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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 605,114 54.19% 511,467 45.81%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 224,141 20.07% 206,484 18.49%
Management, business, & financial operations: 104,452 9.35% 83,231 7.45%
Management, except farm managers 73,290 6.56% 47,171 4.22%
Farmers & farm managers 704 0.06% 349 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 30,458 2.73% 35,711 3.20%
Business operations specialists 14,094 1.26% 17,410 1.56%
Financial specialists 16,364 1.47% 18,301 1.64%
Professional & related occupations: 119,689 10.72% 123,253 11.04%
Computer & mathematical 35,696 3.20% 15,195 1.36%
Architecture & engineering: 26,389 2.36% 5,188 0.46%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 20,629 1.85% 3,789 0.34%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 5,760 0.52% 1,399 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 7,242 0.65% 4,921 0.44%
Community & social services 5,215 0.47% 8,658 0.78%
Legal 8,020 0.72% 7,850 0.70%
Education, training, & library 13,286 1.19% 38,123 3.41%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 11,877 1.06% 12,033 1.08%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 11,964 1.07% 31,285 2.80%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 9,344 0.84% 22,441 2.01%
Health technologists & technicians 2,620 0.23% 8,844 0.79%
Service occupations: 62,917 5.63% 76,083 6.81%
Healthcare support 2,135 0.19% 12,082 1.08%
Protective services: 14,103 1.26% 3,937 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 8,476 0.76% 1,617 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 5,627 0.50% 2,320 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 23,570 2.11% 24,446 2.19%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 16,879 1.51% 11,113 1.00%
Personal care & service 6,230 0.56% 24,505 2.19%
Sales & office occupations: 124,583 11.16% 198,188 17.75%
Sales & related occupations 74,801 6.70% 62,718 5.62%
Office & administrative support 49,782 4.46% 135,470 12.13%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,024 0.09% 503 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 105,217 9.42% 5,176 0.46%
Construction & extraction: 67,753 6.07% 2,148 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 8,911 0.80% 272 0.02%
Construction trades 58,355 5.23% 1,851 0.17%
Extraction 487 0.04% 25 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 37,464 3.36% 3,028 0.27%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 87,232 7.81% 25,033 2.24%
Production 37,308 3.34% 16,704 1.50%
Transportation & material moving: 49,924 4.47% 8,329 0.75%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,852 0.17% 387 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 2,619 0.23% 339 0.03%
Motor vehicle operators 25,340 2.27% 3,036 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 2,943 0.26% 421 0.04%
Material moving 17,170 1.54% 4,146 0.37%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 605,114 54.19% 511,467 45.81%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 5,768 0.52% 3,067 0.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,077 0.19% 1,211 0.11%
Mining 3,691 0.33% 1,856 0.17%
Construction 84,146 7.54% 10,585 0.95%
Manufacturing 63,384 5.68% 28,928 2.59%
Wholesale trade 31,778 2.85% 15,115 1.35%
Retail trade 67,901 6.08% 59,255 5.31%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 43,307 3.88% 18,019 1.61%
Transportation & warehousing 37,621 3.37% 15,835 1.42%
Utilities 5,686 0.51% 2,184 0.20%
Information 39,996 3.58% 33,041 2.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 46,018 4.12% 57,722 5.17%
Finance & insurance 30,877 2.77% 43,809 3.92%
Real estate & rental & leasing 15,141 1.36% 13,913 1.25%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 81,499 7.30% 66,172 5.93%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 55,529 4.97% 44,516 3.99%
Management of companies & enterprises 331 0.03% 394 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 25,639 2.30% 21,262 1.90%
Educational, health & social services: 43,460 3.89% 127,704 11.44%
Educational services 21,829 1.95% 51,273 4.59%
Health care & social assistance 21,631 1.94% 76,431 6.85%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 45,613 4.09% 41,523 3.72%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 11,666 1.04% 10,189 0.91%
Accommodation & food services 33,947 3.04% 31,334 2.81%
Other services (except public administration) 25,327 2.27% 26,905 2.41%
Public administration 26,917 2.41% 23,431 2.10%

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

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