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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 242,393 53.70% 208,964 46.30%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 96,783 21.44% 88,317 19.57%
Management, business, & financial operations: 48,795 10.81% 37,136 8.23%
Management, except farm managers 35,101 7.78% 21,784 4.83%
Farmers & farm managers 341 0.08% 92 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 13,353 2.96% 15,260 3.38%
Business operations specialists 6,326 1.40% 7,815 1.73%
Financial specialists 7,027 1.56% 7,445 1.65%
Professional & related occupations: 47,988 10.63% 51,181 11.34%
Computer & mathematical 12,458 2.76% 5,528 1.22%
Architecture & engineering: 9,894 2.19% 1,621 0.36%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 8,144 1.80% 1,160 0.26%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,750 0.39% 461 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 4,068 0.90% 2,720 0.60%
Community & social services 2,248 0.50% 3,807 0.84%
Legal 3,576 0.79% 3,338 0.74%
Education, training, & library 6,003 1.33% 17,091 3.79%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 4,380 0.97% 4,251 0.94%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 5,361 1.19% 12,825 2.84%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,967 0.88% 8,939 1.98%
Health technologists & technicians 1,394 0.31% 3,886 0.86%
Service occupations: 28,118 6.23% 32,181 7.13%
Healthcare support 1,056 0.23% 6,816 1.51%
Protective services: 6,529 1.45% 1,714 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 4,143 0.92% 765 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,386 0.53% 949 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 8,015 1.78% 8,332 1.85%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 9,802 2.17% 5,059 1.12%
Personal care & service 2,716 0.60% 10,260 2.27%
Sales & office occupations: 47,817 10.59% 78,366 17.36%
Sales & related occupations 30,361 6.73% 25,962 5.75%
Office & administrative support 17,456 3.87% 52,404 11.61%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 689 0.15% 248 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 38,705 8.58% 1,636 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 24,478 5.42% 720 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 3,544 0.79% 88 0.02%
Construction trades 20,864 4.62% 632 0.14%
Extraction 70 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 14,227 3.15% 916 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 30,281 6.71% 8,216 1.82%
Production 13,804 3.06% 5,196 1.15%
Transportation & material moving: 16,477 3.65% 3,020 0.67%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 734 0.16% 177 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 354 0.08% 53 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 8,180 1.81% 1,083 0.24%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,051 0.23% 162 0.04%
Material moving 6,158 1.36% 1,545 0.34%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 242,393 53.70% 208,964 46.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,637 0.36% 674 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,165 0.26% 441 0.10%
Mining 472 0.10% 233 0.05%
Construction 30,641 6.79% 3,762 0.83%
Manufacturing 26,549 5.88% 11,732 2.60%
Wholesale trade 11,136 2.47% 4,685 1.04%
Retail trade 27,985 6.20% 25,246 5.59%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 18,193 4.03% 6,198 1.37%
Transportation & warehousing 14,480 3.21% 5,232 1.16%
Utilities 3,713 0.82% 966 0.21%
Information 11,598 2.57% 9,294 2.06%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 21,504 4.76% 25,857 5.73%
Finance & insurance 15,698 3.48% 20,109 4.46%
Real estate & rental & leasing 5,806 1.29% 5,748 1.27%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 37,221 8.25% 28,111 6.23%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 24,911 5.52% 19,599 4.34%
Management of companies & enterprises 110 0.02% 139 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 12,200 2.70% 8,373 1.86%
Educational, health & social services: 20,232 4.48% 59,735 13.23%
Educational services 9,957 2.21% 23,450 5.20%
Health care & social assistance 10,275 2.28% 36,285 8.04%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 15,014 3.33% 13,571 3.01%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,742 0.83% 3,073 0.68%
Accommodation & food services 11,272 2.50% 10,498 2.33%
Other services (except public administration) 10,413 2.31% 11,566 2.56%
Public administration 10,270 2.28% 8,533 1.89%

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

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