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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 90,879 54.14% 76,974 45.86%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 26,402 15.73% 25,375 15.12%
Management, business, & financial operations: 11,721 6.98% 7,424 4.42%
Management, except farm managers 8,532 5.08% 4,244 2.53%
Farmers & farm managers 297 0.18% 44 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 2,892 1.72% 3,136 1.87%
Business operations specialists 1,419 0.85% 1,342 0.80%
Financial specialists 1,473 0.88% 1,794 1.07%
Professional & related occupations: 14,681 8.75% 17,951 10.69%
Computer & mathematical 2,269 1.35% 835 0.50%
Architecture & engineering: 3,589 2.14% 434 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,488 1.48% 284 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,101 0.66% 150 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 680 0.41% 419 0.25%
Community & social services 1,282 0.76% 1,352 0.81%
Legal 594 0.35% 491 0.29%
Education, training, & library 2,537 1.51% 5,435 3.24%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 1,114 0.66% 1,082 0.64%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,616 1.56% 7,903 4.71%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,991 1.19% 5,519 3.29%
Health technologists & technicians 625 0.37% 2,384 1.42%
Service occupations: 9,908 5.90% 15,987 9.52%
Healthcare support 376 0.22% 4,051 2.41%
Protective services: 1,991 1.19% 299 0.18%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,103 0.66% 67 0.04%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 888 0.53% 232 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 3,420 2.04% 6,787 4.04%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,250 1.94% 2,056 1.22%
Personal care & service 871 0.52% 2,794 1.66%
Sales & office occupations: 14,961 8.91% 29,838 17.78%
Sales & related occupations 8,983 5.35% 10,099 6.02%
Office & administrative support 5,978 3.56% 19,739 11.76%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 331 0.20% 103 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 15,812 9.42% 471 0.28%
Construction & extraction: 9,057 5.40% 178 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,050 0.63% 25 0.01%
Construction trades 7,743 4.61% 148 0.09%
Extraction 264 0.16% 5 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,755 4.02% 293 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 23,465 13.98% 5,200 3.10%
Production 13,196 7.86% 3,629 2.16%
Transportation & material moving: 10,269 6.12% 1,571 0.94%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 228 0.14% 62 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 130 0.08% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 4,847 2.89% 588 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 525 0.31% 31 0.02%
Material moving 4,539 2.70% 890 0.53%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 90,879 54.14% 76,974 45.86%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,231 0.73% 203 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 595 0.35% 137 0.08%
Mining 636 0.38% 66 0.04%
Construction 9,879 5.89% 978 0.58%
Manufacturing 21,852 13.02% 6,882 4.10%
Wholesale trade 5,081 3.03% 1,987 1.18%
Retail trade 10,008 5.96% 11,537 6.87%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 8,079 4.81% 2,682 1.60%
Transportation & warehousing 5,699 3.40% 1,966 1.17%
Utilities 2,380 1.42% 716 0.43%
Information 2,099 1.25% 1,975 1.18%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 3,289 1.96% 4,684 2.79%
Finance & insurance 2,437 1.45% 3,862 2.30%
Real estate & rental & leasing 852 0.51% 822 0.49%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 7,232 4.31% 5,507 3.28%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 4,402 2.62% 3,361 2.00%
Management of companies & enterprises 74 0.04% 61 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,756 1.64% 2,085 1.24%
Educational, health & social services: 8,850 5.27% 26,338 15.69%
Educational services 4,137 2.46% 8,335 4.97%
Health care & social assistance 4,713 2.81% 18,003 10.73%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 5,647 3.36% 7,777 4.63%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,197 0.71% 895 0.53%
Accommodation & food services 4,450 2.65% 6,882 4.10%
Other services (except public administration) 4,812 2.87% 4,255 2.53%
Public administration 2,820 1.68% 2,169 1.29%

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

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