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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 36,788 50.41% 36,190 49.59%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 14,892 20.41% 15,593 21.37%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,842 6.63% 4,020 5.51%
Management, except farm managers 3,460 4.74% 2,327 3.19%
Farmers & farm managers 285 0.39% 50 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 1,097 1.50% 1,643 2.25%
Business operations specialists 441 0.60% 828 1.13%
Financial specialists 656 0.90% 815 1.12%
Professional & related occupations: 10,050 13.77% 11,573 15.86%
Computer & mathematical 1,139 1.56% 346 0.47%
Architecture & engineering: 888 1.22% 180 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 655 0.90% 84 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 233 0.32% 96 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 1,350 1.85% 764 1.05%
Community & social services 578 0.79% 980 1.34%
Legal 484 0.66% 251 0.34%
Education, training, & library 2,619 3.59% 4,065 5.57%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,000 1.37% 771 1.06%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,992 2.73% 4,216 5.78%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,456 2.00% 2,901 3.98%
Health technologists & technicians 536 0.73% 1,315 1.80%
Service occupations: 4,770 6.54% 6,025 8.26%
Healthcare support 217 0.30% 1,169 1.60%
Protective services: 830 1.14% 241 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 502 0.69% 110 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 328 0.45% 131 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 2,152 2.95% 2,119 2.90%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,272 1.74% 576 0.79%
Personal care & service 299 0.41% 1,920 2.63%
Sales & office occupations: 7,118 9.75% 12,573 17.23%
Sales & related occupations 4,265 5.84% 3,706 5.08%
Office & administrative support 2,853 3.91% 8,867 12.15%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 266 0.36% 104 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,567 6.26% 234 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 2,934 4.02% 118 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 406 0.56% 9 0.01%
Construction trades 2,525 3.46% 109 0.15%
Extraction 3 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,633 2.24% 116 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,175 7.09% 1,661 2.28%
Production 2,753 3.77% 1,253 1.72%
Transportation & material moving: 2,422 3.32% 408 0.56%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 82 0.11% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 35 0.05% 5 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 1,318 1.81% 137 0.19%
Rail, water & other transportation 93 0.13% 27 0.04%
Material moving 894 1.23% 239 0.33%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 36,788 50.41% 36,190 49.59%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 628 0.86% 174 0.24%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 576 0.79% 173 0.24%
Mining 52 0.07% 1 0.00%
Construction 3,334 4.57% 352 0.48%
Manufacturing 3,381 4.63% 1,601 2.19%
Wholesale trade 1,412 1.93% 855 1.17%
Retail trade 4,437 6.08% 3,786 5.19%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,712 2.35% 400 0.55%
Transportation & warehousing 1,160 1.59% 318 0.44%
Utilities 552 0.76% 82 0.11%
Information 1,158 1.59% 744 1.02%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 2,293 3.14% 3,095 4.24%
Finance & insurance 1,623 2.22% 2,545 3.49%
Real estate & rental & leasing 670 0.92% 550 0.75%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 2,610 3.58% 2,001 2.74%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,619 2.22% 1,267 1.74%
Management of companies & enterprises 23 0.03% 22 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 968 1.33% 712 0.98%
Educational, health & social services: 9,162 12.55% 17,655 24.19%
Educational services 5,753 7.88% 8,089 11.08%
Health care & social assistance 3,409 4.67% 9,566 13.11%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,289 4.51% 2,758 3.78%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 570 0.78% 407 0.56%
Accommodation & food services 2,719 3.73% 2,351 3.22%
Other services (except public administration) 1,550 2.12% 1,391 1.91%
Public administration 1,822 2.50% 1,378 1.89%

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

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