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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 1,127,536 53.87% 965,458 46.13%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 401,227 19.17% 383,291 18.31%
Management, business, & financial operations: 207,377 9.91% 153,892 7.35%
Management, except farm managers 151,187 7.22% 85,915 4.10%
Farmers & farm managers 1,174 0.06% 500 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 55,016 2.63% 67,477 3.22%
Business operations specialists 28,151 1.35% 33,127 1.58%
Financial specialists 26,865 1.28% 34,350 1.64%
Professional & related occupations: 193,850 9.26% 229,399 10.96%
Computer & mathematical 57,476 2.75% 24,554 1.17%
Architecture & engineering: 37,631 1.80% 5,833 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 28,706 1.37% 4,075 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 8,925 0.43% 1,758 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 9,512 0.45% 7,821 0.37%
Community & social services 10,227 0.49% 14,785 0.71%
Legal 13,183 0.63% 12,158 0.58%
Education, training, & library 23,098 1.10% 86,500 4.13%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 22,967 1.10% 20,622 0.99%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 19,756 0.94% 57,126 2.73%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 15,612 0.75% 39,386 1.88%
Health technologists & technicians 4,144 0.20% 17,740 0.85%
Service occupations: 115,025 5.50% 138,179 6.60%
Healthcare support 2,578 0.12% 21,018 1.00%
Protective services: 25,940 1.24% 8,166 0.39%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 16,420 0.78% 3,515 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 9,520 0.45% 4,651 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 39,697 1.90% 46,221 2.21%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 35,949 1.72% 22,222 1.06%
Personal care & service 10,861 0.52% 40,552 1.94%
Sales & office occupations: 228,936 10.94% 372,018 17.77%
Sales & related occupations 139,066 6.64% 120,371 5.75%
Office & administrative support 89,870 4.29% 251,647 12.02%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 2,594 0.12% 877 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 199,057 9.51% 9,214 0.44%
Construction & extraction: 122,521 5.85% 4,124 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 16,937 0.81% 693 0.03%
Construction trades 105,222 5.03% 3,424 0.16%
Extraction 362 0.02% 7 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 76,536 3.66% 5,090 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 180,697 8.63% 61,879 2.96%
Production 80,881 3.86% 42,104 2.01%
Transportation & material moving: 99,816 4.77% 19,775 0.94%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3,704 0.18% 947 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 5,313 0.25% 298 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 47,218 2.26% 7,882 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 3,881 0.19% 635 0.03%
Material moving 39,700 1.90% 10,013 0.48%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,127,536 53.87% 965,458 46.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 5,399 0.26% 2,057 0.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 4,255 0.20% 1,738 0.08%
Mining 1,144 0.05% 319 0.02%
Construction 150,475 7.19% 17,263 0.82%
Manufacturing 155,170 7.41% 76,609 3.66%
Wholesale trade 62,875 3.00% 30,386 1.45%
Retail trade 131,248 6.27% 118,310 5.65%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 101,692 4.86% 41,716 1.99%
Transportation & warehousing 88,905 4.25% 37,056 1.77%
Utilities 12,787 0.61% 4,660 0.22%
Information 57,431 2.74% 47,010 2.25%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 71,105 3.40% 96,280 4.60%
Finance & insurance 45,583 2.18% 70,204 3.35%
Real estate & rental & leasing 25,522 1.22% 26,076 1.25%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 148,043 7.07% 115,604 5.52%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 95,790 4.58% 75,548 3.61%
Management of companies & enterprises 871 0.04% 1,108 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 51,382 2.45% 38,948 1.86%
Educational, health & social services: 74,799 3.57% 252,255 12.05%
Educational services 40,344 1.93% 114,710 5.48%
Health care & social assistance 34,455 1.65% 137,545 6.57%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 75,771 3.62% 74,331 3.55%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 15,157 0.72% 11,207 0.54%
Accommodation & food services 60,614 2.90% 63,124 3.02%
Other services (except public administration) 49,857 2.38% 48,553 2.32%
Public administration 43,671 2.09% 45,084 2.15%

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

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