Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 1,394,112 | 52.45% | 1,263,812 | 47.55% |
Management, professional, & related occupations: | 402,018 | 15.13% | 433,987 | 16.33% |
Management, business, & financial operations: | 197,863 | 7.44% | 143,033 | 5.38% |
Management, except farm managers | 125,504 | 4.72% | 79,267 | 2.98% |
Farmers & farm managers | 27,024 | 1.02% | 4,003 | 0.15% |
Business & financial operations: | 45,335 | 1.71% | 59,763 | 2.25% |
Business operations specialists | 21,929 | 0.83% | 27,568 | 1.04% |
Financial specialists | 23,406 | 0.88% | 32,195 | 1.21% |
Professional & related occupations: | 204,155 | 7.68% | 290,954 | 10.95% |
Computer & mathematical | 37,636 | 1.42% | 17,195 | 0.65% |
Architecture & engineering: | 36,824 | 1.39% | 5,850 | 0.22% |
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers | 27,033 | 1.02% | 3,412 | 0.13% |
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians | 9,791 | 0.37% | 2,438 | 0.09% |
Life, physical, & social science | 11,911 | 0.45% | 8,301 | 0.31% |
Community & social services | 17,378 | 0.65% | 24,984 | 0.94% |
Legal | 11,872 | 0.45% | 9,980 | 0.38% |
Education, training, & library | 35,604 | 1.34% | 106,641 | 4.01% |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media | 20,653 | 0.78% | 20,410 | 0.77% |
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: | 32,277 | 1.21% | 97,593 | 3.67% |
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations | 23,786 | 0.89% | 62,193 | 2.34% |
Health technologists & technicians | 8,491 | 0.32% | 35,400 | 1.33% |
Service occupations: | 163,583 | 6.15% | 235,469 | 8.86% |
Healthcare support | 6,242 | 0.23% | 49,723 | 1.87% |
Protective services: | 37,618 | 1.42% | 8,468 | 0.32% |
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors | 25,214 | 0.95% | 4,224 | 0.16% |
Other protective service workers, including supervisors | 12,404 | 0.47% | 4,244 | 0.16% |
Food preparation & serving related occupations | 55,263 | 2.08% | 82,634 | 3.11% |
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance | 50,548 | 1.90% | 32,362 | 1.22% |
Personal care & service | 13,912 | 0.52% | 62,282 | 2.34% |
Sales & office occupations: | 243,338 | 9.16% | 470,965 | 17.72% |
Sales & related occupations | 148,444 | 5.58% | 148,521 | 5.59% |
Office & administrative support | 94,894 | 3.57% | 322,444 | 12.13% |
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations | 13,714 | 0.52% | 3,526 | 0.13% |
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: | 249,858 | 9.40% | 9,408 | 0.35% |
Construction & extraction: | 146,415 | 5.51% | 4,619 | 0.17% |
Supervisors, construction & extraction | 17,384 | 0.65% | 410 | 0.02% |
Construction trades | 127,305 | 4.79% | 4,163 | 0.16% |
Extraction | 1,726 | 0.06% | 46 | 0.00% |
Installation, maintenance, & repair | 103,443 | 3.89% | 4,789 | 0.18% |
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: | 321,601 | 12.10% | 110,457 | 4.16% |
Production | 167,255 | 6.29% | 82,434 | 3.10% |
Transportation & material moving: | 154,346 | 5.81% | 28,023 | 1.05% |
Supervisors, transportation & material moving | 3,794 | 0.14% | 947 | 0.04% |
Aircraft & traffic control | 2,345 | 0.09% | 156 | 0.01% |
Motor vehicle operators | 79,078 | 2.98% | 10,489 | 0.39% |
Rail, water & other transportation | 8,117 | 0.31% | 1,076 | 0.04% |
Material moving | 61,012 | 2.30% | 15,355 | 0.58% |
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 1,394,112 | 52.45% | 1,263,812 | 47.55% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: | 48,644 | 1.83% | 9,771 | 0.37% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting | 43,606 | 1.64% | 9,249 | 0.35% |
Mining | 5,038 | 0.19% | 522 | 0.02% |
Construction | 164,908 | 6.20% | 17,950 | 0.68% |
Manufacturing | 268,642 | 10.11% | 124,798 | 4.70% |
Wholesale trade | 67,717 | 2.55% | 29,304 | 1.10% |
Retail trade | 158,126 | 5.95% | 157,746 | 5.93% |
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: | 112,617 | 4.24% | 38,024 | 1.43% |
Transportation & warehousing | 92,934 | 3.50% | 32,689 | 1.23% |
Utilities | 19,683 | 0.74% | 5,335 | 0.20% |
Information | 40,261 | 1.51% | 40,362 | 1.52% |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: | 69,158 | 2.60% | 108,493 | 4.08% |
Finance & insurance | 46,698 | 1.76% | 86,936 | 3.27% |
Real estate & rental & leasing | 22,460 | 0.85% | 21,557 | 0.81% |
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: | 105,808 | 3.98% | 92,739 | 3.49% |
Professional, scientific, & technical services | 63,059 | 2.37% | 57,631 | 2.17% |
Management of companies & enterprises | 728 | 0.03% | 935 | 0.04% |
Administrative & support & waste management services | 42,021 | 1.58% | 34,173 | 1.29% |
Educational, health & social services: | 131,038 | 4.93% | 410,677 | 15.45% |
Educational services | 67,926 | 2.56% | 157,913 | 5.94% |
Health care & social assistance | 63,112 | 2.37% | 252,764 | 9.51% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: | 97,353 | 3.66% | 108,942 | 4.10% |
Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 23,547 | 0.89% | 18,289 | 0.69% |
Accommodation & food services | 73,806 | 2.78% | 90,653 | 3.41% |
Other services (except public administration) | 68,467 | 2.58% | 64,473 | 2.43% |
Public administration | 61,373 | 2.31% | 60,533 | 2.28% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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