Oklahoma

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 832,930 53.90% 712,366 46.10%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 229,702 14.86% 238,386 15.43%
Management, business, & financial operations: 111,210 7.20% 76,798 4.97%
Management, except farm managers 69,293 4.48% 42,081 2.72%
Farmers & farm managers 16,627 1.08% 2,771 0.18%
Business & financial operations: 25,290 1.64% 31,946 2.07%
Business operations specialists 12,193 0.79% 13,663 0.88%
Financial specialists 13,097 0.85% 18,283 1.18%
Professional & related occupations: 118,492 7.67% 161,588 10.46%
Computer & mathematical 17,163 1.11% 7,630 0.49%
Architecture & engineering: 21,331 1.38% 3,184 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 13,436 0.87% 1,439 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 7,895 0.51% 1,745 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 6,741 0.44% 3,464 0.22%
Community & social services 11,966 0.77% 13,989 0.91%
Legal 8,061 0.52% 6,938 0.45%
Education, training, & library 23,128 1.50% 64,402 4.17%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 11,611 0.75% 9,624 0.62%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 18,491 1.20% 52,357 3.39%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 13,577 0.88% 31,165 2.02%
Health technologists & technicians 4,914 0.32% 21,192 1.37%
Service occupations: 97,646 6.32% 142,166 9.20%
Healthcare support 4,571 0.30% 31,105 2.01%
Protective services: 23,164 1.50% 4,584 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 16,191 1.05% 2,424 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 6,973 0.45% 2,160 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 30,963 2.00% 50,649 3.28%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 30,689 1.99% 20,384 1.32%
Personal care & service 8,259 0.53% 35,444 2.29%
Sales & office occupations: 139,854 9.05% 271,299 17.56%
Sales & related occupations 85,619 5.54% 88,633 5.74%
Office & administrative support 54,235 3.51% 182,666 11.82%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 11,098 0.72% 2,623 0.17%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 167,214 10.82% 7,325 0.47%
Construction & extraction: 91,565 5.93% 3,090 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 11,998 0.78% 364 0.02%
Construction trades 75,346 4.88% 2,576 0.17%
Extraction 4,221 0.27% 150 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 75,649 4.90% 4,235 0.27%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 187,416 12.13% 50,567 3.27%
Production 100,436 6.50% 37,359 2.42%
Transportation & material moving: 86,980 5.63% 13,208 0.85%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2,449 0.16% 379 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,590 0.10% 130 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 44,749 2.90% 5,033 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 3,240 0.21% 542 0.04%
Material moving 34,952 2.26% 7,124 0.46%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 832,930 53.90% 712,366 46.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 50,815 3.29% 11,928 0.77%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 29,724 1.92% 6,436 0.42%
Mining 21,091 1.36% 5,492 0.36%
Construction 97,337 6.30% 9,965 0.64%
Manufacturing 140,219 9.07% 53,668 3.47%
Wholesale trade 38,675 2.50% 14,132 0.91%
Retail trade 93,057 6.02% 92,732 6.00%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 66,705 4.32% 19,064 1.23%
Transportation & warehousing 53,156 3.44% 15,539 1.01%
Utilities 13,549 0.88% 3,525 0.23%
Information 21,976 1.42% 19,710 1.28%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 35,901 2.32% 57,338 3.71%
Finance & insurance 21,091 1.36% 41,402 2.68%
Real estate & rental & leasing 14,810 0.96% 15,936 1.03%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 61,337 3.97% 51,726 3.35%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 32,931 2.13% 31,163 2.02%
Management of companies & enterprises 265 0.02% 263 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 28,141 1.82% 20,300 1.31%
Educational, health & social services: 78,695 5.09% 237,761 15.39%
Educational services 44,647 2.89% 95,154 6.16%
Health care & social assistance 34,048 2.20% 142,607 9.23%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 52,292 3.38% 62,875 4.07%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 11,133 0.72% 8,720 0.56%
Accommodation & food services 41,159 2.66% 54,155 3.50%
Other services (except public administration) 44,477 2.88% 41,450 2.68%
Public administration 51,444 3.33% 40,017 2.59%

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

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