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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 146,196 51.37% 138,422 48.63%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 41,677 14.64% 47,046 16.53%
Management, business, & financial operations: 17,879 6.28% 14,248 5.01%
Management, except farm managers 12,641 4.44% 8,767 3.08%
Farmers & farm managers 112 0.04% 39 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 5,126 1.80% 5,442 1.91%
Business operations specialists 2,273 0.80% 2,900 1.02%
Financial specialists 2,853 1.00% 2,542 0.89%
Professional & related occupations: 23,798 8.36% 32,798 11.52%
Computer & mathematical 3,988 1.40% 1,704 0.60%
Architecture & engineering: 3,744 1.32% 561 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 2,392 0.84% 274 0.10%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,352 0.48% 287 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 1,248 0.44% 1,170 0.41%
Community & social services 1,872 0.66% 3,381 1.19%
Legal 1,621 0.57% 1,256 0.44%
Education, training, & library 5,183 1.82% 11,994 4.21%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,686 0.94% 2,803 0.98%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 3,456 1.21% 9,929 3.49%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 2,716 0.95% 6,719 2.36%
Health technologists & technicians 740 0.26% 3,210 1.13%
Service occupations: 21,082 7.41% 23,760 8.35%
Healthcare support 1,082 0.38% 6,920 2.43%
Protective services: 4,936 1.73% 1,069 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,220 1.13% 144 0.05%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,716 0.60% 925 0.32%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 7,003 2.46% 8,062 2.83%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 6,132 2.15% 2,196 0.77%
Personal care & service 1,929 0.68% 5,513 1.94%
Sales & office occupations: 27,798 9.77% 50,008 17.57%
Sales & related occupations 14,785 5.19% 15,021 5.28%
Office & administrative support 13,013 4.57% 34,987 12.29%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 342 0.12% 77 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 20,406 7.17% 827 0.29%
Construction & extraction: 11,727 4.12% 402 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,499 0.53% 102 0.04%
Construction trades 10,161 3.57% 289 0.10%
Extraction 67 0.02% 11 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 8,679 3.05% 425 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 34,891 12.26% 16,704 5.87%
Production 21,663 7.61% 14,089 4.95%
Transportation & material moving: 13,228 4.65% 2,615 0.92%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 389 0.14% 153 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 114 0.04% 7 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 6,860 2.41% 893 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 563 0.20% 58 0.02%
Material moving 5,302 1.86% 1,504 0.53%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 146,196 51.37% 138,422 48.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 472 0.17% 169 0.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 423 0.15% 128 0.04%
Mining 49 0.02% 41 0.01%
Construction 12,861 4.52% 1,323 0.46%
Manufacturing 32,447 11.40% 20,180 7.09%
Wholesale trade 7,183 2.52% 3,276 1.15%
Retail trade 17,232 6.05% 17,115 6.01%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 8,005 2.81% 2,784 0.98%
Transportation & warehousing 6,612 2.32% 2,478 0.87%
Utilities 1,393 0.49% 306 0.11%
Information 3,487 1.23% 2,913 1.02%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 7,991 2.81% 11,975 4.21%
Finance & insurance 5,813 2.04% 10,070 3.54%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,178 0.77% 1,905 0.67%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 12,660 4.45% 9,867 3.47%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 6,713 2.36% 5,671 1.99%
Management of companies & enterprises 183 0.06% 238 0.08%
Administrative & support & waste management services 5,764 2.03% 3,958 1.39%
Educational, health & social services: 18,283 6.42% 46,578 16.37%
Educational services 9,854 3.46% 17,590 6.18%
Health care & social assistance 8,429 2.96% 28,988 10.18%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 11,197 3.93% 10,942 3.84%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,525 0.89% 1,735 0.61%
Accommodation & food services 8,672 3.05% 9,207 3.23%
Other services (except public administration) 7,177 2.52% 6,280 2.21%
Public administration 7,201 2.53% 5,020 1.76%

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

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