323 0.61%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 19,635 3.63% 16,675 3.08%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 11,708 2.16% 9,806 1.81%
Management of companies & enterprises 158 0.03% 208 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 7,769 1.44% 6,661 1.23%
Educational, health & social services: 21,943 4.05% 77,659 14.35%
Educational services 12,554 2.32% 30,656 5.66%
Health care & social assistance 9,389 1.73% 47,003 8.68%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 16,314 3.01% 20,461 3.78%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,504 0.65% 2,630 0.49%
Accommodation & food services 12,810 2.37% 17,831 3.29%
Other services (except public administration) 12,323 2.28% 12,387 2.29%
Public administration 6,665 1.23% 5,475 1.01%

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

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