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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 961,048 2298.11% 19,406 46.40%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 4,767 11.40% 5,985 14.31%
Management, business, & financial operations: 1,826 4.37% 1,379 3.30%
Management, except farm managers 1,342 3.21% 803 1.92%
Farmers & farm managers 54 0.13% 16 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 430 1.03% 560 1.34%
Business operations specialists 208 0.50% 280 0.67%
Financial specialists 222 0.53% 280 0.67%
Professional & related occupations: 2,941 7.03% 4,606 11.01%
Computer & mathematical 259 0.62% 92 0.22%
Architecture & engineering: 506 1.21% 40 0.10%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 337 0.81% 6 0.01%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 169 0.40% 34 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 144 0.34% 27 0.06%
Community & social services 432 1.03% 441 1.05%
Legal 121 0.29% 101 0.24%
Education, training, & library 765 1.83% 1,878 4.49%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 135 0.32% 201 0.48%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 579 1.38% 1,826 4.37%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 458 1.10% 1,221 2.92%
Health technologists & technicians 121 0.29% 605 1.45%
Service occupations: 3,307 7.91% 4,505 10.77%
Healthcare support 189 0.45% 1,244 2.97%
Protective services: 1,044 2.50% 127 0.30%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 884 2.11% 58 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 160 0.38% 69 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 934 2.23% 1,726 4.13%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 906 2.17% 471 1.13%
Personal care & service 234 0.56% 937 2.24%
Sales & office occupations: 3,205 7.66% 7,262 17.37%
Sales & related occupations 1,776 4.25% 2,525 6.04%
Office & administrative support 1,429 3.42% 4,737 11.33%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 115 0.27% 36 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 4,501 10.76% 173 0.41%
Construction & extraction: 2,615 6.25% 100 0.24%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 295 0.71% 0 0.00%
Construction trades 2,258 5.40% 100 0.24%
Extraction 62 0.15% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 1,886 4.51% 73 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 6,518 15.59% 1,445 3.46%
Production 3,250 7.77% 1,062 2.54%
Transportation & material moving: 3,268 7.81% 383 0.92%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 45 0.11% 7 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 28 0.07% 0 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 1,676 4.01% 112 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 326 0.78% 31 0.07%
Material moving 1,193 2.85% 233 0.56%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 961,048 55.26% 778,051 44.74%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 9,009 0.52% 3,238 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 4,753 0.27% 1,179 0.07%
Mining 4,256 0.24% 2,059 0.12%
Construction 124,444 7.16% 12,146 0.70%
Manufacturing 150,634 8.66% 68,730 3.95%
Wholesale trade 51,482 2.96% 26,609 1.53%
Retail trade 113,079 6.50% 95,730 5.50%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 68,681 3.95% 26,364 1.52%
Transportation & warehousing 59,510 3.42% 23,741 1.37%
Utilities 9,171 0.53% 2,623 0.15%
Information 52,300 3.01% 39,360 2.26%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 68,545 3.94% 89,436 5.14%
Finance & insurance 45,120 2.59% 67,509 3.88%
Real estate & rental & leasing 23,425 1.35% 21,927 1.26%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 123,751 7.12% 94,468 5.43%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 81,239 4.67% 62,766 3.61%
Management of companies & enterprises 707 0.04% 1,063 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 41,805 2.40% 30,639 1.76%
Educational, health & social services: 64,850 3.73% 201,009 11.56%
Educational services 33,861 1.95% 92,493 5.32%
Health care & social assistance 30,989 1.78% 108,516 6.24%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 65,506 3.77% 58,631 3.37%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 12,293 0.71% 9,061 0.52%
Accommodation & food services 53,213 3.06% 49,570 2.85%
Other services (except public administration) 43,230 2.49% 41,359 2.38%
Public administration 25,537 1.47% 20,971 1.21%

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

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