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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 861,885 55.75% 684,048 44.25%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 283,688 18.35% 254,455 16.46%
Management, business, & financial operations: 130,748 8.46% 91,155 5.90%
Management, except farm managers 92,487 5.98% 50,487 3.27%
Farmers & farm managers 575 0.04% 164 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 37,686 2.44% 40,504 2.62%
Business operations specialists 17,661 1.14% 18,719 1.21%
Financial specialists 20,025 1.30% 21,785 1.41%
Professional & related occupations: 152,940 9.89% 163,300 10.56%
Computer & mathematical 31,229 2.02% 12,360 0.80%
Architecture & engineering: 40,449 2.62% 5,810 0.38%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 31,481 2.04% 4,088 0.26%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 8,968 0.58% 1,722 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 12,200 0.79% 6,460 0.42%
Community & social services 6,771 0.44% 9,538 0.62%
Legal 11,822 0.76% 9,899 0.64%
Education, training, & library 19,255 1.25% 65,172 4.22%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 13,986 0.90% 12,039 0.78%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 17,228 1.11% 42,022 2.72%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 13,018 0.84% 27,941 1.81%
Health technologists & technicians 4,210 0.27% 14,081 0.91%
Service occupations: 94,096 6.09% 119,956 7.76%
Healthcare support 3,135 0.20% 20,813 1.35%
Protective services: 20,169 1.30% 6,767 0.44%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 11,668 0.75% 2,740 0.18%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 8,501 0.55% 4,027 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 33,133 2.14% 36,722 2.38%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 29,814 1.93% 25,923 1.68%
Personal care & service 7,845 0.51% 29,731 1.92%
Sales & office occupations: 160,860 10.41% 267,325 17.29%
Sales & related occupations 98,040 6.34% 88,251 5.71%
Office & administrative support 62,820 4.06% 179,074 11.58%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,599 0.10% 360 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 163,266 10.56% 5,574 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 103,368 6.69% 2,734 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 11,904 0.77% 517 0.03%
Construction trades 90,660 5.86% 2,131 0.14%
Extraction 804 0.05% 86 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 59,898 3.87% 2,840 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 158,376 10.24% 36,378 2.35%
Production 80,049 5.18% 23,614 1.53%
Transportation & material moving: 78,327 5.07% 12,764 0.83%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2,721 0.18% 503 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 2,645 0.17% 276 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 39,451 2.55% 5,677 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 3,694 0.24% 506 0.03%
Material moving 29,816 1.93% 5,802 0.38%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 861,885 55.75% 684,048 44.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 24,078 1.56% 10,539 0.68%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,805 0.12% 511 0.03%
Mining 22,273 1.44% 10,028 0.65%
Construction 121,719 7.87% 13,402 0.87%
Manufacturing 134,380 8.69% 47,368 3.06%
Wholesale trade 51,811 3.35% 24,020 1.55%
Retail trade 89,482 5.79% 81,339 5.26%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 72,686 4.70% 32,262 2.09%
Transportation & warehousing 59,681 3.86% 25,440 1.65%
Utilities 13,005 0.84% 6,822 0.44%
Information 20,053 1.30% 15,727 1.02%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 47,085 3.05% 61,371 3.97%
Finance & insurance 27,302 1.77% 43,487 2.81%
Real estate & rental & leasing 19,783 1.28% 17,884 1.16%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 110,832 7.17% 83,064 5.37%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 69,266 4.48% 51,108 3.31%
Management of companies & enterprises 1,010 0.07% 1,039 0.07%
Administrative & support & waste management services 40,556 2.62% 30,917 2.00%
Educational, health & social services: 63,561 4.11% 199,728 12.92%
Educational services 33,001 2.13% 94,342 6.10%
Health care & social assistance 30,560 1.98% 105,386 6.82%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 56,869 3.68% 54,581 3.53%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 10,404 0.67% 7,808 0.51%
Accommodation & food services 46,465 3.01% 46,773 3.03%
Other services (except public administration) 43,540 2.82% 41,436 2.68%
Public administration 25,789 1.67% 19,211 1.24%

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

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