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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 824,686 55.40% 663,897 44.60%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 261,464 17.56% 235,641 15.83%
Management, business, & financial operations: 123,757 8.31% 91,203 6.13%
Management, except farm managers 88,751 5.96% 52,092 3.50%
Farmers & farm managers 1,697 0.11% 329 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 33,309 2.24% 38,782 2.61%
Business operations specialists 16,285 1.09% 18,969 1.27%
Financial specialists 17,024 1.14% 19,813 1.33%
Professional & related occupations: 137,707 9.25% 144,438 9.70%
Computer & mathematical 32,166 2.16% 11,647 0.78%
Architecture & engineering: 34,591 2.32% 5,274 0.35%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 25,961 1.74% 3,359 0.23%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 8,630 0.58% 1,915 0.13%
Life, physical, & social science 5,271 0.35% 3,562 0.24%
Community & social services 7,347 0.49% 10,603 0.71%
Legal 7,963 0.53% 7,427 0.50%
Education, training, & library 17,815 1.20% 51,781 3.48%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 15,623 1.05% 12,560 0.84%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 16,931 1.14% 41,584 2.79%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 12,733 0.86% 27,969 1.88%
Health technologists & technicians 4,198 0.28% 13,615 0.91%
Service occupations: 109,717 7.37% 112,213 7.54%
Healthcare support 3,026 0.20% 18,806 1.26%
Protective services: 24,854 1.67% 6,919 0.46%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 13,914 0.93% 2,965 0.20%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 10,940 0.73% 3,954 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 35,754 2.40% 36,673 2.46%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 35,911 2.41% 17,687 1.19%
Personal care & service 10,172 0.68% 32,128 2.16%
Sales & office occupations: 167,946 11.28% 270,495 18.17%
Sales & related occupations 100,414 6.75% 85,390 5.74%
Office & administrative support 67,532 4.54% 185,105 12.43%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 5,991 0.40% 1,010 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 152,160 10.22% 6,106 0.41%
Construction & extraction: 93,963 6.31% 2,810 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 12,706 0.85% 414 0.03%
Construction trades 80,665 5.42% 2,312 0.16%
Extraction 592 0.04% 84 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 58,197 3.91% 3,296 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 127,408 8.56% 38,432 2.58%
Production 62,243 4.18% 27,832 1.87%
Transportation & material moving: 65,165 4.38% 10,600 0.71%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,981 0.13% 434 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 3,362 0.23% 178 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 33,606 2.26% 4,548 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 2,723 0.18% 279 0.02%
Material moving 23,493 1.58% 5,161 0.35%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 824,686 55.40% 663,897 44.60%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 10,478 0.70% 2,514 0.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 8,240 0.55% 2,111 0.14%
Mining 2,238 0.15% 403 0.03%
Construction 114,521 7.69% 14,494 0.97%
Manufacturing 121,921 8.19% 50,967 3.42%
Wholesale trade 39,789 2.67% 15,455 1.04%
Retail trade 96,960 6.51% 82,434 5.54%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 51,937 3.49% 23,293 1.56%
Transportation & warehousing 41,888 2.81% 19,370 1.30%
Utilities 10,049 0.68% 3,923 0.26%
Information 25,199 1.69% 21,262 1.43%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 60,081 4.04% 78,002 5.24%
Finance & insurance 37,936 2.55% 59,521 4.00%
Real estate & rental & leasing 22,145 1.49% 18,481 1.24%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 96,244 6.47% 72,461 4.87%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 51,397 3.45% 42,510 2.86%
Management of companies & enterprises 440 0.03% 544 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 44,407 2.98% 29,407 1.98%
Educational, health & social services: 62,982 4.23% 177,026 11.89%
Educational services 32,242 2.17% 72,715 4.88%
Health care & social assistance 30,740 2.07% 104,311 7.01%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 72,069 4.84% 62,263 4.18%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 18,489 1.24% 12,113 0.81%
Accommodation & food services 53,580 3.60% 50,150 3.37%
Other services (except public administration) 35,643 2.39% 31,354 2.11%
Public administration 36,862 2.48% 32,372 2.17%

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

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