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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 617,005 52.59% 556,309 47.41%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 144,456 12.31% 176,654 15.06%
Management, business, & financial operations: 70,661 6.02% 48,833 4.16%
Management, except farm managers 47,620 4.06% 29,024 2.47%
Farmers & farm managers 8,178 0.70% 1,064 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 14,863 1.27% 18,745 1.60%
Business operations specialists 7,503 0.64% 7,192 0.61%
Financial specialists 7,360 0.63% 11,553 0.98%
Professional & related occupations: 73,795 6.29% 127,821 10.89%
Computer & mathematical 6,307 0.54% 3,598 0.31%
Architecture & engineering: 14,283 1.22% 2,111 0.18%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 8,841 0.75% 972 0.08%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 5,442 0.46% 1,139 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 5,242 0.45% 2,603 0.22%
Community & social services 8,068 0.69% 8,595 0.73%
Legal 4,925 0.42% 4,088 0.35%
Education, training, & library 14,636 1.25% 55,720 4.75%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 6,504 0.55% 5,956 0.51%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 13,830 1.18% 45,150 3.85%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 10,322 0.88% 27,301 2.33%
Health technologists & technicians 3,508 0.30% 17,849 1.52%
Service occupations: 69,851 5.95% 104,539 8.91%
Healthcare support 1,930 0.16% 18,758 1.60%
Protective services: 19,252 1.64% 5,246 0.45%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 12,384 1.06% 2,780 0.24%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 6,868 0.59% 2,466 0.21%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 18,062 1.54% 38,295 3.26%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 22,127 1.89% 16,810 1.43%
Personal care & service 8,480 0.72% 25,430 2.17%
Sales & office occupations: 95,787 8.16% 196,757 16.77%
Sales & related occupations 58,628 5.00% 69,014 5.88%
Office & administrative support 37,159 3.17% 127,743 10.89%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 12,673 1.08% 1,789 0.15%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 126,979 10.82% 4,772 0.41%
Construction & extraction: 75,301 6.42% 2,371 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 10,886 0.93% 178 0.02%
Construction trades 62,015 5.29% 2,139 0.18%
Extraction 2,400 0.20% 54 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 51,678 4.40% 2,401 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 167,259 14.26% 71,798 6.12%
Production 88,585 7.55% 58,450 4.98%
Transportation & material moving: 78,674 6.71% 13,348 1.14%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,825 0.16% 374 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,257 0.11% 78 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 40,843 3.48% 4,858 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 4,245 0.36% 538 0.05%
Material moving 30,504 2.60% 7,500 0.64%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 617,005 52.59% 556,309 47.41%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 34,646 2.95% 4,827 0.41%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 25,489 2.17% 4,298 0.37%
Mining 9,157 0.78% 529 0.05%
Construction 81,206 6.92% 7,612 0.65%
Manufacturing 136,993 11.68% 78,210 6.67%
Wholesale trade 29,204 2.49% 10,513 0.90%
Retail trade 65,516 5.58% 73,130 6.23%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 49,516 4.22% 13,673 1.17%
Transportation & warehousing 39,364 3.35% 10,835 0.92%
Utilities 10,152 0.87% 2,838 0.24%
Information 11,248 0.96% 10,201 0.87%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 20,782 1.77% 34,962 2.98%
Finance & insurance 13,945 1.19% 28,330 2.41%
Real estate & rental & leasing 6,837 0.58% 6,632 0.57%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 33,121 2.82% 27,436 2.34%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 17,240 1.47% 17,499 1.49%
Management of companies & enterprises 151 0.01% 261 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 15,730 1.34% 9,676 0.82%
Educational, health & social services: 52,233 4.45% 184,149 15.69%
Educational services 27,768 2.37% 78,942 6.73%
Health care & social assistance 24,465 2.09% 105,207 8.97%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 39,527 3.37% 58,171 4.96%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 17,094 1.46% 19,053 1.62%
Accommodation & food services 22,433 1.91% 39,118 3.33%
Other services (except public administration) 30,555 2.60% 25,660 2.19%
Public administration 32,458 2.77% 27,765 2.37%

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

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