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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