Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 2,845,154 | 52.67% | 2,557,021 | 47.33% |
Management, professional, & related occupations: | 823,171 | 15.24% | 849,086 | 15.72% |
Management, business, & financial operations: | 394,234 | 7.30% | 272,743 | 5.05% |
Management, except farm managers | 273,940 | 5.07% | 155,674 | 2.88% |
Farmers & farm managers | 21,024 | 0.39% | 3,208 | 0.06% |
Business & financial operations: | 99,270 | 1.84% | 113,861 | 2.11% |
Business operations specialists | 47,406 | 0.88% | 57,370 | 1.06% |
Financial specialists | 51,864 | 0.96% | 56,491 | 1.05% |
Professional & related occupations: | 428,937 | 7.94% | 576,343 | 10.67% |
Computer & mathematical | 75,100 | 1.39% | 32,917 | 0.61% |
Architecture & engineering: | 97,973 | 1.81% | 13,818 | 0.26% |
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers | 73,480 | 1.36% | 8,505 | 0.16% |
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians | 24,493 | 0.45% | 5,313 | 0.10% |
Life, physical, & social science | 24,467 | 0.45% | 17,308 | 0.32% |
Community & social services | 30,431 | 0.56% | 47,075 | 0.87% |
Legal | 26,095 | 0.48% | 21,175 | 0.39% |
Education, training, & library | 74,709 | 1.38% | 201,568 | 3.73% |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media | 40,224 | 0.74% | 38,378 | 0.71% |
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: | 59,938 | 1.11% | 204,104 | 3.78% |
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations | 47,797 | 0.88% | 133,804 | 2.48% |
Health technologists & technicians | 12,141 | 0.22% | 70,300 | 1.30% |
Service occupations: | 313,096 | 5.80% | 473,629 | 8.77% |
Healthcare support | 11,642 | 0.22% | 107,233 | 1.98% |
Protective services: | 75,406 | 1.40% | 19,309 | 0.36% |
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors | 50,003 | 0.93% | 8,719 | 0.16% |
Other protective service workers, including supervisors | 25,403 | 0.47% | 10,590 | 0.20% |
Food preparation & serving related occupations | 102,090 | 1.89% | 180,457 | 3.34% |
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance | 100,599 | 1.86% | 63,032 | 1.17% |
Personal care & service | 23,359 | 0.43% | 103,598 | 1.92% |
Sales & office occupations: | 480,693 | 8.90% | 943,062 | 17.46% |
Sales & related occupations | 283,516 | 5.25% | 299,153 | 5.54% |
Office & administrative support | 197,177 | 3.65% | 643,909 | 11.92% |
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations | 13,055 | 0.24% | 5,572 | 0.10% |
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: | 453,462 | 8.39% | 18,252 | 0.34% |
Construction & extraction: | 254,272 | 4.71% | 8,056 | 0.15% |
Supervisors, construction & extraction | 29,479 | 0.55% | 853 | 0.02% |
Construction trades | 221,569 | 4.10% | 7,125 | 0.13% |
Extraction | 3,224 | 0.06% | 78 | 0.00% |
Installation, maintenance, & repair | 199,190 | 3.69% | 10,196 | 0.19% |
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: | 761,677 | 14.10% | 267,420 | 4.95% |
Production | 445,560 | 8.25% | 194,198 | 3.59% |
Transportation & material moving: | 316,117 | 5.85% | 73,222 | 1.36% |
Supervisors, transportation & material moving | 7,904 | 0.15% | 2,432 | 0.05% |
Aircraft & traffic control | 4,860 | 0.09% | 362 | 0.01% |
Motor vehicle operators | 147,232 | 2.73% | 24,322 | 0.45% |
Rail, water & other transportation | 12,315 | 0.23% | 2,501 | 0.05% |
Material moving | 143,806 | 2.66% | 43,605 | 0.81% |
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 2,845,154 | 52.67% | 2,557,021 | 47.33% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: | 45,882 | 0.85% | 11,636 | 0.22% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting | 36,123 | 0.67% | 10,057 | 0.19% |
Mining | 9,759 | 0.18% | 1,579 | 0.03% |
Construction | 289,625 | 5.36% | 34,928 | 0.65% |
Manufacturing | 765,807 | 14.18% | 316,378 | 5.86% |
Wholesale trade | 134,699 | 2.49% | 58,520 | 1.08% |
Retail trade | 306,196 | 5.67% | 336,862 | 6.24% |
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: | 200,772 | 3.72% | 66,552 | 1.23% |
Transportation & warehousing | 165,886 | 3.07% | 55,958 | 1.04% |
Utilities | 34,886 | 0.65% | 10,594 | 0.20% |
Information | 65,301 | 1.21% | 62,780 | 1.16% |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: | 134,854 | 2.50% | 204,236 | 3.78% |
Finance & insurance | 91,595 | 1.70% | 164,534 | 3.05% |
Real estate & rental & leasing | 43,259 | 0.80% | 39,702 | 0.73% |
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: | 235,450 | 4.36% | 199,244 | 3.69% |
Professional, scientific, & technical services | 142,824 | 2.64% | 121,431 | 2.25% |
Management of companies & enterprises | 2,155 | 0.04% | 2,491 | 0.05% |
Administrative & support & waste management services | 90,471 | 1.67% | 75,322 | 1.39% |
Educational, health & social services: | 251,164 | 4.65% | 813,718 | 15.06% |
Educational services | 134,934 | 2.50% | 299,164 | 5.54% |
Health care & social assistance | 116,230 | 2.15% | 514,554 | 9.52% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: | 176,841 | 3.27% | 226,843 | 4.20% |
Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 38,887 | 0.72% | 31,876 | 0.59% |
Accommodation & food services | 137,954 | 2.55% | 194,967 | 3.61% |
Other services (except public administration) | 119,493 | 2.21% | 122,656 | 2.27% |
Public administration | 119,070 | 2.20% | 102,668 | 1.90% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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