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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 41,553 53.38% 36,289 46.62%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,683 11.15% 11,013 14.15%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,240 5.45% 3,486 4.48%
Management, except farm managers 3,166 4.07% 2,212 2.84%
Farmers & farm managers 193 0.25% 25 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 881 1.13% 1,249 1.60%
Business operations specialists 522 0.67% 498 0.64%
Financial specialists 359 0.46% 751 0.96%
Professional & related occupations: 4,443 5.71% 7,527 9.67%
Computer & mathematical 420 0.54% 153 0.20%
Architecture & engineering: 812 1.04% 130 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 463 0.59% 48 0.06%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 349 0.45% 82 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 177 0.23% 118 0.15%
Community & social services 561 0.72% 703 0.90%
Legal 227 0.29% 409 0.53%
Education, training, & library 713 0.92% 2,377 3.05%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 574 0.74% 646 0.83%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 959 1.23% 2,991 3.84%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 633 0.81% 1,829 2.35%
Health technologists & technicians 326 0.42% 1,162 1.49%
Service occupations: 6,630 8.52% 7,191 9.24%
Healthcare support 191 0.25% 1,834 2.36%
Protective services: 1,897 2.44% 379 0.49%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,162 1.49% 251 0.32%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 735 0.94% 128 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,761 2.26% 2,313 2.97%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 2,095 2.69% 1,263 1.62%
Personal care & service 686 0.88% 1,402 1.80%
Sales & office occupations: 7,307 9.39% 15,096 19.39%
Sales & related occupations 4,940 6.35% 5,691 7.31%
Office & administrative support 2,367 3.04% 9,405 12.08%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,528 1.96% 468 0.60%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 10,164 13.06% 457 0.59%
Construction & extraction: 6,617 8.50% 197 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 891 1.14% 22 0.03%
Construction trades 5,726 7.36% 175 0.22%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 3,547 4.56% 260 0.33%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,241 9.30% 2,064 2.65%
Production 3,311 4.25% 1,341 1.72%
Transportation & material moving: 3,930 5.05% 723 0.93%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 165 0.21% 5 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 121 0.16% 20 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 1,970 2.53% 333 0.43%
Rail, water & other transportation 317 0.41% 26 0.03%
Material moving 1,357 1.74% 339 0.44%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 41,553 53.38% 36,289 46.62%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,846 2.37% 302 0.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,806 2.32% 297 0.38%
Mining 40 0.05% 5 0.01%
Construction 7,626 9.80% 850 1.09%
Manufacturing 3,593 4.62% 1,355 1.74%
Wholesale trade 1,832 2.35% 1,021 1.31%
Retail trade 6,209 7.98% 6,673 8.57%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 3,002 3.86% 864 1.11%
Transportation & warehousing 1,800 2.31% 707 0.91%
Utilities 1,202 1.54% 157 0.20%
Information 794 1.02% 876 1.13%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,634 2.10% 2,887 3.71%
Finance & insurance 772 0.99% 1,735 2.23%
Real estate & rental & leasing 862 1.11% 1,152 1.48%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,530 4.53% 2,893 3.72%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,135 1.46% 1,606 2.06%
Management of companies & enterprises 16 0.02% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,379 3.06% 1,287 1.65%
Educational, health & social services: 3,223 4.14% 11,037 14.18%
Educational services 1,361 1.75% 3,592 4.61%
Health care & social assistance 1,862 2.39% 7,445 9.56%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,724 4.78% 3,610 4.64%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,214 1.56% 619 0.80%
Accommodation & food services 2,510 3.22% 2,991 3.84%
Other services (except public administration) 2,215 2.85% 1,851 2.38%
Public administration 2,325 2.99% 2,070 2.66%

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

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