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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 478,364 56.68% 365,548 43.32%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 239,586 28.39% 169,785 20.12%
Management, business, & financial operations: 89,428 10.60% 67,545 8.00%
Management, except farm managers 69,176 8.20% 39,483 4.68%
Farmers & farm managers 508 0.06% 164 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 19,744 2.34% 27,898 3.31%
Business operations specialists 10,944 1.30% 14,067 1.67%
Financial specialists 8,800 1.04% 13,831 1.64%
Professional & related occupations: 150,158 17.79% 102,240 12.12%
Computer & mathematical 55,308 6.55% 18,851 2.23%
Architecture & engineering: 49,308 5.84% 9,840 1.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 41,603 4.93% 6,831 0.81%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 7,705 0.91% 3,009 0.36%
Life, physical, & social science 7,859 0.93% 6,009 0.71%
Community & social services 3,389 0.40% 5,256 0.62%
Legal 4,317 0.51% 4,776 0.57%
Education, training, & library 12,002 1.42% 29,349 3.48%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 10,103 1.20% 9,537 1.13%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 7,872 0.93% 18,622 2.21%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 6,174 0.73% 13,754 1.63%
Health technologists & technicians 1,698 0.20% 4,868 0.58%
Service occupations: 44,043 5.22% 44,754 5.30%
Healthcare support 1,338 0.16% 7,815 0.93%
Protective services: 7,772 0.92% 1,896 0.22%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,476 0.41% 673 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 4,296 0.51% 1,223 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 15,211 1.80% 12,378 1.47%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 16,120 1.91% 7,609 0.90%
Personal care & service 3,602 0.43% 15,056 1.78%
Sales & office occupations: 76,225 9.03% 115,494 13.69%
Sales & related occupations 43,939 5.21% 36,961 4.38%
Office & administrative support 32,286 3.83% 78,533 9.31%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 2,263 0.27% 1,231 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 52,942 6.27% 2,674 0.32%
Construction & extraction: 30,891 3.66% 819 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 3,511 0.42% 147 0.02%
Construction trades 27,341 3.24% 672 0.08%
Extraction 39 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 22,051 2.61% 1,855 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 63,305 7.50% 31,610 3.75%
Production 40,703 4.82% 27,472 3.26%
Transportation & material moving: 22,602 2.68% 4,138 0.49%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 710 0.08% 172 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 287 0.03% 42 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 11,702 1.39% 1,393 0.17%
Rail, water & other transportation 686 0.08% 183 0.02%
Material moving 9,217 1.09% 2,348 0.28%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 478,364 56.68% 365,548 43.32%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,071 0.36% 1,293 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,928 0.35% 1,268 0.15%
Mining 143 0.02% 25 0.00%
Construction 38,014 4.50% 4,218 0.50%
Manufacturing 149,368 17.70% 82,416 9.77%
Wholesale trade 16,876 2.00% 8,639 1.02%
Retail trade 46,045 5.46% 37,324 4.42%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 17,545 2.08% 6,001 0.71%
Transportation & warehousing 15,339 1.82% 5,168 0.61%
Utilities 2,206 0.26% 833 0.10%
Information 24,233 2.87% 14,865 1.76%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 18,307 2.17% 20,408 2.42%
Finance & insurance 10,146 1.20% 13,045 1.55%
Real estate & rental & leasing 8,161 0.97% 7,363 0.87%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 78,420 9.29% 52,595 6.23%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 58,224 6.90% 39,639 4.70%
Management of companies & enterprises 135 0.02% 150 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 20,061 2.38% 12,806 1.52%
Educational, health & social services: 34,696 4.11% 89,194 10.57%
Educational services 20,207 2.39% 40,501 4.80%
Health care & social assistance 14,489 1.72% 48,693 5.77%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 26,543 3.15% 22,643 2.68%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 5,698 0.68% 5,231 0.62%
Accommodation & food services 20,845 2.47% 17,412 2.06%
Other services (except public administration) 14,556 1.72% 15,431 1.83%
Public administration 10,690 1.27% 10,521 1.25%

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

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