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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 63,662 53.09% 56,248 46.91%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 14,698 12.26% 17,186 14.33%
Management, business, & financial operations: 7,009 5.85% 4,860 4.05%
Management, except farm managers 5,359 4.47% 2,916 2.43%
Farmers & farm managers 159 0.13% 11 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 1,491 1.24% 1,933 1.61%
Business operations specialists 758 0.63% 894 0.75%
Financial specialists 733 0.61% 1,039 0.87%
Professional & related occupations: 7,689 6.41% 12,326 10.28%
Computer & mathematical 843 0.70% 531 0.44%
Architecture & engineering: 2,277 1.90% 328 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 1,384 1.15% 164 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 893 0.74% 164 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 419 0.35% 261 0.22%
Community & social services 785 0.65% 1,004 0.84%
Legal 254 0.21% 446 0.37%
Education, training, & library 1,200 1.00% 4,916 4.10%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 679 0.57% 668 0.56%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 1,232 1.03% 4,172 3.48%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,015 0.85% 2,501 2.09%
Health technologists & technicians 217 0.18% 1,671 1.39%
Service occupations: 5,588 4.66% 9,477 7.90%
Healthcare support 123 0.10% 1,802 1.50%
Protective services: 1,167 0.97% 386 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 739 0.62% 143 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 428 0.36% 243 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,909 1.59% 3,585 2.99%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 1,965 1.64% 1,536 1.28%
Personal care & service 424 0.35% 2,168 1.81%
Sales & office occupations: 9,997 8.34% 20,050 16.72%
Sales & related occupations 5,961 4.97% 6,760 5.64%
Office & administrative support 4,036 3.37% 13,290 11.08%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 289 0.24% 67 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 12,700 10.59% 466 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 6,957 5.80% 207 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 938 0.78% 44 0.04%
Construction trades 5,956 4.97% 163 0.14%
Extraction 63 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 5,743 4.79% 259 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 20,390 17.00% 9,002 7.51%
Production 13,237 11.04% 7,520 6.27%
Transportation & material moving: 7,153 5.97% 1,482 1.24%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 126 0.11% 37 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 33 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 3,468 2.89% 454 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 248 0.21% 39 0.03%
Material moving 3,278 2.73% 952 0.79%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 63,662 53.09% 56,248 46.91%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 537 0.45% 80 0.07%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 496 0.41% 80 0.07%
Mining 41 0.03% 0 0.00%
Construction 8,269 6.90% 967 0.81%
Manufacturing 22,007 18.35% 11,156 9.30%
Wholesale trade 3,572 2.98% 1,623 1.35%
Retail trade 6,505 5.42% 7,782 6.49%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 4,088 3.41% 1,335 1.11%
Transportation & warehousing 3,111 2.59% 1,132 0.94%
Utilities 977 0.81% 203 0.17%
Information 1,341 1.12% 1,303 1.09%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,746 1.46% 3,087 2.57%
Finance & insurance 1,037 0.86% 2,123 1.77%
Real estate & rental & leasing 709 0.59% 964 0.80%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,859 3.22% 3,451 2.88%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 1,788 1.49% 1,848 1.54%
Management of companies & enterprises 34 0.03% 62 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,037 1.70% 1,541 1.29%
Educational, health & social services: 3,977 3.32% 16,421 13.69%
Educational services 2,065 1.72% 6,576 5.48%
Health care & social assistance 1,912 1.59% 9,845 8.21%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,270 2.73% 5,091 4.25%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 503 0.42% 512 0.43%
Accommodation & food services 2,767 2.31% 4,579 3.82%
Other services (except public administration) 3,063 2.55% 2,630 2.19%
Public administration 1,428 1.19% 1,322 1.10%

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

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