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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