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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 21,927 49.32% 22,528 50.68%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 5,396 12.14% 6,486 14.59%
Management, business, & financial operations: 2,188 4.92% 2,022 4.55%
Management, except farm managers 1,600 3.60% 1,065 2.40%
Farmers & farm managers 15 0.03% 0 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 573 1.29% 957 2.15%
Business operations specialists 252 0.57% 481 1.08%
Financial specialists 321 0.72% 476 1.07%
Professional & related occupations: 3,208 7.22% 4,464 10.04%
Computer & mathematical 442 0.99% 251 0.56%
Architecture & engineering: 526 1.18% 56 0.13%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 363 0.82% 13 0.03%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 163 0.37% 43 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 87 0.20% 85 0.19%
Community & social services 287 0.65% 428 0.96%
Legal 291 0.65% 154 0.35%
Education, training, & library 457 1.03% 1,524 3.43%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 425 0.96% 331 0.74%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 693 1.56% 1,635 3.68%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 556 1.25% 1,030 2.32%
Health technologists & technicians 137 0.31% 605 1.36%
Service occupations: 2,991 6.73% 4,525 10.18%
Healthcare support 188 0.42% 1,064 2.39%
Protective services: 492 1.11% 145 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 202 0.45% 57 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 290 0.65% 88 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 1,148 2.58% 1,557 3.50%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 938 2.11% 866 1.95%
Personal care & service 225 0.51% 893 2.01%
Sales & office occupations: 4,603 10.35% 8,883 19.98%
Sales & related occupations 2,369 5.33% 2,879 6.48%
Office & administrative support 2,234 5.03% 6,004 13.51%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 25 0.06% 35 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 3,682 8.28% 170 0.38%
Construction & extraction: 2,269 5.10% 52 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 197 0.44% 6 0.01%
Construction trades 2,064 4.64% 46 0.10%
Extraction 8 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,413 3.18% 118 0.27%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 5,230 11.76% 2,429 5.46%
Production 2,589 5.82% 1,644 3.70%
Transportation & material moving: 2,641 5.94% 785 1.77%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 80 0.18% 24 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 14 0.03% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,193 2.68% 253 0.57%
Rail, water & other transportation 167 0.38% 28 0.06%
Material moving 1,187 2.67% 480 1.08%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 21,927 49.32% 22,528 50.68%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 54 0.12% 68 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 46 0.10% 64 0.14%
Mining 8 0.02% 4 0.01%
Construction 2,499 5.62% 263 0.59%
Manufacturing 3,888 8.75% 1,951 4.39%
Wholesale trade 1,324 2.98% 357 0.80%
Retail trade 3,010 6.77% 4,156 9.35%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,000 4.50% 607 1.37%
Transportation & warehousing 1,777 4.00% 572 1.29%
Utilities 223 0.50% 35 0.08%
Information 514 1.16% 620 1.39%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 1,067 2.40% 2,278 5.12%
Finance & insurance 752 1.69% 2,029 4.56%
Real estate & rental & leasing 315 0.71% 249 0.56%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 1,777 4.00% 1,487 3.34%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 928 2.09% 724 1.63%
Management of companies & enterprises 0 0.00% 18 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 849 1.91% 745 1.68%
Educational, health & social services: 2,310 5.20% 6,441 14.49%
Educational services 837 1.88% 1,670 3.76%
Health care & social assistance 1,473 3.31% 4,771 10.73%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 1,872 4.21% 2,292 5.16%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 354 0.80% 313 0.70%
Accommodation & food services 1,518 3.41% 1,979 4.45%
Other services (except public administration) 1,084 2.44% 1,266 2.85%
Public administration 528 1.19% 742 1.67%

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

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