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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 387,208 52.44% 351,185 47.56%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 133,316 18.05% 139,302 18.87%
Management, business, & financial operations: 60,051 8.13% 53,272 7.21%
Management, except farm managers 41,389 5.61% 28,182 3.82%
Farmers & farm managers 859 0.12% 177 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 17,803 2.41% 24,913 3.37%
Business operations specialists 9,166 1.24% 12,716 1.72%
Financial specialists 8,637 1.17% 12,197 1.65%
Professional & related occupations: 73,265 9.92% 86,030 11.65%
Computer & mathematical 16,977 2.30% 11,416 1.55%
Architecture & engineering: 15,389 2.08% 2,813 0.38%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 12,142 1.64% 2,003 0.27%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 3,247 0.44% 810 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 3,572 0.48% 2,683 0.36%
Community & social services 4,651 0.63% 7,295 0.99%
Legal 5,373 0.73% 5,611 0.76%
Education, training, & library 10,696 1.45% 28,657 3.88%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 7,003 0.95% 6,632 0.90%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 9,604 1.30% 20,923 2.83%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 7,362 1.00% 14,646 1.98%
Health technologists & technicians 2,242 0.30% 6,277 0.85%
Service occupations: 51,868 7.02% 57,145 7.74%
Healthcare support 1,945 0.26% 11,477 1.55%
Protective services: 12,865 1.74% 3,259 0.44%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 8,205 1.11% 1,803 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 4,660 0.63% 1,456 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 16,572 2.24% 16,607 2.25%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 15,314 2.07% 7,663 1.04%
Personal care & service 5,172 0.70% 18,139 2.46%
Sales & office occupations: 79,912 10.82% 135,065 18.29%
Sales & related occupations 45,283 6.13% 38,049 5.15%
Office & administrative support 34,629 4.69% 97,016 13.14%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 2,272 0.31% 1,003 0.14%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 64,043 8.67% 3,085 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 38,768 5.25% 1,170 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 4,897 0.66% 191 0.03%
Construction trades 33,689 4.56% 979 0.13%
Extraction 182 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 25,275 3.42% 1,915 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 55,797 7.56% 15,585 2.11%
Production 23,199 3.14% 9,893 1.34%
Transportation & material moving: 32,598 4.41% 5,692 0.77%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,221 0.17% 168 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 876 0.12% 44 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 15,692 2.13% 2,087 0.28%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,569 0.21% 155 0.02%
Material moving 13,240 1.79% 3,238 0.44%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 387,208 52.44% 351,185 47.56%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 4,318 0.58% 1,989 0.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 4,014 0.54% 1,951 0.26%
Mining 304 0.04% 38 0.01%
Construction 48,871 6.62% 5,907 0.80%
Manufacturing 39,582 5.36% 16,795 2.27%
Wholesale trade 18,019 2.44% 6,690 0.91%
Retail trade 45,610 6.18% 39,862 5.40%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 25,298 3.43% 8,385 1.14%
Transportation & warehousing 20,434 2.77% 6,533 0.88%
Utilities 4,864 0.66% 1,852 0.25%
Information 14,438 1.96% 12,215 1.65%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 25,926 3.51% 36,283 4.91%
Finance & insurance 16,469 2.23% 28,282 3.83%
Real estate & rental & leasing 9,457 1.28% 8,001 1.08%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 42,503 5.76% 33,376 4.52%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 24,686 3.34% 20,965 2.84%
Management of companies & enterprises 53 0.01% 110 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 17,764 2.41% 12,301 1.67%
Educational, health & social services: 35,748 4.84% 98,939 13.40%
Educational services 17,519 2.37% 39,030 5.29%
Health care & social assistance 18,229 2.47% 59,909 8.11%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 30,848 4.18% 28,010 3.79%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 7,903 1.07% 6,346 0.86%
Accommodation & food services 22,945 3.11% 21,664 2.93%
Other services (except public administration) 17,984 2.44% 18,892 2.56%
Public administration 38,063 5.15% 43,842 5.94%

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

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