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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 628,538 50.98% 604,383 49.02%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 238,238 19.32% 252,485 20.48%
Management, business, & financial operations: 103,929 8.43% 86,245 7.00%
Management, except farm managers 72,868 5.91% 49,825 4.04%
Farmers & farm managers 1,484 0.12% 438 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 29,577 2.40% 35,982 2.92%
Business operations specialists 14,566 1.18% 19,259 1.56%
Financial specialists 15,011 1.22% 16,723 1.36%
Professional & related occupations: 134,309 10.89% 166,240 13.48%
Computer & mathematical 32,744 2.66% 17,072 1.38%
Architecture & engineering: 25,943 2.10% 3,931 0.32%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 20,318 1.65% 2,764 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 5,625 0.46% 1,167 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 10,218 0.83% 7,713 0.63%
Community & social services 7,785 0.63% 14,053 1.14%
Legal 9,417 0.76% 9,142 0.74%
Education, training, & library 18,138 1.47% 52,865 4.29%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 12,376 1.00% 12,007 0.97%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 17,688 1.43% 49,457 4.01%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 13,718 1.11% 34,974 2.84%
Health technologists & technicians 3,970 0.32% 14,483 1.17%
Service occupations: 76,964 6.24% 96,192 7.80%
Healthcare support 2,575 0.21% 19,904 1.61%
Protective services: 23,946 1.94% 7,786 0.63%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 15,017 1.22% 3,811 0.31%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 8,929 0.72% 3,975 0.32%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 23,875 1.94% 27,338 2.22%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 19,527 1.58% 13,764 1.12%
Personal care & service 7,041 0.57% 27,400 2.22%
Sales & office occupations: 114,002 9.25% 223,891 18.16%
Sales & related occupations 66,993 5.43% 66,152 5.37%
Office & administrative support 47,009 3.81% 157,739 12.79%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,396 0.11% 662 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 99,845 8.10% 3,957 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 57,230 4.64% 1,616 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 8,548 0.69% 366 0.03%
Construction trades 48,441 3.93% 1,227 0.10%
Extraction 241 0.02% 23 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 42,615 3.46% 2,341 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 98,093 7.96% 27,196 2.21%
Production 42,516 3.45% 17,946 1.46%
Transportation & material moving: 55,577 4.51% 9,250 0.75%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,892 0.15% 499 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,139 0.09% 114 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 29,253 2.37% 3,977 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 2,941 0.24% 320 0.03%
Material moving 20,352 1.65% 4,340 0.35%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 628,538 50.98% 604,383 49.02%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,306 0.27% 1,309 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,843 0.23% 1,236 0.10%
Mining 463 0.04% 73 0.01%
Construction 72,579 5.89% 10,173 0.83%
Manufacturing 72,781 5.90% 30,402 2.47%
Wholesale trade 29,371 2.38% 12,822 1.04%
Retail trade 67,227 5.45% 66,202 5.37%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 44,945 3.65% 17,336 1.41%
Transportation & warehousing 37,320 3.03% 15,188 1.23%
Utilities 7,625 0.62% 2,148 0.17%
Information 22,648 1.84% 19,675 1.60%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 38,791 3.15% 55,901 4.53%
Finance & insurance 25,879 2.10% 43,003 3.49%
Real estate & rental & leasing 12,912 1.05% 12,898 1.05%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 76,324 6.19% 61,542 4.99%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 53,273 4.32% 41,881 3.40%
Management of companies & enterprises 287 0.02% 262 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 22,764 1.85% 19,399 1.57%
Educational, health & social services: 68,703 5.57% 200,134 16.23%
Educational services 34,950 2.83% 80,374 6.52%
Health care & social assistance 33,753 2.74% 119,760 9.71%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 41,788 3.39% 41,384 3.36%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 10,513 0.85% 8,495 0.69%
Accommodation & food services 31,275 2.54% 32,889 2.67%
Other services (except public administration) 30,482 2.47% 32,069 2.60%
Public administration 59,593 4.83% 55,434 4.50%

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

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