North Carolina

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 2,024,178 52.92% 1,800,563 47.08%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 561,174 14.67% 631,642 16.51%
Management, business, & financial operations: 271,826 7.11% 201,970 5.28%
Management, except farm managers 193,535 5.06% 115,259 3.01%
Farmers & farm managers 17,344 0.45% 3,299 0.09%
Business & financial operations: 60,947 1.59% 83,412 2.18%
Business operations specialists 31,470 0.82% 39,403 1.03%
Financial specialists 29,477 0.77% 44,009 1.15%
Professional & related occupations: 289,348 7.57% 429,672 11.23%
Computer & mathematical 56,547 1.48% 26,223 0.69%
Architecture & engineering: 57,260 1.50% 10,258 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 38,593 1.01% 5,596 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 18,667 0.49% 4,662 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 19,688 0.51% 15,171 0.40%
Community & social services 25,449 0.67% 35,740 0.93%
Legal 12,735 0.33% 14,742 0.39%
Education, training, & library 47,526 1.24% 167,785 4.39%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 27,706 0.72% 27,524 0.72%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 42,437 1.11% 132,229 3.46%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 31,211 0.82% 85,719 2.24%
Health technologists & technicians 11,226 0.29% 46,510 1.22%
Service occupations: 215,130 5.62% 302,288 7.90%
Healthcare support 7,577 0.20% 71,118 1.86%
Protective services: 52,068 1.36% 12,487 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 35,683 0.93% 6,502 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 16,385 0.43% 5,985 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 64,957 1.70% 100,106 2.62%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 72,754 1.90% 46,447 1.21%
Personal care & service 17,774 0.46% 72,130 1.89%
Sales & office occupations: 339,175 8.87% 608,690 15.91%
Sales & related occupations 208,948 5.46% 206,627 5.40%
Office & administrative support 130,227 3.40% 402,063 10.51%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 24,151 0.63% 5,027 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 404,915 10.59% 17,421 0.46%
Construction & extraction: 237,746 6.22% 8,417 0.22%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 31,859 0.83% 1,075 0.03%
Construction trades 204,094 5.34% 7,278 0.19%
Extraction 1,793 0.05% 64 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 167,169 4.37% 9,004 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 479,633 12.54% 235,495 6.16%
Production 274,810 7.19% 195,676 5.12%
Transportation & material moving: 204,823 5.36% 39,819 1.04%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 5,352 0.14% 1,195 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 3,667 0.10% 194 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 104,321 2.73% 13,036 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 5,990 0.16% 934 0.02%
Material moving 85,493 2.24% 24,460 0.64%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,024,178 52.92% 1,800,563 47.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 50,767 1.33% 10,418 0.27%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 46,776 1.22% 9,924 0.26%
Mining 3,991 0.10% 494 0.01%
Construction 281,260 7.35% 30,778 0.80%
Manufacturing 468,620 12.25% 286,632 7.49%
Wholesale trade 93,647 2.45% 37,683 0.99%
Retail trade 222,789 5.82% 217,079 5.68%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 134,150 3.51% 42,262 1.10%
Transportation & warehousing 105,684 2.76% 33,743 0.88%
Utilities 28,466 0.74% 8,519 0.22%
Information 48,620 1.27% 41,177 1.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 91,378 2.39% 139,844 3.66%
Finance & insurance 61,056 1.60% 107,548 2.81%
Real estate & rental & leasing 30,322 0.79% 32,296 0.84%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 164,749 4.31% 131,326 3.43%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 93,579 2.45% 83,398 2.18%
Management of companies & enterprises 732 0.02% 997 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 70,438 1.84% 46,931 1.23%
Educational, health & social services: 164,578 4.30% 568,862 14.87%
Educational services 85,424 2.23% 227,688 5.95%
Health care & social assistance 79,154 2.07% 341,174 8.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 122,204 3.20% 143,381 3.75%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 30,928 0.81% 21,204 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 91,276 2.39% 122,177 3.19%
Other services (except public administration) 93,587 2.45% 83,321 2.18%
Public administration 87,829 2.30% 67,800 1.77%

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

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