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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 67,542 52.95% 60,021 47.05%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 20,391 15.99% 20,510 16.08%
Management, business, & financial operations: 9,677 7.59% 6,072 4.76%
Management, except farm managers 6,946 5.45% 3,767 2.95%
Farmers & farm managers 217 0.17% 39 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 2,514 1.97% 2,266 1.78%
Business operations specialists 1,205 0.94% 1,096 0.86%
Financial specialists 1,309 1.03% 1,170 0.92%
Professional & related occupations: 10,714 8.40% 14,438 11.32%
Computer & mathematical 1,450 1.14% 615 0.48%
Architecture & engineering: 2,146 1.68% 270 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,540 1.21% 108 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 606 0.48% 162 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 585 0.46% 420 0.33%
Community & social services 840 0.66% 1,259 0.99%
Legal 538 0.42% 339 0.27%
Education, training, & library 2,821 2.21% 6,029 4.73%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,127 0.88% 941 0.74%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,207 0.95% 4,565 3.58%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 986 0.77% 2,956 2.32%
Health technologists & technicians 221 0.17% 1,609 1.26%
Service occupations: 7,609 5.96% 10,881 8.53%
Healthcare support 220 0.17% 2,270 1.78%
Protective services: 1,707 1.34% 367 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,115 0.87% 92 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 592 0.46% 275 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,599 2.04% 3,926 3.08%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,449 1.92% 1,762 1.38%
Personal care & service 634 0.50% 2,556 2.00%
Sales & office occupations: 12,478 9.78% 22,159 17.37%
Sales & related occupations 7,848 6.15% 7,293 5.72%
Office & administrative support 4,630 3.63% 14,866 11.65%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 146 0.11% 18 0.01%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 9,706 7.61% 463 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 5,528 4.33% 230 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 554 0.43% 23 0.02%
Construction trades 4,961 3.89% 189 0.15%
Extraction 13 0.01% 18 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,178 3.28% 233 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 17,212 13.49% 5,990 4.70%
Production 10,268 8.05% 4,621 3.62%
Transportation & material moving: 6,944 5.44% 1,369 1.07%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 155 0.12% 87 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 65 0.05% 7 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 3,270 2.56% 395 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 302 0.24% 51 0.04%
Material moving 3,152 2.47% 829 0.65%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 67,542 52.95% 60,021 47.05%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 350 0.27% 68 0.05%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 340 0.27% 56 0.04%
Mining 10 0.01% 12 0.01%
Construction 6,336 4.97% 911 0.71%
Manufacturing 18,305 14.35% 7,237 5.67%
Wholesale trade 4,033 3.16% 1,554 1.22%
Retail trade 7,568 5.93% 8,001 6.27%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,121 3.23% 1,361 1.07%
Transportation & warehousing 3,477 2.73% 1,207 0.95%
Utilities 644 0.50% 154 0.12%
Information 1,676 1.31% 1,601 1.26%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,702 2.12% 4,286 3.36%
Finance & insurance 1,634 1.28% 3,276 2.57%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,068 0.84% 1,010 0.79%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,780 3.75% 4,350 3.41%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,879 2.26% 2,739 2.15%
Management of companies & enterprises 34 0.03% 54 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,867 1.46% 1,557 1.22%
Educational, health & social services: 8,219 6.44% 21,705 17.02%
Educational services 5,620 4.41% 9,908 7.77%
Health care & social assistance 2,599 2.04% 11,797 9.25%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 4,222 3.31% 4,837 3.79%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 818 0.64% 698 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 3,404 2.67% 4,139 3.24%
Other services (except public administration) 3,145 2.47% 2,855 2.24%
Public administration 2,085 1.63% 1,255 0.98%

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

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