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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 412,062 53.84% 353,292 46.16%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 124,297 16.24% 128,277 16.76%
Management, business, & financial operations: 66,703 8.72% 48,630 6.35%
Management, except farm managers 48,609 6.35% 26,220 3.43%
Farmers & farm managers 1,183 0.15% 282 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 16,911 2.21% 22,128 2.89%
Business operations specialists 7,932 1.04% 10,588 1.38%
Financial specialists 8,979 1.17% 11,540 1.51%
Professional & related occupations: 57,594 7.53% 79,647 10.41%
Computer & mathematical 14,259 1.86% 6,525 0.85%
Architecture & engineering: 12,593 1.65% 2,138 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 9,024 1.18% 1,093 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 3,569 0.47% 1,045 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 2,750 0.36% 1,813 0.24%
Community & social services 4,348 0.57% 6,260 0.82%
Legal 3,128 0.41% 3,140 0.41%
Education, training, & library 7,448 0.97% 31,222 4.08%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 6,136 0.80% 6,006 0.78%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 6,932 0.91% 22,543 2.95%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 5,508 0.72% 15,273 2.00%
Health technologists & technicians 1,424 0.19% 7,270 0.95%
Service occupations: 39,636 5.18% 52,987 6.92%
Healthcare support 1,174 0.15% 10,629 1.39%
Protective services: 9,144 1.19% 2,181 0.28%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 5,636 0.74% 872 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 3,508 0.46% 1,309 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 13,222 1.73% 18,236 2.38%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 12,479 1.63% 7,780 1.02%
Personal care & service 3,617 0.47% 14,161 1.85%
Sales & office occupations: 80,593 10.53% 129,252 16.89%
Sales & related occupations 50,693 6.62% 43,338 5.66%
Office & administrative support 29,900 3.91% 85,914 11.23%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,370 0.18% 628 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 75,843 9.91% 3,449 0.45%
Construction & extraction: 44,010 5.75% 1,562 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 5,711 0.75% 193 0.03%
Construction trades 38,092 4.98% 1,369 0.18%
Extraction 207 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 31,833 4.16% 1,887 0.25%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 90,323 11.80% 38,699 5.06%
Production 50,195 6.56% 30,602 4.00%
Transportation & material moving: 40,128 5.24% 8,097 1.06%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,283 0.17% 285 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,336 0.17% 76 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 19,136 2.50% 2,634 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 974 0.13% 167 0.02%
Material moving 17,399 2.27% 4,935 0.64%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 412,062 53.84% 353,292 46.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,169 0.41% 895 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,687 0.35% 873 0.11%
Mining 482 0.06% 22 0.00%
Construction 54,396 7.11% 7,047 0.92%
Manufacturing 87,736 11.46% 46,689 6.10%
Wholesale trade 25,216 3.29% 10,567 1.38%
Retail trade 45,147 5.90% 42,304 5.53%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 34,709 4.54% 11,929 1.56%
Transportation & warehousing 25,612 3.35% 8,858 1.16%
Utilities 9,097 1.19% 3,071 0.40%
Information 11,201 1.46% 10,556 1.38%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 32,810 4.29% 44,519 5.82%
Finance & insurance 25,205 3.29% 36,931 4.83%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7,605 0.99% 7,588 0.99%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 38,785 5.07% 29,889 3.91%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 23,418 3.06% 18,747 2.45%
Management of companies & enterprises 283 0.04% 326 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 15,084 1.97% 10,816 1.41%
Educational, health & social services: 25,378 3.32% 96,023 12.55%
Educational services 12,242 1.60% 38,904 5.08%
Health care & social assistance 13,136 1.72% 57,119 7.46%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 25,436 3.32% 27,167 3.55%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 6,717 0.88% 5,046 0.66%
Accommodation & food services 18,719 2.45% 22,121 2.89%
Other services (except public administration) 17,037 2.23% 17,336 2.27%
Public administration 11,042 1.44% 8,371 1.09%

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

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