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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 1,315,129 51.59% 1,233,837 48.41%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 631,202 24.76% 606,773 23.80%
Management, business, & financial operations: 265,469 10.41% 234,672 9.21%
Management, except farm managers 178,417 7.00% 132,608 5.20%
Farmers & farm managers 2,558 0.10% 912 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 84,494 3.31% 101,152 3.97%
Business operations specialists 44,632 1.75% 57,057 2.24%
Financial specialists 39,862 1.56% 44,095 1.73%
Professional & related occupations: 365,733 14.35% 372,101 14.60%
Computer & mathematical 117,861 4.62% 61,206 2.40%
Architecture & engineering: 52,811 2.07% 9,454 0.37%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 43,848 1.72% 7,178 0.28%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 8,963 0.35% 2,276 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 33,043 1.30% 22,972 0.90%
Community & social services 13,860 0.54% 24,104 0.95%
Legal 43,009 1.69% 34,324 1.35%
Education, training, & library 38,077 1.49% 107,535 4.22%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 39,288 1.54% 41,179 1.62%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 27,784 1.09% 71,327 2.80%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 21,306 0.84% 51,375 2.02%
Health technologists & technicians 6,478 0.25% 19,952 0.78%
Service occupations: 149,802 5.88% 181,319 7.11%
Healthcare support 4,295 0.17% 27,057 1.06%
Protective services: 44,661 1.75% 14,272 0.56%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 24,614 0.97% 5,543 0.22%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 20,047 0.79% 8,729 0.34%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 47,330 1.86% 47,018 1.84%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 39,022 1.53% 35,488 1.39%
Personal care & service 14,494 0.57% 57,484 2.26%
Sales & office occupations: 219,543 8.61% 398,705 15.64%
Sales & related occupations 115,800 4.54% 114,639 4.50%
Office & administrative support 103,743 4.07% 284,066 11.14%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 2,905 0.11% 974 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 180,163 7.07% 7,901 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 113,656 4.46% 3,373 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 15,112 0.59% 439 0.02%
Construction trades 98,024 3.85% 2,894 0.11%
Extraction 520 0.02% 40 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 66,507 2.61% 4,528 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 131,514 5.16% 38,165 1.50%
Production 50,127 1.97% 23,605 0.93%
Transportation & material moving: 81,387 3.19% 14,560 0.57%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3,125 0.12% 724 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 3,289 0.13% 447 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 46,560 1.83% 7,377 0.29%
Rail, water & other transportation 4,318 0.17% 498 0.02%
Material moving 24,095 0.95% 5,514 0.22%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,315,129 51.59% 1,233,837 48.41%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 7,400 0.29% 3,220 0.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 6,033 0.24% 2,830 0.11%
Mining 1,367 0.05% 390 0.02%
Construction 145,024 5.69% 19,861 0.78%
Manufacturing 73,323 2.88% 35,526 1.39%
Wholesale trade 33,106 1.30% 13,773 0.54%
Retail trade 124,389 4.88% 111,329 4.37%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 79,088 3.10% 31,428 1.23%
Transportation & warehousing 67,176 2.64% 27,560 1.08%
Utilities 11,912 0.47% 3,868 0.15%
Information 83,185 3.26% 64,376 2.53%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 79,913 3.14% 97,147 3.81%
Finance & insurance 51,862 2.03% 70,565 2.77%
Real estate & rental & leasing 28,051 1.10% 26,582 1.04%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 246,646 9.68% 193,237 7.58%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 194,393 7.63% 151,838 5.96%
Management of companies & enterprises 461 0.02% 500 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 51,792 2.03% 40,899 1.60%
Educational, health & social services: 113,656 4.46% 321,892 12.63%
Educational services 62,596 2.46% 144,334 5.66%
Health care & social assistance 51,060 2.00% 177,558 6.97%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 91,427 3.59% 86,866 3.41%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 22,593 0.89% 20,990 0.82%
Accommodation & food services 68,834 2.70% 65,876 2.58%
Other services (except public administration) 71,244 2.80% 97,244 3.82%
Public administration 166,728 6.54% 157,938 6.20%

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

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