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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 24,283 53.27% 21,305 46.73%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 9,374 20.56% 9,350 20.51%
Management, business, & financial operations: 4,363 9.57% 3,357 7.36%
Management, except farm managers 2,950 6.47% 1,700 3.73%
Farmers & farm managers 28 0.06% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 1,385 3.04% 1,657 3.63%
Business operations specialists 838 1.84% 852 1.87%
Financial specialists 547 1.20% 805 1.77%
Professional & related occupations: 5,011 10.99% 5,993 13.15%
Computer & mathematical 2,001 4.39% 1,069 2.34%
Architecture & engineering: 1,045 2.29% 149 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 772 1.69% 99 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 273 0.60% 50 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 273 0.60% 99 0.22%
Community & social services 213 0.47% 351 0.77%
Legal 185 0.41% 261 0.57%
Education, training, & library 645 1.41% 2,255 4.95%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 324 0.71% 338 0.74%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 325 0.71% 1,471 3.23%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 253 0.55% 986 2.16%
Health technologists & technicians 72 0.16% 485 1.06%
Service occupations: 3,001 6.58% 3,070 6.73%
Healthcare support 69 0.15% 441 0.97%
Protective services: 1,510 3.31% 266 0.58%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 1,115 2.45% 117 0.26%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 395 0.87% 149 0.33%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 605 1.33% 1,046 2.29%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 616 1.35% 297 0.65%
Personal care & service 201 0.44% 1,020 2.24%
Sales & office occupations: 3,719 8.16% 8,006 17.56%
Sales & related occupations 2,128 4.67% 2,584 5.67%
Office & administrative support 1,591 3.49% 5,422 11.89%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 46 0.10% 10 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 5,175 11.35% 178 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 3,126 6.86% 115 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 426 0.93% 19 0.04%
Construction trades 2,676 5.87% 96 0.21%
Extraction 24 0.05% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 2,049 4.49% 63 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 2,968 6.51% 691 1.52%
Production 1,061 2.33% 311 0.68%
Transportation & material moving: 1,907 4.18% 380 0.83%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 63 0.14% 0 0.00%
Aircraft & traffic control 106 0.23% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,098 2.41% 256 0.56%
Rail, water & other transportation 61 0.13% 18 0.04%
Material moving 579 1.27% 106 0.23%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 24,283 53.27% 21,305 46.73%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 125 0.27% 26 0.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 105 0.23% 19 0.04%
Mining 20 0.04% 7 0.02%
Construction 3,894 8.54% 650 1.43%
Manufacturing 1,564 3.43% 540 1.18%
Wholesale trade 894 1.96% 328 0.72%
Retail trade 2,360 5.18% 2,792 6.12%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 1,635 3.59% 646 1.42%
Transportation & warehousing 1,347 2.95% 574 1.26%
Utilities 288 0.63% 72 0.16%
Information 906 1.99% 680 1.49%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,198 2.63% 1,955 4.29%
Finance & insurance 730 1.60% 1,567 3.44%
Real estate & rental & leasing 468 1.03% 388 0.85%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 3,374 7.40% 2,000 4.39%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 2,529 5.55% 1,368 3.00%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Administrative & support & waste management services 845 1.85% 632 1.39%
Educational, health & social services: 1,520 3.33% 6,122 13.43%
Educational services 956 2.10% 2,748 6.03%
Health care & social assistance 564 1.24% 3,374 7.40%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,267 2.78% 1,614 3.54%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 397 0.87% 335 0.73%
Accommodation & food services 870 1.91% 1,279 2.81%
Other services (except public administration) 1,191 2.61% 1,222 2.68%
Public administration 4,355 9.55% 2,730 5.99%

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

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