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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 323,700 52.49% 293,029 47.51%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 135,257 21.93% 126,933 20.58%
Management, business, & financial operations: 61,773 10.02% 49,841 8.08%
Management, except farm managers 41,307 6.70% 27,920 4.53%
Farmers & farm managers 284 0.05% 106 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 20,182 3.27% 21,815 3.54%
Business operations specialists 9,017 1.46% 12,019 1.95%
Financial specialists 11,165 1.81% 9,796 1.59%
Professional & related occupations: 73,484 11.92% 77,092 12.50%
Computer & mathematical 19,923 3.23% 8,110 1.32%
Architecture & engineering: 13,641 2.21% 2,122 0.34%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 10,061 1.63% 1,362 0.22%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 3,580 0.58% 760 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 4,120 0.67% 3,907 0.63%
Community & social services 3,816 0.62% 6,749 1.09%
Legal 5,673 0.92% 3,705 0.60%
Education, training, & library 9,192 1.49% 23,199 3.76%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 9,537 1.55% 9,067 1.47%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 7,582 1.23% 20,233 3.28%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 6,102 0.99% 14,370 2.33%
Health technologists & technicians 1,480 0.24% 5,863 0.95%
Service occupations: 33,537 5.44% 42,671 6.92%
Healthcare support 1,972 0.32% 8,039 1.30%
Protective services: 4,273 0.69% 1,465 0.24%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,017 0.33% 509 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,256 0.37% 956 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 13,996 2.27% 14,118 2.29%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 9,380 1.52% 5,610 0.91%
Personal care & service 3,916 0.63% 13,439 2.18%
Sales & office occupations: 71,269 11.56% 105,296 17.07%
Sales & related occupations 42,911 6.96% 33,660 5.46%
Office & administrative support 28,358 4.60% 71,636 11.62%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 444 0.07% 266 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 32,755 5.31% 1,667 0.27%
Construction & extraction: 18,723 3.04% 598 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 1,986 0.32% 50 0.01%
Construction trades 16,699 2.71% 536 0.09%
Extraction 38 0.01% 12 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 14,032 2.28% 1,069 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 50,438 8.18% 16,196 2.63%
Production 28,875 4.68% 12,455 2.02%
Transportation & material moving: 21,563 3.50% 3,741 0.61%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 646 0.10% 184 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 914 0.15% 86 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 10,080 1.63% 1,216 0.20%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,214 0.20% 168 0.03%
Material moving 8,709 1.41% 2,087 0.34%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 323,700 52.49% 293,029 47.51%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,052 0.17% 396 0.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 998 0.16% 387 0.06%
Mining 54 0.01% 9 0.00%
Construction 22,983 3.73% 2,959 0.48%
Manufacturing 58,361 9.46% 26,609 4.31%
Wholesale trade 17,163 2.78% 8,798 1.43%
Retail trade 37,964 6.16% 35,838 5.81%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 18,713 3.03% 8,184 1.33%
Transportation & warehousing 16,390 2.66% 7,128 1.16%
Utilities 2,323 0.38% 1,056 0.17%
Information 10,863 1.76% 9,294 1.51%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 29,581 4.80% 34,076 5.53%
Finance & insurance 22,064 3.58% 27,679 4.49%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7,517 1.22% 6,397 1.04%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 46,297 7.51% 37,572 6.09%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 34,104 5.53% 26,233 4.25%
Management of companies & enterprises 736 0.12% 798 0.13%
Administrative & support & waste management services 11,457 1.86% 10,541 1.71%
Educational, health & social services: 33,519 5.43% 84,730 13.74%
Educational services 16,748 2.72% 32,875 5.33%
Health care & social assistance 16,771 2.72% 51,855 8.41%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 25,499 4.13% 22,490 3.65%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 6,773 1.10% 5,742 0.93%
Accommodation & food services 18,726 3.04% 16,748 2.72%
Other services (except public administration) 13,740 2.23% 14,936 2.42%
Public administration 7,965 1.29% 7,147 1.16%

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

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