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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