Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 1,421,969 | 53.63% | 1,229,669 | 46.37% |
Management, professional, & related occupations: | 378,918 | 14.29% | 402,235 | 15.17% |
Management, business, & financial operations: | 184,338 | 6.95% | 128,530 | 4.85% |
Management, except farm managers | 128,906 | 4.86% | 73,587 | 2.78% |
Farmers & farm managers | 13,059 | 0.49% | 1,803 | 0.07% |
Business & financial operations: | 42,373 | 1.60% | 53,140 | 2.00% |
Business operations specialists | 21,402 | 0.81% | 24,825 | 0.94% |
Financial specialists | 20,971 | 0.79% | 28,315 | 1.07% |
Professional & related occupations: | 194,580 | 7.34% | 273,705 | 10.32% |
Computer & mathematical | 26,742 | 1.01% | 12,238 | 0.46% |
Architecture & engineering: | 38,974 | 1.47% | 5,971 | 0.23% |
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers | 27,593 | 1.04% | 3,238 | 0.12% |
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians | 11,381 | 0.43% | 2,733 | 0.10% |
Life, physical, & social science | 11,377 | 0.43% | 6,931 | 0.26% |
Community & social services | 17,538 | 0.66% | 19,813 | 0.75% |
Legal | 10,077 | 0.38% | 9,344 | 0.35% |
Education, training, & library | 31,773 | 1.20% | 102,896 | 3.88% |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media | 24,225 | 0.91% | 19,877 | 0.75% |
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: | 33,874 | 1.28% | 96,635 | 3.64% |
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations | 25,522 | 0.96% | 58,419 | 2.20% |
Health technologists & technicians | 8,352 | 0.31% | 38,216 | 1.44% |
Service occupations: | 152,977 | 5.77% | 209,964 | 7.92% |
Healthcare support | 5,234 | 0.20% | 39,599 | 1.49% |
Protective services: | 36,839 | 1.39% | 9,191 | 0.35% |
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors | 24,142 | 0.91% | 4,469 | 0.17% |
Other protective service workers, including supervisors | 12,697 | 0.48% | 4,722 | 0.18% |
Food preparation & serving related occupations | 48,615 | 1.83% | 75,892 | 2.86% |
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance | 50,116 | 1.89% | 34,137 | 1.29% |
Personal care & service | 12,173 | 0.46% | 51,145 | 1.93% |
Sales & office occupations: | 243,377 | 9.18% | 449,122 | 16.94% |
Sales & related occupations | 145,083 | 5.47% | 151,007 | 5.69% |
Office & administrative support | 98,294 | 3.71% | 298,115 | 11.24% |
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations | 12,351 | 0.47% | 2,294 | 0.09% |
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: | 261,038 | 9.84% | 11,126 | 0.42% |
Construction & extraction: | 153,406 | 5.79% | 5,206 | 0.20% |
Supervisors, construction & extraction | 18,887 | 0.71% | 426 | 0.02% |
Construction trades | 132,837 | 5.01% | 4,739 | 0.18% |
Extraction | 1,682 | 0.06% | 41 | 0.00% |
Installation, maintenance, & repair | 107,632 | 4.06% | 5,920 | 0.22% |
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: | 373,308 | 14.08% | 154,928 | 5.84% |
Production | 206,331 | 7.78% | 121,722 | 4.59% |
Transportation & material moving: | 166,977 | 6.30% | 33,206 | 1.25% |
Supervisors, transportation & material moving | 4,332 | 0.16% | 1,018 | 0.04% |
Aircraft & traffic control | 4,303 | 0.16% | 251 | 0.01% |
Motor vehicle operators | 78,874 | 2.97% | 9,308 | 0.35% |
Rail, water & other transportation | 6,800 | 0.26% | 936 | 0.04% |
Material moving | 72,668 | 2.74% | 21,693 | 0.82% |
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 1,421,969 | 53.63% | 1,229,669 | 46.37% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: | 31,135 | 1.17% | 4,916 | 0.19% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting | 27,078 | 1.02% | 4,550 | 0.17% |
Mining | 4,057 | 0.15% | 366 | 0.01% |
Construction | 176,122 | 6.64% | 17,133 | 0.65% |
Manufacturing | 330,764 | 12.47% | 171,072 | 6.45% |
Wholesale trade | 70,080 | 2.64% | 31,103 | 1.17% |
Retail trade | 153,876 | 5.80% | 159,116 | 6.00% |
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: | 124,689 | 4.70% | 41,455 | 1.56% |
Transportation & warehousing | 101,179 | 3.82% | 34,527 | 1.30% |
Utilities | 23,510 | 0.89% | 6,928 | 0.26% |
Information | 33,650 | 1.27% | 29,550 | 1.11% |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: | 60,268 | 2.27% | 93,055 | 3.51% |
Finance & insurance | 38,968 | 1.47% | 72,684 | 2.74% |
Real estate & rental & leasing | 21,300 | 0.80% | 20,371 | 0.77% |
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: | 109,326 | 4.12% | 87,376 | 3.30% |
Professional, scientific, & technical services | 58,271 | 2.20% | 50,721 | 1.91% |
Management of companies & enterprises | 480 | 0.02% | 784 | 0.03% |
Administrative & support & waste management services | 50,575 | 1.91% | 35,871 | 1.35% |
Educational, health & social services: | 119,053 | 4.49% | 374,620 | 14.13% |
Educational services | 57,674 | 2.18% | 143,408 | 5.41% |
Health care & social assistance | 61,379 | 2.31% | 231,212 | 8.72% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: | 92,034 | 3.47% | 107,226 | 4.04% |
Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 21,760 | 0.82% | 15,444 | 0.58% |
Accommodation & food services | 70,274 | 2.65% | 91,782 | 3.46% |
Other services (except public administration) | 64,801 | 2.44% | 63,267 | 2.39% |
Public administration | 56,171 | 2.12% | 49,780 | 1.88% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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