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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 1,328,420 50.93% 1,280,037 49.07%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 522,086 20.02% 554,147 21.24%
Management, business, & financial operations: 220,804 8.46% 195,106 7.48%
Management, except farm managers 151,463 5.81% 110,110 4.22%
Farmers & farm managers 5,119 0.20% 1,415 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 64,222 2.46% 83,581 3.20%
Business operations specialists 31,678 1.21% 45,345 1.74%
Financial specialists 32,544 1.25% 38,236 1.47%
Professional & related occupations: 301,282 11.55% 359,041 13.76%
Computer & mathematical 77,035 2.95% 44,185 1.69%
Architecture & engineering: 53,469 2.05% 8,744 0.34%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 41,651 1.60% 6,104 0.23%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 11,818 0.45% 2,640 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 28,207 1.08% 19,911 0.76%
Community & social services 16,043 0.62% 28,083 1.08%
Legal 24,014 0.92% 21,867 0.84%
Education, training, & library 39,483 1.51% 111,547 4.28%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 27,707 1.06% 28,470 1.09%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 35,324 1.35% 96,234 3.69%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 27,024 1.04% 68,060 2.61%
Health technologists & technicians 8,300 0.32% 28,174 1.08%
Service occupations: 161,122 6.18% 202,711 7.77%
Healthcare support 5,265 0.20% 39,823 1.53%
Protective services: 50,943 1.95% 15,593 0.60%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 31,543 1.21% 7,327 0.28%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 19,400 0.74% 8,266 0.32%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 47,814 1.83% 55,520 2.13%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 42,766 1.64% 32,460 1.24%
Personal care & service 14,334 0.55% 59,315 2.27%
Sales & office occupations: 231,046 8.86% 457,682 17.55%
Sales & related occupations 130,464 5.00% 130,941 5.02%
Office & administrative support 100,582 3.86% 326,741 12.53%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 5,117 0.20% 1,769 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 215,519 8.26% 8,836 0.34%
Construction & extraction: 128,296 4.92% 3,602 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 18,391 0.71% 644 0.02%
Construction trades 109,199 4.19% 2,904 0.11%
Extraction 706 0.03% 54 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 87,223 3.34% 5,234 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 193,530 7.42% 54,892 2.10%
Production 83,438 3.20% 36,534 1.40%
Transportation & material moving: 110,092 4.22% 18,358 0.70%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3,648 0.14% 989 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 2,150 0.08% 242 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 60,762 2.33% 8,463 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 5,918 0.23% 705 0.03%
Material moving 37,614 1.44% 7,959 0.31%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,328,420 50.93% 1,280,037 49.07%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 12,141 0.47% 4,037 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 10,603 0.41% 3,810 0.15%
Mining 1,538 0.06% 227 0.01%
Construction 159,685 6.12% 21,595 0.83%
Manufacturing 130,362 5.00% 58,965 2.26%
Wholesale trade 51,270 1.97% 21,351 0.82%
Retail trade 139,656 5.35% 133,683 5.12%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 92,762 3.56% 34,532 1.32%
Transportation & warehousing 76,291 2.92% 29,805 1.14%
Utilities 16,471 0.63% 4,727 0.18%
Information 55,824 2.14% 47,527 1.82%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 77,609 2.98% 108,550 4.16%
Finance & insurance 49,920 1.91% 82,526 3.16%
Real estate & rental & leasing 27,689 1.06% 26,024 1.00%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 176,094 6.75% 147,740 5.66%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 125,906 4.83% 107,760 4.13%
Management of companies & enterprises 429 0.02% 493 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 49,759 1.91% 39,487 1.51%
Educational, health & social services: 139,525 5.35% 398,825 15.29%
Educational services 72,608 2.78% 163,603 6.27%
Health care & social assistance 66,917 2.57% 235,222 9.02%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 88,683 3.40% 88,658 3.40%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 22,532 0.86% 18,600 0.71%
Accommodation & food services 66,151 2.54% 70,058 2.69%
Other services (except public administration) 66,263 2.54% 79,161 3.03%
Public administration 138,546 5.31% 135,413 5.19%

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

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