Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 2,992,780 | 52.94% | 2,660,720 | 47.06% |
Management, professional, & related occupations: | 913,636 | 16.16% | 927,539 | 16.41% |
Management, business, & financial operations: | 415,598 | 7.35% | 280,881 | 4.97% |
Management, except farm managers | 281,998 | 4.99% | 158,042 | 2.80% |
Farmers & farm managers | 21,541 | 0.38% | 3,975 | 0.07% |
Business & financial operations: | 112,059 | 1.98% | 118,864 | 2.10% |
Business operations specialists | 54,345 | 0.96% | 60,396 | 1.07% |
Financial specialists | 57,714 | 1.02% | 58,468 | 1.03% |
Professional & related occupations: | 498,038 | 8.81% | 646,658 | 11.44% |
Computer & mathematical | 86,468 | 1.53% | 37,821 | 0.67% |
Architecture & engineering: | 93,416 | 1.65% | 12,491 | 0.22% |
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers | 65,792 | 1.16% | 7,599 | 0.13% |
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians | 27,624 | 0.49% | 4,892 | 0.09% |
Life, physical, & social science | 33,196 | 0.59% | 22,851 | 0.40% |
Community & social services | 40,650 | 0.72% | 56,519 | 1.00% |
Legal | 31,470 | 0.56% | 26,345 | 0.47% |
Education, training, & library | 88,550 | 1.57% | 213,572 | 3.78% |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media | 46,822 | 0.83% | 44,884 | 0.79% |
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: | 77,466 | 1.37% | 232,175 | 4.11% |
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations | 60,562 | 1.07% | 156,629 | 2.77% |
Health technologists & technicians | 16,904 | 0.30% | 75,546 | 1.34% |
Service occupations: | 347,824 | 6.15% | 490,313 | 8.67% |
Healthcare support | 15,445 | 0.27% | 117,246 | 2.07% |
Protective services: | 80,086 | 1.42% | 18,524 | 0.33% |
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors | 48,176 | 0.85% | 6,573 | 0.12% |
Other protective service workers, including supervisors | 31,910 | 0.56% | 11,951 | 0.21% |
Food preparation & serving related occupations | 113,681 | 2.01% | 178,963 | 3.17% |
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance | 109,950 | 1.94% | 65,391 | 1.16% |
Personal care & service | 28,662 | 0.51% | 110,189 | 1.95% |
Sales & office occupations: | 522,868 | 9.25% | 1,002,263 | 17.73% |
Sales & related occupations | 299,624 | 5.30% | 311,339 | 5.51% |
Office & administrative support | 223,244 | 3.95% | 690,924 | 12.22% |
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations | 19,307 | 0.34% | 7,415 | 0.13% |
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: | 486,138 | 8.60% | 14,760 | 0.26% |
Construction & extraction: | 275,145 | 4.87% | 6,212 | 0.11% |
Supervisors, construction & extraction | 33,070 | 0.58% | 636 | 0.01% |
Construction trades | 236,362 | 4.18% | 5,495 | 0.10% |
Extraction | 5,713 | 0.10% | 81 | 0.00% |
Installation, maintenance, & repair | 210,993 | 3.73% | 8,548 | 0.15% |
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: | 703,007 | 12.43% | 218,430 | 3.86% |
Production | 365,909 | 6.47% | 154,106 | 2.73% |
Transportation & material moving: | 337,098 | 5.96% | 64,324 | 1.14% |
Supervisors, transportation & material moving | 7,865 | 0.14% | 1,773 | 0.03% |
Aircraft & traffic control | 4,315 | 0.08% | 276 | 0.00% |
Motor vehicle operators | 158,872 | 2.81% | 20,956 | 0.37% |
Rail, water & other transportation | 15,147 | 0.27% | 1,808 | 0.03% |
Material moving | 150,899 | 2.67% | 39,511 | 0.70% |
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 2,992,780 | 52.94% | 2,660,720 | 47.06% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: | 59,183 | 1.05% | 14,276 | 0.25% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting | 44,167 | 0.78% | 12,723 | 0.23% |
Mining | 15,016 | 0.27% | 1,553 | 0.03% |
Construction | 308,463 | 5.46% | 30,900 | 0.55% |
Manufacturing | 641,195 | 11.34% | 265,203 | 4.69% |
Wholesale trade | 143,645 | 2.54% | 57,439 | 1.02% |
Retail trade | 334,264 | 5.91% | 349,915 | 6.19% |
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: | 231,430 | 4.09% | 72,905 | 1.29% |
Transportation & warehousing | 187,578 | 3.32% | 61,245 | 1.08% |
Utilities | 43,852 | 0.78% | 11,660 | 0.21% |
Information | 80,330 | 1.42% | 68,511 | 1.21% |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: | 150,415 | 2.66% | 221,733 | 3.92% |
Finance & insurance | 108,992 | 1.93% | 185,030 | 3.27% |
Real estate & rental & leasing | 41,423 | 0.73% | 36,703 | 0.65% |
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: | 262,163 | 4.64% | 216,774 | 3.83% |
Professional, scientific, & technical services | 167,348 | 2.96% | 140,113 | 2.48% |
Management of companies & enterprises | 1,863 | 0.03% | 2,279 | 0.04% |
Administrative & support & waste management services | 92,952 | 1.64% | 74,382 | 1.32% |
Educational, health & social services: | 328,079 | 5.80% | 909,011 | 16.08% |
Educational services | 168,412 | 2.98% | 328,642 | 5.81% |
Health care & social assistance | 159,667 | 2.82% | 580,369 | 10.27% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: | 181,614 | 3.21% | 216,257 | 3.83% |
Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 40,703 | 0.72% | 33,143 | 0.59% |
Accommodation & food services | 140,911 | 2.49% | 183,114 | 3.24% |
Other services (except public administration) | 139,536 | 2.47% | 134,492 | 2.38% |
Public administration | 132,463 | 2.34% | 103,304 | 1.83% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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