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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