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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 133,460 51.57% 125,322 48.43%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 50,129 19.37% 51,517 19.91%
Management, business, & financial operations: 22,866 8.84% 16,364 6.32%
Management, except farm managers 14,715 5.69% 9,557 3.69%
Farmers & farm managers 71 0.03% 22 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 8,080 3.12% 6,785 2.62%
Business operations specialists 3,925 1.52% 3,550 1.37%
Financial specialists 4,155 1.61% 3,235 1.25%
Professional & related occupations: 27,263 10.54% 35,153 13.58%
Computer & mathematical 5,487 2.12% 2,654 1.03%
Architecture & engineering: 4,010 1.55% 665 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 3,238 1.25% 483 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 772 0.30% 182 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 1,910 0.74% 1,378 0.53%
Community & social services 1,860 0.72% 2,712 1.05%
Legal 2,366 0.91% 1,916 0.74%
Education, training, & library 4,849 1.87% 11,144 4.31%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,553 0.99% 2,440 0.94%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 4,228 1.63% 12,244 4.73%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,338 1.29% 8,772 3.39%
Health technologists & technicians 890 0.34% 3,472 1.34%
Service occupations: 15,292 5.91% 19,078 7.37%
Healthcare support 612 0.24% 4,757 1.84%
Protective services: 3,308 1.28% 930 0.36%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,696 0.66% 173 0.07%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,612 0.62% 757 0.29%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 5,192 2.01% 5,997 2.32%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 4,742 1.83% 2,375 0.92%
Personal care & service 1,438 0.56% 5,019 1.94%
Sales & office occupations: 26,676 10.31% 49,209 19.02%
Sales & related occupations 15,292 5.91% 13,755 5.32%
Office & administrative support 11,384 4.40% 35,454 13.70%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 172 0.07% 69 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 21,040 8.13% 608 0.23%
Construction & extraction: 11,908 4.60% 175 0.07%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,481 0.57% 67 0.03%
Construction trades 10,358 4.00% 108 0.04%
Extraction 69 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 9,132 3.53% 433 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 20,151 7.79% 4,841 1.87%
Production 9,229 3.57% 3,187 1.23%
Transportation & material moving: 10,922 4.22% 1,654 0.64%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 454 0.18% 128 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 80 0.03% 27 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 6,105 2.36% 646 0.25%
Rail, water & other transportation 775 0.30% 46 0.02%
Material moving 3,508 1.36% 807 0.31%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 133,460 51.57% 125,322 48.43%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 372 0.14% 169 0.07%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 291 0.11% 144 0.06%
Mining 81 0.03% 25 0.01%
Construction 13,206 5.10% 1,472 0.57%
Manufacturing 18,214 7.04% 7,402 2.86%
Wholesale trade 5,573 2.15% 2,572 0.99%
Retail trade 14,956 5.78% 14,069 5.44%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 11,178 4.32% 3,546 1.37%
Transportation & warehousing 9,529 3.68% 3,056 1.18%
Utilities 1,649 0.64% 490 0.19%
Information 4,990 1.93% 4,026 1.56%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 10,259 3.96% 12,765 4.93%
Finance & insurance 7,914 3.06% 10,251 3.96%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,345 0.91% 2,514 0.97%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 16,475 6.37% 13,914 5.38%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 11,204 4.33% 9,483 3.66%
Management of companies & enterprises 101 0.04% 127 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 5,170 2.00% 4,304 1.66%
Educational, health & social services: 18,291 7.07% 47,577 18.38%
Educational services 9,845 3.80% 17,839 6.89%
Health care & social assistance 8,446 3.26% 29,738 11.49%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 8,245 3.19% 7,761 3.00%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,988 0.77% 1,525 0.59%
Accommodation & food services 6,257 2.42% 6,236 2.41%
Other services (except public administration) 6,470 2.50% 6,263 2.42%
Public administration 5,231 2.02% 3,786 1.46%

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

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