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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 161,779 52.90% 144,050 47.10%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 49,381 16.15% 49,149 16.07%
Management, business, & financial operations: 22,368 7.31% 17,226 5.63%
Management, except farm managers 15,458 5.05% 9,739 3.18%
Farmers & farm managers 286 0.09% 61 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 6,624 2.17% 7,426 2.43%
Business operations specialists 3,007 0.98% 3,079 1.01%
Financial specialists 3,617 1.18% 4,347 1.42%
Professional & related occupations: 27,013 8.83% 31,923 10.44%
Computer & mathematical 4,655 1.52% 1,829 0.60%
Architecture & engineering: 4,573 1.50% 747 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,052 1.00% 344 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,521 0.50% 403 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 1,457 0.48% 856 0.28%
Community & social services 2,004 0.66% 2,514 0.82%
Legal 2,734 0.89% 2,007 0.66%
Education, training, & library 3,979 1.30% 11,088 3.63%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 3,170 1.04% 2,325 0.76%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,441 1.45% 10,557 3.45%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,454 1.13% 7,010 2.29%
Health technologists & technicians 987 0.32% 3,547 1.16%
Service occupations: 20,615 6.74% 26,235 8.58%
Healthcare support 865 0.28% 4,994 1.63%
Protective services: 4,000 1.31% 1,043 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,455 0.80% 456 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,545 0.51% 587 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 8,010 2.62% 9,522 3.11%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 6,024 1.97% 3,626 1.19%
Personal care & service 1,716 0.56% 7,050 2.31%
Sales & office occupations: 32,132 10.51% 57,753 18.88%
Sales & related occupations 19,252 6.30% 18,071 5.91%
Office & administrative support 12,880 4.21% 39,682 12.98%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 520 0.17% 187 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 29,107 9.52% 1,780 0.58%
Construction & extraction: 16,240 5.31% 633 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,967 0.64% 72 0.02%
Construction trades 14,110 4.61% 528 0.17%
Extraction 163 0.05% 33 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 12,867 4.21% 1,147 0.38%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 30,024 9.82% 8,946 2.93%
Production 15,098 4.94% 6,755 2.21%
Transportation & material moving: 14,926 4.88% 2,191 0.72%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 400 0.13% 102 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 441 0.14% 2 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 7,065 2.31% 735 0.24%
Rail, water & other transportation 515 0.17% 122 0.04%
Material moving 6,505 2.13% 1,230 0.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 161,779 52.90% 144,050 47.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,023 0.99% 1,322 0.43%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 794 0.26% 292 0.10%
Mining 2,229 0.73% 1,030 0.34%
Construction 18,367 6.01% 1,933 0.63%
Manufacturing 20,723 6.78% 9,443 3.09%
Wholesale trade 8,361 2.73% 3,529 1.15%
Retail trade 19,273 6.30% 17,259 5.64%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 9,339 3.05% 2,917 0.95%
Transportation & warehousing 7,688 2.51% 2,400 0.78%
Utilities 1,651 0.54% 517 0.17%
Information 5,139 1.68% 4,420 1.45%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 10,663 3.49% 14,589 4.77%
Finance & insurance 6,242 2.04% 9,963 3.26%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4,421 1.45% 4,626 1.51%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 16,082 5.26% 12,677 4.15%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 8,739 2.86% 7,277 2.38%
Management of companies & enterprises 64 0.02% 64 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 7,279 2.38% 5,336 1.74%
Educational, health & social services: 14,585 4.77% 42,739 13.97%
Educational services 6,823 2.23% 15,292 5.00%
Health care & social assistance 7,762 2.54% 27,447 8.97%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 13,670 4.47% 13,320 4.36%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,667 0.87% 1,914 0.63%
Accommodation & food services 11,003 3.60% 11,406 3.73%
Other services (except public administration) 8,994 2.94% 9,283 3.04%
Public administration 13,560 4.43% 10,619 3.47%

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

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