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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 129,237 55.44% 103,854 44.56%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 52,385 22.47% 40,808 17.51%
Management, business, & financial operations: 22,897 9.82% 15,894 6.82%
Management, except farm managers 16,868 7.24% 9,018 3.87%
Farmers & farm managers 536 0.23% 118 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 5,493 2.36% 6,758 2.90%
Business operations specialists 2,749 1.18% 3,433 1.47%
Financial specialists 2,744 1.18% 3,325 1.43%
Professional & related occupations: 29,488 12.65% 24,914 10.69%
Computer & mathematical 9,092 3.90% 2,756 1.18%
Architecture & engineering: 9,885 4.24% 1,645 0.71%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 7,371 3.16% 1,029 0.44%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,514 1.08% 616 0.26%
Life, physical, & social science 1,132 0.49% 792 0.34%
Community & social services 1,079 0.46% 1,606 0.69%
Legal 927 0.40% 996 0.43%
Education, training, & library 2,644 1.13% 7,823 3.36%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,561 1.10% 2,387 1.02%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,168 0.93% 6,909 2.96%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,780 0.76% 5,036 2.16%
Health technologists & technicians 388 0.17% 1,873 0.80%
Service occupations: 12,260 5.26% 15,649 6.71%
Healthcare support 490 0.21% 2,638 1.13%
Protective services: 2,200 0.94% 543 0.23%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,152 0.49% 171 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,048 0.45% 372 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,489 1.93% 5,147 2.21%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,256 1.83% 2,229 0.96%
Personal care & service 825 0.35% 5,092 2.18%
Sales & office occupations: 25,298 10.85% 38,581 16.55%
Sales & related occupations 15,683 6.73% 12,587 5.40%
Office & administrative support 9,615 4.12% 25,994 11.15%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,782 0.76% 557 0.24%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 16,358 7.02% 856 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 9,946 4.27% 398 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,257 0.54% 40 0.02%
Construction trades 8,622 3.70% 337 0.14%
Extraction 67 0.03% 21 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,412 2.75% 458 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 21,154 9.08% 7,403 3.18%
Production 11,995 5.15% 5,665 2.43%
Transportation & material moving: 9,159 3.93% 1,738 0.75%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 340 0.15% 13 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 158 0.07% 5 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,239 1.82% 673 0.29%
Rail, water & other transportation 791 0.34% 129 0.06%
Material moving 3,631 1.56% 918 0.39%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 129,237 55.44% 103,854 44.56%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,197 0.94% 688 0.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,152 0.92% 653 0.28%
Mining 45 0.02% 35 0.02%
Construction 13,231 5.68% 1,821 0.78%
Manufacturing 32,892 14.11% 14,004 6.01%
Wholesale trade 7,760 3.33% 3,277 1.41%
Retail trade 14,061 6.03% 12,760 5.47%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 6,886 2.95% 2,342 1.00%
Transportation & warehousing 5,331 2.29% 1,794 0.77%
Utilities 1,555 0.67% 548 0.24%
Information 3,905 1.68% 2,685 1.15%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 8,032 3.45% 11,419 4.90%
Finance & insurance 5,396 2.31% 8,722 3.74%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,636 1.13% 2,697 1.16%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 16,138 6.92% 11,542 4.95%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 9,933 4.26% 7,372 3.16%
Management of companies & enterprises 53 0.02% 100 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 6,152 2.64% 4,070 1.75%
Educational, health & social services: 8,745 3.75% 28,094 12.05%
Educational services 4,654 2.00% 11,261 4.83%
Health care & social assistance 4,091 1.76% 16,833 7.22%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 7,872 3.38% 8,108 3.48%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,988 0.85% 1,754 0.75%
Accommodation & food services 5,884 2.52% 6,354 2.73%
Other services (except public administration) 4,420 1.90% 4,656 2.00%
Public administration 3,098 1.33% 2,458 1.05%

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

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