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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 2,070,312 53.37% 1,808,745 46.63%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 713,541 18.39% 697,931 17.99%
Management, business, & financial operations: 347,378 8.96% 255,651 6.59%
Management, except farm managers 244,205 6.30% 148,165 3.82%
Farmers & farm managers 2,486 0.06% 489 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 100,687 2.60% 106,997 2.76%
Business operations specialists 49,224 1.27% 55,743 1.44%
Financial specialists 51,463 1.33% 51,254 1.32%
Professional & related occupations: 366,163 9.44% 442,280 11.40%
Computer & mathematical 85,971 2.22% 38,428 0.99%
Architecture & engineering: 67,256 1.73% 10,463 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 53,321 1.37% 7,273 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 13,935 0.36% 3,190 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 19,625 0.51% 17,132 0.44%
Community & social services 20,060 0.52% 33,242 0.86%
Legal 32,946 0.85% 22,558 0.58%
Education, training, & library 54,109 1.39% 155,192 4.00%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 41,825 1.08% 39,615 1.02%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 44,371 1.14% 125,650 3.24%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 35,432 0.91% 90,864 2.34%
Health technologists & technicians 8,939 0.23% 34,786 0.90%
Service occupations: 240,109 6.19% 260,533 6.72%
Healthcare support 7,094 0.18% 46,942 1.21%
Protective services: 61,315 1.58% 17,228 0.44%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 38,930 1.00% 6,684 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 22,385 0.58% 10,544 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 79,337 2.05% 75,267 1.94%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 69,122 1.78% 41,946 1.08%
Personal care & service 23,241 0.60% 79,150 2.04%
Sales & office occupations: 415,699 10.72% 693,982 17.89%
Sales & related occupations 240,634 6.20% 215,787 5.56%
Office & administrative support 175,065 4.51% 478,195 12.33%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 3,274 0.08% 1,146 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 283,887 7.32% 11,894 0.31%
Construction & extraction: 166,612 4.30% 4,654 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 16,505 0.43% 643 0.02%
Construction trades 149,641 3.86% 3,996 0.10%
Extraction 466 0.01% 15 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 117,275 3.02% 7,240 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 413,802 10.67% 143,259 3.69%
Production 215,755 5.56% 102,407 2.64%
Transportation & material moving: 198,047 5.11% 40,852 1.05%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 6,515 0.17% 1,730 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 4,002 0.10% 493 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 97,013 2.50% 10,917 0.28%
Rail, water & other transportation 10,755 0.28% 1,518 0.04%
Material moving 79,762 2.06% 26,194 0.68%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 2,070,312 53.37% 1,808,745 46.63%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 7,534 0.19% 2,116 0.05%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 6,212 0.16% 1,859 0.05%
Mining 1,322 0.03% 257 0.01%
Construction 194,396 5.01% 23,747 0.61%
Manufacturing 402,662 10.38% 196,315 5.06%
Wholesale trade 107,876 2.78% 54,485 1.40%
Retail trade 208,428 5.37% 205,792 5.31%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 168,833 4.35% 71,573 1.85%
Transportation & warehousing 149,185 3.85% 65,374 1.69%
Utilities 19,648 0.51% 6,199 0.16%
Information 69,240 1.78% 61,450 1.58%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 159,341 4.11% 184,981 4.77%
Finance & insurance 118,006 3.04% 147,637 3.81%
Real estate & rental & leasing 41,335 1.07% 37,344 0.96%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 258,125 6.65% 212,884 5.49%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 173,229 4.47% 140,675 3.63%
Management of companies & enterprises 1,786 0.05% 2,042 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 83,110 2.14% 70,167 1.81%
Educational, health & social services: 181,970 4.69% 520,541 13.42%
Educational services 94,511 2.44% 215,970 5.57%
Health care & social assistance 87,459 2.25% 304,571 7.85%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 144,467 3.72% 128,212 3.31%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 35,389 0.91% 32,178 0.83%
Accommodation & food services 109,078 2.81% 96,034 2.48%
Other services (except public administration) 89,743 2.31% 91,077 2.35%
Public administration 77,697 2.00% 55,572 1.43%

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

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