Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 1,635,535 | 51.74% | 1,525,552 | 48.26% |
Management, professional, & related occupations: | 638,017 | 20.18% | 660,687 | 20.90% |
Management, business, & financial operations: | 279,920 | 8.86% | 214,631 | 6.79% |
Management, except farm managers | 195,662 | 6.19% | 125,822 | 3.98% |
Farmers & farm managers | 2,129 | 0.07% | 940 | 0.03% |
Business & financial operations: | 82,129 | 2.60% | 87,869 | 2.78% |
Business operations specialists | 39,127 | 1.24% | 44,970 | 1.42% |
Financial specialists | 43,002 | 1.36% | 42,899 | 1.36% |
Professional & related occupations: | 358,097 | 11.33% | 446,056 | 14.11% |
Computer & mathematical | 83,869 | 2.65% | 35,441 | 1.12% |
Architecture & engineering: | 70,074 | 2.22% | 11,901 | 0.38% |
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers | 55,437 | 1.75% | 8,311 | 0.26% |
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians | 14,637 | 0.46% | 3,590 | 0.11% |
Life, physical, & social science | 27,626 | 0.87% | 22,693 | 0.72% |
Community & social services | 19,267 | 0.61% | 36,116 | 1.14% |
Legal | 23,410 | 0.74% | 19,692 | 0.62% |
Education, training, & library | 56,880 | 1.80% | 150,682 | 4.77% |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media | 34,951 | 1.11% | 38,710 | 1.22% |
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: | 42,020 | 1.33% | 130,821 | 4.14% |
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations | 33,004 | 1.04% | 95,190 | 3.01% |
Health technologists & technicians | 9,016 | 0.29% | 35,631 | 1.13% |
Service occupations: | 201,202 | 6.36% | 243,096 | 7.69% |
Healthcare support | 9,336 | 0.30% | 59,547 | 1.88% |
Protective services: | 54,997 | 1.74% | 10,579 | 0.33% |
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors | 37,610 | 1.19% | 3,730 | 0.12% |
Other protective service workers, including supervisors | 17,387 | 0.55% | 6,849 | 0.22% |
Food preparation & serving related occupations | 62,668 | 1.98% | 79,914 | 2.53% |
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance | 57,487 | 1.82% | 28,202 | 0.89% |
Personal care & service | 16,714 | 0.53% | 64,854 | 2.05% |
Sales & office occupations: | 301,828 | 9.55% | 517,016 | 16.36% |
Sales & related occupations | 173,353 | 5.48% | 160,091 | 5.06% |
Office & administrative support | 128,475 | 4.06% | 356,925 | 11.29% |
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations | 5,293 | 0.17% | 1,349 | 0.04% |
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: | 227,382 | 7.19% | 8,494 | 0.27% |
Construction & extraction: | 137,077 | 4.34% | 3,725 | 0.12% |
Supervisors, construction & extraction | 18,085 | 0.57% | 555 | 0.02% |
Construction trades | 118,283 | 3.74% | 3,163 | 0.10% |
Extraction | 709 | 0.02% | 7 | 0.00% |
Installation, maintenance, & repair | 90,305 | 2.86% | 4,769 | 0.15% |
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: | 261,813 | 8.28% | 94,910 | 3.00% |
Production | 141,996 | 4.49% | 71,359 | 2.26% |
Transportation & material moving: | 119,817 | 3.79% | 23,551 | 0.75% |
Supervisors, transportation & material moving | 3,427 | 0.11% | 827 | 0.03% |
Aircraft & traffic control | 1,705 | 0.05% | 145 | 0.00% |
Motor vehicle operators | 64,370 | 2.04% | 9,547 | 0.30% |
Rail, water & other transportation | 7,669 | 0.24% | 793 | 0.03% |
Material moving | 42,646 | 1.35% | 12,239 | 0.39% |
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 1,635,535 | 51.74% | 1,525,552 | 48.26% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: | 9,354 | 0.30% | 3,086 | 0.10% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting | 8,048 | 0.25% | 2,936 | 0.09% |
Mining | 1,306 | 0.04% | 150 | 0.00% |
Construction | 157,158 | 4.97% | 16,782 | 0.53% |
Manufacturing | 274,642 | 8.69% | 130,726 | 4.14% |
Wholesale trade | 72,244 | 2.29% | 31,089 | 0.98% |
Retail trade | 183,577 | 5.81% | 169,442 | 5.36% |
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: | 96,219 | 3.04% | 35,601 | 1.13% |
Transportation & warehousing | 79,224 | 2.51% | 30,755 | 0.97% |
Utilities | 16,995 | 0.54% | 4,846 | 0.15% |
Information | 64,074 | 2.03% | 54,358 | 1.72% |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: | 117,095 | 3.70% | 142,443 | 4.51% |
Finance & insurance | 86,807 | 2.75% | 116,127 | 3.67% |
Real estate & rental & leasing | 30,288 | 0.96% | 26,316 | 0.83% |
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: | 205,113 | 6.49% | 160,448 | 5.08% |
Professional, scientific, & technical services | 147,543 | 4.67% | 116,703 | 3.69% |
Management of companies & enterprises | 1,519 | 0.05% | 1,757 | 0.06% |
Administrative & support & waste management services | 56,051 | 1.77% | 41,988 | 1.33% |
Educational, health & social services: | 205,664 | 6.51% | 544,946 | 17.24% |
Educational services | 112,599 | 3.56% | 221,935 | 7.02% |
Health care & social assistance | 93,065 | 2.94% | 323,011 | 10.22% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: | 103,745 | 3.28% | 110,281 | 3.49% |
Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 23,164 | 0.73% | 20,580 | 0.65% |
Accommodation & food services | 80,581 | 2.55% | 89,701 | 2.84% |
Other services (except public administration) | 67,762 | 2.14% | 70,873 | 2.24% |
Public administration | 78,888 | 2.50% | 55,477 | 1.75% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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