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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 62,858 3.61% 778,051 44.74%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 344,062 19.78% 301,795 17.35%
Management, business, & financial operations: 169,269 9.73% 122,400 7.04%
Management, except farm managers 118,590 6.82% 67,013 3.85%
Farmers & farm managers 2,085 0.12% 382 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 48,594 2.79% 55,005 3.16%
Business operations specialists 23,487 1.35% 28,022 1.61%
Financial specialists 25,107 1.44% 26,983 1.55%
Professional & related occupations: 174,793 10.05% 179,395 10.32%
Computer & mathematical 56,560 3.25% 21,075 1.21%
Architecture & engineering: 38,416 2.21% 6,028 0.35%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 29,446 1.69% 4,192 0.24%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 8,970 0.52% 1,836 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 5,382 0.31% 4,480 0.26%
Community & social services 8,504 0.49% 10,539 0.61%
Legal 11,021 0.63% 9,769 0.56%
Education, training, & library 19,384 1.11% 68,411 3.93%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 17,946 1.03% 15,227 0.88%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 17,580 1.01% 43,866 2.52%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 13,403 0.77% 30,755 1.77%
Health technologists & technicians 4,177 0.24% 13,111 0.75%
Service occupations: 99,407 5.72% 113,773 6.54%
Healthcare support 2,622 0.15% 18,243 1.05%
Protective services: 19,920 1.15% 4,942 0.28%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 11,776 0.68% 2,197 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 8,144 0.47% 2,745 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 35,672 2.05% 36,163 2.08%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 31,897 1.83% 20,929 1.20%
Personal care & service 9,296 0.53% 33,496 1.93%
Sales & office occupations: 195,892 11.26% 303,582 17.46%
Sales & related occupations 117,467 6.75% 95,387 5.48%
Office & administrative support 78,425 4.51% 208,195 11.97%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 2,733 0.16% 721 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 165,693 9.53% 6,841 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 103,311 5.94% 2,428 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 12,038 0.69% 325 0.02%
Construction trades 90,958 5.23% 2,099 0.12%
Extraction 315 0.02% 4 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 62,382 3.59% 4,413 0.25%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 153,261 8.81% 51,339 2.95%
Production 77,142 4.44% 38,898 2.24%
Transportation & material moving: 76,119 4.38% 12,441 0.72%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2,738 0.16% 686 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 3,822 0.22% 194 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 37,767 2.17% 3,484 0.20%
Rail, water & other transportation 2,437 0.14% 442 0.03%
Material moving 29,355 1.69% 7,635 0.44%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 62,858 55.22% 50,964 44.78%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 298 0.26% 170 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 201 0.18% 126 0.11%
Mining 97 0.09% 44 0.04%
Construction 8,932 7.85% 575 0.51%
Manufacturing 12,619 11.09% 6,354 5.58%
Wholesale trade 2,735 2.40% 1,065 0.94%
Retail trade 7,005 6.15% 6,144 5.40%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 2,500 2.20% 1,005 0.88%
Transportation & warehousing 2,049 1.80% 947 0.83%
Utilities 451 0.40% 58 0.05%
Information 2,794 2.45% 2,259 1.98%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 4,919 4.32% 4,794 4.21%
Finance & insurance 3,691 3.24% 2,979 2.62%
Real estate & rental & leasing 1,228 1.08% 1,815 1.59%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 8,591 7.55% 5,710 5.02%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 5,499 4.83% 3,672 3.23%
Management of companies & enterprises 108 0.09% 104 0.09%
Administrative & support & waste management services 2,984 2.62% 1,934 1.70%
Educational, health & social services: 5,211 4.58% 15,864 13.94%
Educational services 2,805 2.46% 6,585 5.79%
Health care & social assistance 2,406 2.11% 9,279 8.15%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 3,432 3.02% 3,095 2.72%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,035 0.91% 847 0.74%
Accommodation & food services 2,397 2.11% 2,248 1.98%
Other services (except public administration) 2,222 1.95% 2,956 2.60%
Public administration 1,600 1.41% 973 0.85%

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

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