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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 51,450 52.42% 46,691 47.58%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 15,689 15.99% 16,218 16.53%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,649 7.79% 5,791 5.90%
Management, except farm managers 5,515 5.62% 3,158 3.22%
Farmers & farm managers 191 0.19% 47 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 1,943 1.98% 2,586 2.63%
Business operations specialists 958 0.98% 1,256 1.28%
Financial specialists 985 1.00% 1,330 1.36%
Professional & related occupations: 8,040 8.19% 10,427 10.62%
Computer & mathematical 2,316 2.36% 1,116 1.14%
Architecture & engineering: 1,505 1.53% 207 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,138 1.16% 157 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 367 0.37% 50 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 368 0.37% 258 0.26%
Community & social services 528 0.54% 678 0.69%
Legal 469 0.48% 447 0.46%
Education, training, & library 1,050 1.07% 3,720 3.79%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 791 0.81% 594 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,013 1.03% 3,407 3.47%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 734 0.75% 2,379 2.42%
Health technologists & technicians 279 0.28% 1,028 1.05%
Service occupations: 5,868 5.98% 7,577 7.72%
Healthcare support 92 0.09% 1,222 1.25%
Protective services: 1,674 1.71% 403 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,053 1.07% 153 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 621 0.63% 250 0.25%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,865 1.90% 2,709 2.76%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,512 1.54% 795 0.81%
Personal care & service 725 0.74% 2,448 2.49%
Sales & office occupations: 10,334 10.53% 19,669 20.04%
Sales & related occupations 5,878 5.99% 5,593 5.70%
Office & administrative support 4,456 4.54% 14,076 14.34%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 122 0.12% 22 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 8,652 8.82% 403 0.41%
Construction & extraction: 4,412 4.50% 167 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 524 0.53% 8 0.01%
Construction trades 3,841 3.91% 159 0.16%
Extraction 47 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 4,240 4.32% 236 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 10,785 10.99% 2,802 2.86%
Production 5,140 5.24% 1,893 1.93%
Transportation & material moving: 5,645 5.75% 909 0.93%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 146 0.15% 65 0.07%
Aircraft & traffic control 136 0.14% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 2,826 2.88% 301 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 517 0.53% 30 0.03%
Material moving 2,020 2.06% 513 0.52%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 51,450 52.42% 46,691 47.58%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 428 0.44% 209 0.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 392 0.40% 202 0.21%
Mining 36 0.04% 7 0.01%
Construction 5,275 5.37% 840 0.86%
Manufacturing 8,514 8.68% 3,235 3.30%
Wholesale trade 3,340 3.40% 2,038 2.08%
Retail trade 5,798 5.91% 5,904 6.02%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,065 6.18% 1,816 1.85%
Transportation & warehousing 5,477 5.58% 1,556 1.59%
Utilities 588 0.60% 260 0.26%
Information 1,973 2.01% 1,897 1.93%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,374 3.44% 5,266 5.37%
Finance & insurance 2,254 2.30% 4,373 4.46%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,120 1.14% 893 0.91%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 4,752 4.84% 4,652 4.74%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 3,066 3.12% 2,874 2.93%
Management of companies & enterprises 8 0.01% 70 0.07%
Administrative & support & waste management services 1,678 1.71% 1,708 1.74%
Educational, health & social services: 3,309 3.37% 12,393 12.63%
Educational services 1,749 1.78% 4,668 4.76%
Health care & social assistance 1,560 1.59% 7,725 7.87%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,928 4.00% 4,161 4.24%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,291 1.32% 1,209 1.23%
Accommodation & food services 2,637 2.69% 2,952 3.01%
Other services (except public administration) 2,233 2.28% 2,303 2.35%
Public administration 2,461 2.51% 1,977 2.01%

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

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