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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 1,270,841 52.49% 1,150,446 47.51%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 412,738 17.05% 439,704 18.16%
Management, business, & financial operations: 188,126 7.77% 160,306 6.62%
Management, except farm managers 127,058 5.25% 92,550 3.82%
Farmers & farm managers 298 0.01% 129 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 60,770 2.51% 67,627 2.79%
Business operations specialists 28,967 1.20% 34,693 1.43%
Financial specialists 31,803 1.31% 32,934 1.36%
Professional & related occupations: 224,612 9.28% 279,398 11.54%
Computer & mathematical 49,013 2.02% 22,792 0.94%
Architecture & engineering: 34,213 1.41% 6,168 0.25%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 26,906 1.11% 4,299 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 7,307 0.30% 1,869 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 11,276 0.47% 10,841 0.45%
Community & social services 14,185 0.59% 23,614 0.98%
Legal 23,262 0.96% 16,731 0.69%
Education, training, & library 34,875 1.44% 93,862 3.88%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 29,416 1.21% 26,516 1.10%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 28,372 1.17% 78,874 3.26%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 22,065 0.91% 56,069 2.32%
Health technologists & technicians 6,307 0.26% 22,805 0.94%
Service occupations: 165,951 6.85% 173,603 7.17%
Healthcare support 5,354 0.22% 32,709 1.35%
Protective services: 43,783 1.81% 13,430 0.55%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 26,504 1.09% 5,156 0.21%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 17,279 0.71% 8,274 0.34%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 56,104 2.32% 46,745 1.93%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 44,583 1.84% 31,247 1.29%
Personal care & service 16,127 0.67% 49,472 2.04%
Sales & office occupations: 255,135 10.54% 434,888 17.96%
Sales & related occupations 137,214 5.67% 133,094 5.50%
Office & administrative support 117,921 4.87% 301,794 12.46%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,259 0.05% 683 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 163,948 6.77% 7,586 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 95,088 3.93% 3,042 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 7,559 0.31% 367 0.02%
Construction trades 87,400 3.61% 2,660 0.11%
Extraction 129 0.01% 15 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 68,860 2.84% 4,544 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 271,810 11.23% 93,982 3.88%
Production 138,187 5.71% 66,624 2.75%
Transportation & material moving: 133,623 5.52% 27,358 1.13%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 4,421 0.18% 1,198 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,185 0.05% 216 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 65,807 2.72% 6,523 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 7,567 0.31% 991 0.04%
Material moving 54,643 2.26% 18,430 0.76%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,270,841 52.49% 1,150,446 47.51%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,803 0.07% 553 0.02%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,364 0.06% 464 0.02%
Mining 439 0.02% 89 0.00%
Construction 107,124 4.42% 12,231 0.51%
Manufacturing 227,399 9.39% 115,023 4.75%
Wholesale trade 61,178 2.53% 31,528 1.30%
Retail trade 122,175 5.05% 122,169 5.05%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 112,999 4.67% 49,466 2.04%
Transportation & warehousing 103,569 4.28% 45,822 1.89%
Utilities 9,430 0.39% 3,644 0.15%
Information 42,927 1.77% 39,908 1.65%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 101,504 4.19% 118,327 4.89%
Finance & insurance 73,609 3.04% 94,585 3.91%
Real estate & rental & leasing 27,895 1.15% 23,742 0.98%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 162,557 6.71% 143,925 5.94%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 107,098 4.42% 95,221 3.93%
Management of companies & enterprises 837 0.03% 1,026 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 54,622 2.26% 47,678 1.97%
Educational, health & social services: 120,826 4.99% 334,125 13.80%
Educational services 60,681 2.51% 133,627 5.52%
Health care & social assistance 60,145 2.48% 200,498 8.28%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 98,025 4.05% 81,567 3.37%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 21,769 0.90% 19,260 0.80%
Accommodation & food services 76,256 3.15% 62,307 2.57%
Other services (except public administration) 59,213 2.45% 61,124 2.52%
Public administration 53,111 2.19% 40,500 1.67%

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

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