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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 416,003 52.52% 376,090 47.48%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 147,523 18.62% 140,647 17.76%
Management, business, & financial operations: 68,632 8.66% 52,723 6.66%
Management, except farm managers 46,016 5.81% 27,840 3.51%
Farmers & farm managers 1,657 0.21% 299 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 20,959 2.65% 24,584 3.10%
Business operations specialists 10,220 1.29% 13,408 1.69%
Financial specialists 10,739 1.36% 11,176 1.41%
Professional & related occupations: 78,891 9.96% 87,924 11.10%
Computer & mathematical 20,046 2.53% 8,299 1.05%
Architecture & engineering: 14,542 1.84% 2,254 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 11,164 1.41% 1,461 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 3,378 0.43% 793 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 4,641 0.59% 3,152 0.40%
Community & social services 4,722 0.60% 6,980 0.88%
Legal 5,364 0.68% 4,205 0.53%
Education, training, & library 12,871 1.62% 29,352 3.71%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 7,613 0.96% 6,971 0.88%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 9,092 1.15% 26,711 3.37%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 7,058 0.89% 18,576 2.35%
Health technologists & technicians 2,034 0.26% 8,135 1.03%
Service occupations: 49,777 6.28% 59,110 7.46%
Healthcare support 2,040 0.26% 12,305 1.55%
Protective services: 12,153 1.53% 2,977 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 7,714 0.97% 1,379 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 4,439 0.56% 1,598 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 17,319 2.19% 21,889 2.76%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 14,473 1.83% 7,438 0.94%
Personal care & service 3,792 0.48% 14,501 1.83%
Sales & office occupations: 83,969 10.60% 147,577 18.63%
Sales & related occupations 47,119 5.95% 42,181 5.33%
Office & administrative support 36,850 4.65% 105,396 13.31%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 947 0.12% 339 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 56,430 7.12% 2,579 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 33,236 4.20% 992 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 4,065 0.51% 144 0.02%
Construction trades 29,010 3.66% 848 0.11%
Extraction 161 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 23,194 2.93% 1,587 0.20%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 77,357 9.77% 25,838 3.26%
Production 36,947 4.66% 15,770 1.99%
Transportation & material moving: 40,410 5.10% 10,068 1.27%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,449 0.18% 388 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 854 0.11% 61 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 18,300 2.31% 3,074 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,652 0.21% 329 0.04%
Material moving 18,155 2.29% 6,216 0.78%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 416,003 52.52% 376,090 47.48%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,326 0.42% 942 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,878 0.36% 872 0.11%
Mining 448 0.06% 70 0.01%
Construction 41,030 5.18% 5,260 0.66%
Manufacturing 62,838 7.93% 25,058 3.16%
Wholesale trade 21,027 2.65% 9,705 1.23%
Retail trade 52,300 6.60% 52,130 6.58%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 30,030 3.79% 11,462 1.45%
Transportation & warehousing 24,767 3.13% 9,387 1.19%
Utilities 5,263 0.66% 2,075 0.26%
Information 14,955 1.89% 13,300 1.68%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 32,230 4.07% 44,579 5.63%
Finance & insurance 24,068 3.04% 37,604 4.75%
Real estate & rental & leasing 8,162 1.03% 6,975 0.88%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 46,359 5.85% 34,418 4.35%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 30,474 3.85% 22,005 2.78%
Management of companies & enterprises 328 0.04% 360 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 15,557 1.96% 12,053 1.52%
Educational, health & social services: 40,888 5.16% 108,031 13.64%
Educational services 23,105 2.92% 42,865 5.41%
Health care & social assistance 17,783 2.25% 65,166 8.23%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 30,769 3.88% 31,304 3.95%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 6,350 0.80% 4,878 0.62%
Accommodation & food services 24,419 3.08% 26,426 3.34%
Other services (except public administration) 16,838 2.13% 17,416 2.20%
Public administration 23,413 2.96% 22,485 2.84%

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

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