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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 128,638 48.89% 134,470 51.11%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 64,646 24.57% 69,741 26.51%
Management, business, & financial operations: 23,431 8.91% 25,933 9.86%
Management, except farm managers 14,897 5.66% 15,330 5.83%
Farmers & farm managers 20 0.01% 7 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 8,514 3.24% 10,596 4.03%
Business operations specialists 4,722 1.79% 6,833 2.60%
Financial specialists 3,792 1.44% 3,763 1.43%
Professional & related occupations: 41,215 15.66% 43,808 16.65%
Computer & mathematical 6,889 2.62% 4,945 1.88%
Architecture & engineering: 2,550 0.97% 898 0.34%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,149 0.82% 685 0.26%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 401 0.15% 213 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 4,340 1.65% 3,819 1.45%
Community & social services 2,062 0.78% 3,809 1.45%
Legal 9,346 3.55% 7,520 2.86%
Education, training, & library 5,303 2.02% 10,526 4.00%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 8,096 3.08% 7,534 2.86%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,629 1.00% 4,757 1.81%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,037 0.77% 2,983 1.13%
Health technologists & technicians 592 0.23% 1,774 0.67%
Service occupations: 20,472 7.78% 21,836 8.30%
Healthcare support 844 0.32% 3,026 1.15%
Protective services: 4,231 1.61% 2,449 0.93%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,761 0.67% 649 0.25%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,470 0.94% 1,800 0.68%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 7,244 2.75% 5,488 2.09%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 5,963 2.27% 6,112 2.32%
Personal care & service 2,190 0.83% 4,761 1.81%
Sales & office occupations: 21,104 8.02% 38,862 14.77%
Sales & related occupations 8,126 3.09% 9,410 3.58%
Office & administrative support 12,978 4.93% 29,452 11.19%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 61 0.02% 85 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 11,712 4.45% 859 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 8,257 3.14% 491 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 545 0.21% 51 0.02%
Construction trades 7,700 2.93% 440 0.17%
Extraction 12 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,455 1.31% 368 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,643 4.05% 3,087 1.17%
Production 2,997 1.14% 1,852 0.70%
Transportation & material moving: 7,646 2.91% 1,235 0.47%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 282 0.11% 80 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 37 0.01% 5 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,566 1.74% 498 0.19%
Rail, water & other transportation 412 0.16% 45 0.02%
Material moving 2,349 0.89% 607 0.23%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 128,638 48.89% 134,470 51.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 102 0.04% 101 0.04%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 52 0.02% 91 0.03%
Mining 50 0.02% 10 0.00%
Construction 9,011 3.42% 1,326 0.50%
Manufacturing 2,431 0.92% 1,593 0.61%
Wholesale trade 1,693 0.64% 692 0.26%
Retail trade 8,534 3.24% 7,144 2.72%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,576 2.50% 2,945 1.12%
Transportation & warehousing 6,013 2.29% 2,589 0.98%
Utilities 563 0.21% 356 0.14%
Information 9,107 3.46% 7,739 2.94%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 9,941 3.78% 9,447 3.59%
Finance & insurance 6,094 2.32% 6,709 2.55%
Real estate & rental & leasing 3,847 1.46% 2,738 1.04%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 26,584 10.10% 22,980 8.73%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 19,965 7.59% 17,208 6.54%
Management of companies & enterprises 45 0.02% 42 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 6,574 2.50% 5,730 2.18%
Educational, health & social services: 15,479 5.88% 31,833 12.10%
Educational services 9,156 3.48% 15,684 5.96%
Health care & social assistance 6,323 2.40% 16,149 6.14%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 12,661 4.81% 11,243 4.27%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,066 1.17% 3,117 1.18%
Accommodation & food services 9,595 3.65% 8,126 3.09%
Other services (except public administration) 9,643 3.67% 14,802 5.63%
Public administration 16,876 6.41% 22,625 8.60%

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

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