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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 36,442 51.43% 34,409 48.57%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 12,171 17.18% 13,328 18.81%
Management, business, & financial operations: 5,902 8.33% 4,349 6.14%
Management, except farm managers 4,208 5.94% 2,429 3.43%
Farmers & farm managers 116 0.16% 51 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 1,578 2.23% 1,869 2.64%
Business operations specialists 902 1.27% 919 1.30%
Financial specialists 676 0.95% 950 1.34%
Professional & related occupations: 6,269 8.85% 8,979 12.67%
Computer & mathematical 1,029 1.45% 452 0.64%
Architecture & engineering: 1,362 1.92% 233 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 971 1.37% 156 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 391 0.55% 77 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 353 0.50% 296 0.42%
Community & social services 530 0.75% 773 1.09%
Legal 643 0.91% 552 0.78%
Education, training, & library 957 1.35% 3,339 4.71%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 636 0.90% 471 0.66%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 759 1.07% 2,863 4.04%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 596 0.84% 2,047 2.89%
Health technologists & technicians 163 0.23% 816 1.15%
Service occupations: 3,537 4.99% 5,428 7.66%
Healthcare support 172 0.24% 1,394 1.97%
Protective services: 1,003 1.42% 154 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 691 0.98% 60 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 312 0.44% 94 0.13%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,025 1.45% 1,805 2.55%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,100 1.55% 612 0.86%
Personal care & service 237 0.33% 1,463 2.06%
Sales & office occupations: 6,889 9.72% 12,871 18.17%
Sales & related occupations 4,478 6.32% 3,906 5.51%
Office & administrative support 2,411 3.40% 8,965 12.65%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 177 0.25% 88 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 6,853 9.67% 246 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 4,030 5.69% 123 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 609 0.86% 3 0.00%
Construction trades 3,386 4.78% 120 0.17%
Extraction 35 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,823 3.98% 123 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,815 9.62% 2,448 3.46%
Production 3,894 5.50% 1,993 2.81%
Transportation & material moving: 2,921 4.12% 455 0.64%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 124 0.18% 26 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 89 0.13% 3 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,682 2.37% 195 0.28%
Rail, water & other transportation 120 0.17% 37 0.05%
Material moving 906 1.28% 194 0.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 36,442 51.43% 34,409 48.57%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 402 0.57% 168 0.24%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 366 0.52% 168 0.24%
Mining 36 0.05% 0 0.00%
Construction 4,680 6.61% 444 0.63%
Manufacturing 6,693 9.45% 2,979 4.20%
Wholesale trade 1,937 2.73% 730 1.03%
Retail trade 5,087 7.18% 4,229 5.97%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,756 2.48% 552 0.78%
Transportation & warehousing 1,264 1.78% 455 0.64%
Utilities 492 0.69% 97 0.14%
Information 901 1.27% 726 1.02%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,917 2.71% 3,506 4.95%
Finance & insurance 1,332 1.88% 2,945 4.16%
Real estate & rental & leasing 585 0.83% 561 0.79%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,558 5.02% 2,562 3.62%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,648 3.74% 1,767 2.49%
Management of companies & enterprises 16 0.02% 17 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 894 1.26% 778 1.10%
Educational, health & social services: 3,661 5.17% 12,069 17.03%
Educational services 1,835 2.59% 4,734 6.68%
Health care & social assistance 1,826 2.58% 7,335 10.35%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,618 2.28% 2,238 3.16%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 389 0.55% 525 0.74%
Accommodation & food services 1,229 1.73% 1,713 2.42%
Other services (except public administration) 1,760 2.48% 1,563 2.21%
Public administration 2,472 3.49% 2,643 3.73%

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

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