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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 32,798 53.77% 28,201 46.23%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 8,570 14.05% 9,935 16.29%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,705 7.71% 3,842 6.30%
Management, except farm managers 3,606 5.91% 2,227 3.65%
Farmers & farm managers 13 0.02% 17 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 1,086 1.78% 1,598 2.62%
Business operations specialists 681 1.12% 758 1.24%
Financial specialists 405 0.66% 840 1.38%
Professional & related occupations: 3,865 6.34% 6,093 9.99%
Computer & mathematical 959 1.57% 531 0.87%
Architecture & engineering: 834 1.37% 94 0.15%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 564 0.92% 84 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 270 0.44% 10 0.02%
Life, physical, & social science 130 0.21% 87 0.14%
Community & social services 354 0.58% 348 0.57%
Legal 227 0.37% 347 0.57%
Education, training, & library 581 0.95% 2,735 4.48%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 313 0.51% 373 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 467 0.77% 1,578 2.59%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 335 0.55% 1,033 1.69%
Health technologists & technicians 132 0.22% 545 0.89%
Service occupations: 2,845 4.66% 3,491 5.72%
Healthcare support 23 0.04% 609 1.00%
Protective services: 1,169 1.92% 230 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 890 1.46% 143 0.23%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 279 0.46% 87 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 542 0.89% 1,024 1.68%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 886 1.45% 400 0.66%
Personal care & service 225 0.37% 1,228 2.01%
Sales & office occupations: 6,272 10.28% 12,650 20.74%
Sales & related occupations 3,390 5.56% 3,212 5.27%
Office & administrative support 2,882 4.72% 9,438 15.47%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 35 0.06% 33 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 7,974 13.07% 276 0.45%
Construction & extraction: 3,759 6.16% 118 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 725 1.19% 16 0.03%
Construction trades 3,034 4.97% 102 0.17%
Extraction 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,215 6.91% 158 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 7,102 11.64% 1,816 2.98%
Production 2,893 4.74% 1,042 1.71%
Transportation & material moving: 4,209 6.90% 774 1.27%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 288 0.47% 84 0.14%
Aircraft & traffic control 224 0.37% 13 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 2,122 3.48% 349 0.57%
Rail, water & other transportation 179 0.29% 8 0.01%
Material moving 1,396 2.29% 320 0.52%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 32,798 53.77% 28,201 46.23%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 158 0.26% 117 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 57 0.09% 108 0.18%
Mining 101 0.17% 9 0.01%
Construction 4,550 7.46% 755 1.24%
Manufacturing 4,314 7.07% 1,904 3.12%
Wholesale trade 1,981 3.25% 856 1.40%
Retail trade 3,818 6.26% 3,659 6.00%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,857 11.24% 2,963 4.86%
Transportation & warehousing 6,256 10.26% 2,590 4.25%
Utilities 601 0.99% 373 0.61%
Information 833 1.37% 830 1.36%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,154 1.89% 2,613 4.28%
Finance & insurance 663 1.09% 1,886 3.09%
Real estate & rental & leasing 491 0.80% 727 1.19%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,567 4.21% 2,331 3.82%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,301 2.13% 1,498 2.46%
Management of companies & enterprises 25 0.04% 17 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,241 2.03% 816 1.34%
Educational, health & social services: 1,596 2.62% 7,596 12.45%
Educational services 966 1.58% 3,515 5.76%
Health care & social assistance 630 1.03% 4,081 6.69%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,450 2.38% 1,525 2.50%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 374 0.61% 169 0.28%
Accommodation & food services 1,076 1.76% 1,356 2.22%
Other services (except public administration) 1,564 2.56% 1,243 2.04%
Public administration 1,956 3.21% 1,809 2.97%

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

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