Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 2,459,347 | 53.03% | 2,178,114 | 46.97% |
Management, professional, & related occupations: | 739,188 | 15.94% | 720,579 | 15.54% |
Management, business, & financial operations: | 325,428 | 7.02% | 231,681 | 5.00% |
Management, except farm managers | 227,672 | 4.91% | 131,273 | 2.83% |
Farmers & farm managers | 15,714 | 0.34% | 2,775 | 0.06% |
Business & financial operations: | 82,042 | 1.77% | 97,633 | 2.11% |
Business operations specialists | 42,545 | 0.92% | 48,497 | 1.05% |
Financial specialists | 39,497 | 0.85% | 49,136 | 1.06% |
Professional & related occupations: | 413,760 | 8.92% | 488,898 | 10.54% |
Computer & mathematical | 62,950 | 1.36% | 30,864 | 0.67% |
Architecture & engineering: | 121,172 | 2.61% | 17,374 | 0.37% |
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers | 97,860 | 2.11% | 12,366 | 0.27% |
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians | 23,312 | 0.50% | 5,008 | 0.11% |
Life, physical, & social science | 21,184 | 0.46% | 14,844 | 0.32% |
Community & social services | 26,366 | 0.57% | 39,410 | 0.85% |
Legal | 19,813 | 0.43% | 16,465 | 0.36% |
Education, training, & library | 66,319 | 1.43% | 174,321 | 3.76% |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media | 44,128 | 0.95% | 34,753 | 0.75% |
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: | 51,828 | 1.12% | 160,867 | 3.47% |
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations | 41,796 | 0.90% | 104,769 | 2.26% |
Health technologists & technicians | 10,032 | 0.22% | 56,098 | 1.21% |
Service occupations: | 263,745 | 5.69% | 423,591 | 9.13% |
Healthcare support | 9,251 | 0.20% | 88,597 | 1.91% |
Protective services: | 59,338 | 1.28% | 17,432 | 0.38% |
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors | 38,234 | 0.82% | 6,978 | 0.15% |
Other protective service workers, including supervisors | 21,104 | 0.46% | 10,454 | 0.23% |
Food preparation & serving related occupations | 87,359 | 1.88% | 149,654 | 3.23% |
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance | 83,069 | 1.79% | 56,426 | 1.22% |
Personal care & service | 24,728 | 0.53% | 111,482 | 2.40% |
Sales & office occupations: | 397,295 | 8.57% | 789,720 | 17.03% |
Sales & related occupations | 240,980 | 5.20% | 259,166 | 5.59% |
Office & administrative support | 156,315 | 3.37% | 530,554 | 11.44% |
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations | 15,139 | 0.33% | 5,981 | 0.13% |
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: | 409,262 | 8.83% | 16,029 | 0.35% |
Construction & extraction: | 226,243 | 4.88% | 6,495 | 0.14% |
Supervisors, construction & extraction | 27,366 | 0.59% | 628 | 0.01% |
Construction trades | 196,957 | 4.25% | 5,809 | 0.13% |
Extraction | 1,920 | 0.04% | 58 | 0.00% |
Installation, maintenance, & repair | 183,019 | 3.95% | 9,534 | 0.21% |
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: | 634,718 | 13.69% | 222,214 | 4.79% |
Production | 404,713 | 8.73% | 169,215 | 3.65% |
Transportation & material moving: | 230,005 | 4.96% | 52,999 | 1.14% |
Supervisors, transportation & material moving | 5,748 | 0.12% | 1,933 | 0.04% |
Aircraft & traffic control | 3,289 | 0.07% | 274 | 0.01% |
Motor vehicle operators | 111,260 | 2.40% | 19,501 | 0.42% |
Rail, water & other transportation | 8,844 | 0.19% | 2,105 | 0.05% |
Material moving | 100,864 | 2.17% | 29,186 | 0.63% |
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 2,459,347 | 53.03% | 2,178,114 | 46.97% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: | 38,723 | 0.84% | 10,773 | 0.23% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting | 33,326 | 0.72% | 10,007 | 0.22% |
Mining | 5,397 | 0.12% | 766 | 0.02% |
Construction | 250,367 | 5.40% | 27,712 | 0.60% |
Manufacturing | 755,337 | 16.29% | 290,314 | 6.26% |
Wholesale trade | 108,268 | 2.33% | 43,388 | 0.94% |
Retail trade | 262,387 | 5.66% | 288,531 | 6.22% |
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: | 135,857 | 2.93% | 55,942 | 1.21% |
Transportation & warehousing | 106,829 | 2.30% | 46,069 | 0.99% |
Utilities | 29,028 | 0.63% | 9,873 | 0.21% |
Information | 49,750 | 1.07% | 49,137 | 1.06% |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: | 92,253 | 1.99% | 154,380 | 3.33% |
Finance & insurance | 55,026 | 1.19% | 118,363 | 2.55% |
Real estate & rental & leasing | 37,227 | 0.80% | 36,017 | 0.78% |
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: | 200,696 | 4.33% | 170,423 | 3.67% |
Professional, scientific, & technical services | 128,128 | 2.76% | 108,043 | 2.33% |
Management of companies & enterprises | 947 | 0.02% | 989 | 0.02% |
Administrative & support & waste management services | 71,621 | 1.54% | 61,391 | 1.32% |
Educational, health & social services: | 220,023 | 4.74% | 701,372 | 15.12% |
Educational services | 123,728 | 2.67% | 275,530 | 5.94% |
Health care & social assistance | 96,295 | 2.08% | 425,842 | 9.18% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: | 153,192 | 3.30% | 198,037 | 4.27% |
Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 37,148 | 0.80% | 33,546 | 0.72% |
Accommodation & food services | 116,044 | 2.50% | 164,491 | 3.55% |
Other services (except public administration) | 105,351 | 2.27% | 107,517 | 2.32% |
Public administration | 87,143 | 1.88% | 80,588 | 1.74% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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