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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 568,264 52.88% 506,399 47.12%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 184,047 17.13% 180,492 16.80%
Management, business, & financial operations: 81,620 7.59% 55,808 5.19%
Management, except farm managers 57,628 5.36% 31,552 2.94%
Farmers & farm managers 1,369 0.13% 267 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 22,623 2.11% 23,989 2.23%
Business operations specialists 10,443 0.97% 11,547 1.07%
Financial specialists 12,180 1.13% 12,442 1.16%
Professional & related occupations: 102,427 9.53% 124,684 11.60%
Computer & mathematical 17,713 1.65% 7,429 0.69%
Architecture & engineering: 20,820 1.94% 2,346 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 14,731 1.37% 1,508 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 6,089 0.57% 838 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 6,119 0.57% 3,764 0.35%
Community & social services 7,544 0.70% 10,222 0.95%
Legal 6,602 0.61% 5,343 0.50%
Education, training, & library 17,326 1.61% 38,153 3.55%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 9,033 0.84% 8,386 0.78%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 17,270 1.61% 49,041 4.56%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 13,434 1.25% 35,188 3.27%
Health technologists & technicians 3,836 0.36% 13,853 1.29%
Service occupations: 70,693 6.58% 99,692 9.28%
Healthcare support 3,365 0.31% 23,194 2.16%
Protective services: 14,765 1.37% 3,362 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 8,091 0.75% 855 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 6,674 0.62% 2,507 0.23%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 24,667 2.30% 38,637 3.60%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 21,757 2.02% 11,945 1.11%
Personal care & service 6,139 0.57% 22,554 2.10%
Sales & office occupations: 101,941 9.49% 196,252 18.26%
Sales & related occupations 59,501 5.54% 65,820 6.12%
Office & administrative support 42,440 3.95% 130,432 12.14%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,262 0.12% 728 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 92,841 8.64% 2,745 0.26%
Construction & extraction: 54,204 5.04% 1,105 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 5,981 0.56% 119 0.01%
Construction trades 46,869 4.36% 962 0.09%
Extraction 1,354 0.13% 24 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 38,637 3.60% 1,640 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 117,480 10.93% 26,490 2.46%
Production 57,238 5.33% 17,228 1.60%
Transportation & material moving: 60,242 5.61% 9,262 0.86%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,653 0.15% 407 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,584 0.15% 82 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 29,033 2.70% 3,692 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 4,194 0.39% 449 0.04%
Material moving 23,778 2.21% 4,632 0.43%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 568,264 52.88% 506,399 47.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 6,336 0.59% 1,712 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,696 0.25% 1,096 0.10%
Mining 3,640 0.34% 616 0.06%
Construction 59,635 5.55% 6,087 0.57%
Manufacturing 100,580 9.36% 31,600 2.94%
Wholesale trade 28,113 2.62% 10,762 1.00%
Retail trade 63,514 5.91% 72,019 6.70%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 52,004 4.84% 18,440 1.72%
Transportation & warehousing 41,606 3.87% 15,102 1.41%
Utilities 10,398 0.97% 3,338 0.31%
Information 15,778 1.47% 13,561 1.26%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 30,617 2.85% 42,852 3.99%
Finance & insurance 21,916 2.04% 35,399 3.29%
Real estate & rental & leasing 8,701 0.81% 7,453 0.69%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 56,833 5.29% 43,431 4.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 37,563 3.50% 28,541 2.66%
Management of companies & enterprises 785 0.07% 936 0.09%
Administrative & support & waste management services 18,485 1.72% 13,954 1.30%
Educational, health & social services: 67,587 6.29% 177,078 16.48%
Educational services 32,738 3.05% 59,696 5.55%
Health care & social assistance 34,849 3.24% 117,382 10.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 39,727 3.70% 46,871 4.36%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 8,728 0.81% 7,140 0.66%
Accommodation & food services 30,999 2.88% 39,731 3.70%
Other services (except public administration) 27,585 2.57% 27,942 2.60%
Public administration 19,955 1.86% 14,044 1.31%

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

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