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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 20,533 52.61% 18,498 47.39%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,883 12.51% 5,797 14.85%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,518 6.45% 1,672 4.28%
Management, except farm managers 1,623 4.16% 1,024 2.62%
Farmers & farm managers 243 0.62% 20 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 652 1.67% 628 1.61%
Business operations specialists 325 0.83% 283 0.73%
Financial specialists 327 0.84% 345 0.88%
Professional & related occupations: 2,365 6.06% 4,125 10.57%
Computer & mathematical 257 0.66% 122 0.31%
Architecture & engineering: 322 0.82% 97 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 198 0.51% 67 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 124 0.32% 30 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 165 0.42% 140 0.36%
Community & social services 321 0.82% 517 1.32%
Legal 96 0.25% 159 0.41%
Education, training, & library 523 1.34% 1,383 3.54%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 236 0.60% 253 0.65%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 445 1.14% 1,454 3.73%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 281 0.72% 856 2.19%
Health technologists & technicians 164 0.42% 598 1.53%
Service occupations: 2,760 7.07% 3,983 10.20%
Healthcare support 113 0.29% 876 2.24%
Protective services: 737 1.89% 243 0.62%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 500 1.28% 164 0.42%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 237 0.61% 79 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 844 2.16% 1,387 3.55%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 876 2.24% 516 1.32%
Personal care & service 190 0.49% 961 2.46%
Sales & office occupations: 3,398 8.71% 7,126 18.26%
Sales & related occupations 2,085 5.34% 2,348 6.02%
Office & administrative support 1,313 3.36% 4,778 12.24%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 74 0.19% 27 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,802 9.74% 105 0.27%
Construction & extraction: 2,145 5.50% 78 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 314 0.80% 6 0.02%
Construction trades 1,830 4.69% 72 0.18%
Extraction 1 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,657 4.25% 27 0.07%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,616 14.39% 1,460 3.74%
Production 3,038 7.78% 990 2.54%
Transportation & material moving: 2,578 6.61% 470 1.20%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 64 0.16% 12 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 39 0.10% 10 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 1,137 2.91% 154 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 137 0.35% 24 0.06%
Material moving 1,201 3.08% 270 0.69%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 20,533 52.61% 18,498 47.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 378 0.97% 43 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 344 0.88% 43 0.11%
Mining 34 0.09% 0 0.00%
Construction 2,266 5.81% 259 0.66%
Manufacturing 4,988 12.78% 1,741 4.46%
Wholesale trade 895 2.29% 377 0.97%
Retail trade 2,438 6.25% 2,281 5.84%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,719 4.40% 643 1.65%
Transportation & warehousing 1,446 3.70% 542 1.39%
Utilities 273 0.70% 101 0.26%
Information 352 0.90% 428 1.10%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 959 2.46% 1,777 4.55%
Finance & insurance 615 1.58% 1,384 3.55%
Real estate & rental & leasing 344 0.88% 393 1.01%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,239 3.17% 1,296 3.32%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 488 1.25% 470 1.20%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 2 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 751 1.92% 824 2.11%
Educational, health & social services: 1,928 4.94% 6,196 15.87%
Educational services 876 2.24% 1,946 4.99%
Health care & social assistance 1,052 2.70% 4,250 10.89%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,409 3.61% 1,773 4.54%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 329 0.84% 329 0.84%
Accommodation & food services 1,080 2.77% 1,444 3.70%
Other services (except public administration) 860 2.20% 763 1.95%
Public administration 1,102 2.82% 921 2.36%

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

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