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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