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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 458,100 54.89% 376,541 45.11%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 144,285 17.29% 136,466 16.35%
Management, business, & financial operations: 70,875 8.49% 51,213 6.14%
Management, except farm managers 51,509 6.17% 28,349 3.40%
Farmers & farm managers 1,118 0.13% 261 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 18,248 2.19% 22,603 2.71%
Business operations specialists 9,960 1.19% 11,420 1.37%
Financial specialists 8,288 0.99% 11,183 1.34%
Professional & related occupations: 73,410 8.80% 85,253 10.21%
Computer & mathematical 18,501 2.22% 7,398 0.89%
Architecture & engineering: 18,403 2.20% 2,341 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 14,172 1.70% 1,484 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 4,231 0.51% 857 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 2,592 0.31% 1,955 0.23%
Community & social services 4,659 0.56% 5,738 0.69%
Legal 3,510 0.42% 3,987 0.48%
Education, training, & library 10,044 1.20% 34,660 4.15%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 7,288 0.87% 6,170 0.74%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 8,413 1.01% 23,004 2.76%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 6,335 0.76% 15,071 1.81%
Health technologists & technicians 2,078 0.25% 7,933 0.95%
Service occupations: 47,287 5.67% 59,800 7.16%
Healthcare support 1,251 0.15% 10,616 1.27%
Protective services: 12,563 1.51% 3,065 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 7,870 0.94% 1,483 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 4,693 0.56% 1,582 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 14,642 1.75% 19,544 2.34%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 14,177 1.70% 8,383 1.00%
Personal care & service 4,654 0.56% 18,192 2.18%
Sales & office occupations: 93,383 11.19% 151,085 18.10%
Sales & related occupations 54,070 6.48% 47,269 5.66%
Office & administrative support 39,313 4.71% 103,816 12.44%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 873 0.10% 298 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 83,159 9.96% 3,026 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 46,911 5.62% 1,346 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 6,821 0.82% 161 0.02%
Construction trades 39,746 4.76% 1,181 0.14%
Extraction 344 0.04% 4 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 36,248 4.34% 1,680 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 89,113 10.68% 25,866 3.10%
Production 44,268 5.30% 18,627 2.23%
Transportation & material moving: 44,845 5.37% 7,239 0.87%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,660 0.20% 414 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 3,908 0.47% 196 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 20,122 2.41% 2,159 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 2,477 0.30% 331 0.04%
Material moving 16,678 2.00% 4,139 0.50%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 458,100 54.89% 376,541 45.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 4,149 0.50% 1,741 0.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,264 0.27% 731 0.09%
Mining 1,885 0.23% 1,010 0.12%
Construction 57,462 6.88% 6,364 0.76%
Manufacturing 84,712 10.15% 34,212 4.10%
Wholesale trade 24,665 2.96% 11,639 1.39%
Retail trade 54,531 6.53% 50,765 6.08%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 48,333 5.79% 20,547 2.46%
Transportation & warehousing 43,483 5.21% 19,370 2.32%
Utilities 4,850 0.58% 1,177 0.14%
Information 16,745 2.01% 13,132 1.57%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 26,050 3.12% 37,328 4.47%
Finance & insurance 17,350 2.08% 28,525 3.42%
Real estate & rental & leasing 8,700 1.04% 8,803 1.05%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 43,447 5.21% 35,148 4.21%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 25,266 3.03% 20,618 2.47%
Management of companies & enterprises 211 0.03% 380 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 17,970 2.15% 14,150 1.70%
Educational, health & social services: 31,636 3.79% 104,628 12.54%
Educational services 17,351 2.08% 46,516 5.57%
Health care & social assistance 14,285 1.71% 58,112 6.96%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 28,765 3.45% 28,772 3.45%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 6,481 0.78% 5,111 0.61%
Accommodation & food services 22,284 2.67% 23,661 2.83%
Other services (except public administration) 21,245 2.55% 19,407 2.33%
Public administration 16,360 1.96% 12,858 1.54%

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

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