Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 1,428,493 | 52.23% | 1,306,432 | 47.77% |
Management, professional, & related occupations: | 415,494 | 15.19% | 441,711 | 16.15% |
Management, business, & financial operations: | 204,898 | 7.49% | 146,083 | 5.34% |
Management, except farm managers | 127,064 | 4.65% | 75,600 | 2.76% |
Farmers & farm managers | 34,418 | 1.26% | 8,746 | 0.32% |
Business & financial operations: | 43,416 | 1.59% | 61,737 | 2.26% |
Business operations specialists | 21,774 | 0.80% | 31,786 | 1.16% |
Financial specialists | 21,642 | 0.79% | 29,951 | 1.10% |
Professional & related occupations: | 210,596 | 7.70% | 295,628 | 10.81% |
Computer & mathematical | 34,663 | 1.27% | 17,980 | 0.66% |
Architecture & engineering: | 46,184 | 1.69% | 7,402 | 0.27% |
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers | 32,868 | 1.20% | 3,834 | 0.14% |
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians | 13,316 | 0.49% | 3,568 | 0.13% |
Life, physical, & social science | 14,922 | 0.55% | 9,832 | 0.36% |
Community & social services | 14,763 | 0.54% | 23,165 | 0.85% |
Legal | 9,348 | 0.34% | 8,748 | 0.32% |
Education, training, & library | 41,773 | 1.53% | 108,947 | 3.98% |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media | 21,016 | 0.77% | 22,477 | 0.82% |
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: | 27,927 | 1.02% | 97,077 | 3.55% |
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations | 22,893 | 0.84% | 63,259 | 2.31% |
Health technologists & technicians | 5,034 | 0.18% | 33,818 | 1.24% |
Service occupations: | 142,264 | 5.20% | 241,355 | 8.82% |
Healthcare support | 5,052 | 0.18% | 59,614 | 2.18% |
Protective services: | 31,433 | 1.15% | 8,510 | 0.31% |
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors | 21,268 | 0.78% | 3,784 | 0.14% |
Other protective service workers, including supervisors | 10,165 | 0.37% | 4,726 | 0.17% |
Food preparation & serving related occupations | 48,884 | 1.79% | 86,386 | 3.16% |
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance | 45,405 | 1.66% | 32,083 | 1.17% |
Personal care & service | 11,490 | 0.42% | 54,762 | 2.00% |
Sales & office occupations: | 228,149 | 8.34% | 462,211 | 16.90% |
Sales & related occupations | 135,821 | 4.97% | 141,621 | 5.18% |
Office & administrative support | 92,328 | 3.38% | 320,590 | 11.72% |
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations | 19,079 | 0.70% | 6,646 | 0.24% |
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: | 228,667 | 8.36% | 8,419 | 0.31% |
Construction & extraction: | 127,109 | 4.65% | 3,835 | 0.14% |
Supervisors, construction & extraction | 13,363 | 0.49% | 337 | 0.01% |
Construction trades | 112,856 | 4.13% | 3,486 | 0.13% |
Extraction | 890 | 0.03% | 12 | 0.00% |
Installation, maintenance, & repair | 101,558 | 3.71% | 4,584 | 0.17% |
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: | 394,840 | 14.44% | 146,090 | 5.34% |
Production | 243,726 | 8.91% | 112,124 | 4.10% |
Transportation & material moving: | 151,114 | 5.53% | 33,966 | 1.24% |
Supervisors, transportation & material moving | 3,736 | 0.14% | 787 | 0.03% |
Aircraft & traffic control | 1,928 | 0.07% | 107 | 0.00% |
Motor vehicle operators | 73,130 | 2.67% | 8,472 | 0.31% |
Rail, water & other transportation | 5,482 | 0.20% | 1,392 | 0.05% |
Material moving | 66,838 | 2.44% | 23,208 | 0.85% |
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 1,428,493 | 52.23% | 1,306,432 | 47.77% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: | 58,098 | 2.12% | 17,320 | 0.63% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting | 56,503 | 2.07% | 17,079 | 0.62% |
Mining | 1,595 | 0.06% | 241 | 0.01% |
Construction | 145,395 | 5.32% | 16,230 | 0.59% |
Manufacturing | 415,019 | 15.17% | 191,826 | 7.01% |
Wholesale trade | 62,576 | 2.29% | 25,403 | 0.93% |
Retail trade | 149,958 | 5.48% | 167,923 | 6.14% |
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: | 92,197 | 3.37% | 31,460 | 1.15% |
Transportation & warehousing | 75,680 | 2.77% | 25,635 | 0.94% |
Utilities | 16,517 | 0.60% | 5,825 | 0.21% |
Information | 29,387 | 1.07% | 30,755 | 1.12% |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: | 59,637 | 2.18% | 108,423 | 3.96% |
Finance & insurance | 42,806 | 1.57% | 92,147 | 3.37% |
Real estate & rental & leasing | 16,831 | 0.62% | 16,276 | 0.60% |
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: | 92,979 | 3.40% | 86,524 | 3.16% |
Professional, scientific, & technical services | 56,649 | 2.07% | 53,402 | 1.95% |
Management of companies & enterprises | 627 | 0.02% | 1,241 | 0.05% |
Administrative & support & waste management services | 35,703 | 1.31% | 31,881 | 1.17% |
Educational, health & social services: | 128,858 | 4.71% | 419,253 | 15.33% |
Educational services | 74,639 | 2.73% | 156,902 | 5.74% |
Health care & social assistance | 54,219 | 1.98% | 262,351 | 9.59% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: | 86,751 | 3.17% | 111,777 | 4.09% |
Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 20,722 | 0.76% | 19,647 | 0.72% |
Accommodation & food services | 66,029 | 2.41% | 92,130 | 3.37% |
Other services (except public administration) | 55,879 | 2.04% | 55,149 | 2.02% |
Public administration | 51,759 | 1.89% | 44,389 | 1.62% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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