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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 955,764 52.38% 868,936 47.62%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 245,970 13.48% 284,147 15.57%
Management, business, & financial operations: 117,904 6.46% 87,381 4.79%
Management, except farm managers 86,219 4.73% 51,075 2.80%
Farmers & farm managers 4,758 0.26% 760 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 26,927 1.48% 35,546 1.95%
Business operations specialists 13,698 0.75% 16,931 0.93%
Financial specialists 13,229 0.72% 18,615 1.02%
Professional & related occupations: 128,066 7.02% 196,766 10.78%
Computer & mathematical 16,115 0.88% 8,324 0.46%
Architecture & engineering: 31,358 1.72% 5,388 0.30%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 21,869 1.20% 2,747 0.15%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 9,489 0.52% 2,641 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 8,450 0.46% 4,776 0.26%
Community & social services 12,278 0.67% 16,999 0.93%
Legal 6,326 0.35% 7,973 0.44%
Education, training, & library 21,441 1.18% 77,586 4.25%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 12,078 0.66% 11,552 0.63%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 20,020 1.10% 64,168 3.52%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 15,471 0.85% 40,346 2.21%
Health technologists & technicians 4,549 0.25% 23,822 1.31%
Service occupations: 110,748 6.07% 157,913 8.65%
Healthcare support 3,017 0.17% 30,437 1.67%
Protective services: 27,078 1.48% 7,493 0.41%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 17,556 0.96% 4,110 0.23%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 9,522 0.52% 3,383 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 33,080 1.81% 55,566 3.05%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 38,043 2.08% 28,376 1.56%
Personal care & service 9,530 0.52% 36,041 1.98%
Sales & office occupations: 155,086 8.50% 304,638 16.70%
Sales & related occupations 96,624 5.30% 110,080 6.03%
Office & administrative support 58,462 3.20% 194,558 10.66%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 8,604 0.47% 2,075 0.11%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 199,793 10.95% 9,255 0.51%
Construction & extraction: 114,103 6.25% 4,536 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 15,723 0.86% 666 0.04%
Construction trades 97,830 5.36% 3,839 0.21%
Extraction 550 0.03% 31 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 85,690 4.70% 4,719 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 235,563 12.91% 110,908 6.08%
Production 138,081 7.57% 91,126 4.99%
Transportation & material moving: 97,482 5.34% 19,782 1.08%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2,704 0.15% 608 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,425 0.08% 68 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 48,229 2.64% 6,923 0.38%
Rail, water & other transportation 3,456 0.19% 654 0.04%
Material moving 41,668 2.28% 11,529 0.63%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 955,764 52.38% 868,936 47.62%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 17,099 0.94% 3,686 0.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 15,771 0.86% 3,534 0.19%
Mining 1,328 0.07% 152 0.01%
Construction 135,502 7.43% 15,106 0.83%
Manufacturing 229,789 12.59% 124,597 6.83%
Wholesale trade 42,461 2.33% 18,042 0.99%
Retail trade 103,533 5.67% 114,071 6.25%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 69,835 3.83% 21,863 1.20%
Transportation & warehousing 47,201 2.59% 15,092 0.83%
Utilities 22,634 1.24% 6,771 0.37%
Information 20,038 1.10% 18,516 1.01%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 39,244 2.15% 63,520 3.48%
Finance & insurance 23,622 1.29% 47,199 2.59%
Real estate & rental & leasing 15,622 0.86% 16,321 0.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 70,252 3.85% 55,262 3.03%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 34,927 1.91% 32,328 1.77%
Management of companies & enterprises 339 0.02% 353 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 34,986 1.92% 22,581 1.24%
Educational, health & social services: 74,498 4.08% 265,210 14.53%
Educational services 39,764 2.18% 113,179 6.20%
Health care & social assistance 34,734 1.90% 152,031 8.33%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 65,512 3.59% 85,587 4.69%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 16,345 0.90% 11,919 0.65%
Accommodation & food services 49,167 2.69% 73,668 4.04%
Other services (except public administration) 43,939 2.41% 41,855 2.29%
Public administration 44,062 2.41% 41,621 2.28%

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

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