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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 499,091 52.56% 450,411 47.44%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 187,452 19.74% 180,178 18.98%
Management, business, & financial operations: 92,805 9.77% 61,656 6.49%
Management, except farm managers 65,159 6.86% 36,338 3.83%
Farmers & farm managers 475 0.05% 184 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 27,171 2.86% 25,134 2.65%
Business operations specialists 11,560 1.22% 13,221 1.39%
Financial specialists 15,611 1.64% 11,913 1.25%
Professional & related occupations: 94,647 9.97% 118,522 12.48%
Computer & mathematical 22,710 2.39% 10,416 1.10%
Architecture & engineering: 15,275 1.61% 2,370 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 12,069 1.27% 1,682 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 3,206 0.34% 688 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 6,308 0.66% 5,097 0.54%
Community & social services 5,202 0.55% 8,866 0.93%
Legal 9,357 0.99% 6,753 0.71%
Education, training, & library 12,675 1.33% 43,624 4.59%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 10,283 1.08% 9,868 1.04%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 12,837 1.35% 31,528 3.32%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 10,018 1.06% 23,107 2.43%
Health technologists & technicians 2,819 0.30% 8,421 0.89%
Service occupations: 58,861 6.20% 67,295 7.09%
Healthcare support 2,214 0.23% 17,551 1.85%
Protective services: 18,795 1.98% 4,860 0.51%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 11,338 1.19% 1,533 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 7,457 0.79% 3,327 0.35%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 14,950 1.57% 16,566 1.74%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 18,124 1.91% 9,950 1.05%
Personal care & service 4,778 0.50% 18,368 1.93%
Sales & office occupations: 98,429 10.37% 169,729 17.88%
Sales & related occupations 57,565 6.06% 48,415 5.10%
Office & administrative support 40,864 4.30% 121,314 12.78%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 631 0.07% 289 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 68,699 7.24% 2,297 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 38,855 4.09% 852 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 5,398 0.57% 198 0.02%
Construction trades 33,248 3.50% 623 0.07%
Extraction 209 0.02% 31 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 29,844 3.14% 1,445 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 85,019 8.95% 30,623 3.23%
Production 39,073 4.12% 21,528 2.27%
Transportation & material moving: 45,946 4.84% 9,095 0.96%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,689 0.18% 369 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 548 0.06% 87 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 25,342 2.67% 3,195 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 2,871 0.30% 319 0.03%
Material moving 15,496 1.63% 5,125 0.54%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 499,091 52.56% 450,411 47.44%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,586 0.17% 643 0.07%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,007 0.11% 502 0.05%
Mining 579 0.06% 141 0.01%
Construction 46,236 4.87% 4,575 0.48%
Manufacturing 79,251 8.35% 47,663 5.02%
Wholesale trade 25,737 2.71% 13,814 1.45%
Retail trade 52,719 5.55% 45,966 4.84%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 43,296 4.56% 17,187 1.81%
Transportation & warehousing 38,277 4.03% 15,492 1.63%
Utilities 5,019 0.53% 1,695 0.18%
Information 23,640 2.49% 20,706 2.18%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 44,731 4.71% 46,099 4.86%
Finance & insurance 35,015 3.69% 37,698 3.97%
Real estate & rental & leasing 9,716 1.02% 8,401 0.88%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 64,309 6.77% 51,402 5.41%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 43,995 4.63% 35,895 3.78%
Management of companies & enterprises 481 0.05% 421 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 19,833 2.09% 15,086 1.59%
Educational, health & social services: 47,287 4.98% 141,481 14.90%
Educational services 22,756 2.40% 56,778 5.98%
Health care & social assistance 24,531 2.58% 84,703 8.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 26,945 2.84% 25,050 2.64%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 7,075 0.75% 5,444 0.57%
Accommodation & food services 19,870 2.09% 19,606 2.06%
Other services (except public administration) 21,535 2.27% 20,679 2.18%
Public administration 21,819 2.30% 15,146 1.60%

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

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