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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 2,051,523 53.43% 1,788,233 46.57%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 612,570 15.95% 643,389 16.76%
Management, business, & financial operations: 310,467 8.09% 228,180 5.94%
Management, except farm managers 222,509 5.79% 129,867 3.38%
Farmers & farm managers 12,451 0.32% 2,542 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 75,507 1.97% 95,771 2.49%
Business operations specialists 39,074 1.02% 46,029 1.20%
Financial specialists 36,433 0.95% 49,742 1.30%
Professional & related occupations: 302,103 7.87% 415,209 10.81%
Computer & mathematical 67,904 1.77% 29,938 0.78%
Architecture & engineering: 58,126 1.51% 9,027 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 41,470 1.08% 5,614 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 16,656 0.43% 3,413 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 17,242 0.45% 11,953 0.31%
Community & social services 22,154 0.58% 29,788 0.78%
Legal 18,282 0.48% 16,651 0.43%
Education, training, & library 45,857 1.19% 167,945 4.37%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 32,650 0.85% 30,783 0.80%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 39,888 1.04% 119,124 3.10%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 30,559 0.80% 76,566 1.99%
Health technologists & technicians 9,329 0.24% 42,558 1.11%
Service occupations: 221,017 5.76% 293,224 7.64%
Healthcare support 5,740 0.15% 51,800 1.35%
Protective services: 58,044 1.51% 16,915 0.44%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 40,967 1.07% 9,144 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 17,077 0.44% 7,771 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 67,137 1.75% 101,321 2.64%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 71,145 1.85% 47,781 1.24%
Personal care & service 18,951 0.49% 75,407 1.96%
Sales & office occupations: 369,188 9.61% 659,052 17.16%
Sales & related occupations 223,816 5.83% 223,060 5.81%
Office & administrative support 145,372 3.79% 435,992 11.35%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 19,806 0.52% 4,683 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 397,438 10.35% 18,411 0.48%
Construction & extraction: 236,824 6.17% 8,456 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 31,573 0.82% 1,142 0.03%
Construction trades 203,340 5.30% 7,249 0.19%
Extraction 1,911 0.05% 65 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 160,614 4.18% 9,955 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 431,504 11.24% 169,474 4.41%
Production 220,131 5.73% 126,195 3.29%
Transportation & material moving: 211,373 5.50% 43,279 1.13%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 6,340 0.17% 1,507 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 6,727 0.18% 381 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 103,573 2.70% 16,866 0.44%
Rail, water & other transportation 8,019 0.21% 1,221 0.03%
Material moving 86,714 2.26% 23,304 0.61%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,051,523 53.43% 1,788,233 46.57%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 43,887 1.14% 9,314 0.24%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 38,216 1.00% 8,586 0.22%
Mining 5,671 0.15% 728 0.02%
Construction 275,824 7.18% 28,886 0.75%
Manufacturing 374,200 9.75% 194,630 5.07%
Wholesale trade 102,257 2.66% 45,769 1.19%
Retail trade 231,473 6.03% 228,075 5.94%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 171,096 4.46% 60,208 1.57%
Transportation & warehousing 140,714 3.66% 51,658 1.35%
Utilities 30,382 0.79% 8,550 0.22%
Information 73,877 1.92% 61,619 1.60%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 102,418 2.67% 148,822 3.88%
Finance & insurance 64,644 1.68% 110,679 2.88%
Real estate & rental & leasing 37,774 0.98% 38,143 0.99%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 202,461 5.27% 159,953 4.17%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 120,241 3.13% 100,703 2.62%
Management of companies & enterprises 1,165 0.03% 1,494 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 81,055 2.11% 57,756 1.50%
Educational, health & social services: 151,462 3.94% 524,131 13.65%
Educational services 82,001 2.14% 231,495 6.03%
Health care & social assistance 69,461 1.81% 292,636 7.62%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 125,524 3.27% 148,913 3.88%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 25,969 0.68% 19,089 0.50%
Accommodation & food services 99,555 2.59% 129,824 3.38%
Other services (except public administration) 93,919 2.45% 87,910 2.29%
Public administration 103,125 2.69% 90,003 2.34%

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

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