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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 427,905 52.79% 382,705 47.21%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 135,025 16.66% 138,339 17.07%
Management, business, & financial operations: 67,296 8.30% 48,857 6.03%
Management, except farm managers 47,318 5.84% 27,354 3.37%
Farmers & farm managers 2,031 0.25% 209 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 17,947 2.21% 21,294 2.63%
Business operations specialists 8,081 1.00% 10,711 1.32%
Financial specialists 9,866 1.22% 10,583 1.31%
Professional & related occupations: 67,729 8.36% 89,482 11.04%
Computer & mathematical 13,542 1.67% 6,309 0.78%
Architecture & engineering: 15,024 1.85% 2,274 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 11,688 1.44% 1,376 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 3,336 0.41% 898 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 5,100 0.63% 3,281 0.40%
Community & social services 4,418 0.55% 6,413 0.79%
Legal 4,485 0.55% 4,300 0.53%
Education, training, & library 9,079 1.12% 27,674 3.41%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 6,770 0.84% 7,251 0.89%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 9,311 1.15% 31,980 3.95%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 7,245 0.89% 21,163 2.61%
Health technologists & technicians 2,066 0.25% 10,817 1.33%
Service occupations: 46,086 5.69% 63,377 7.82%
Healthcare support 1,465 0.18% 12,466 1.54%
Protective services: 10,910 1.35% 2,617 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 7,136 0.88% 1,221 0.15%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 3,774 0.47% 1,396 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 15,307 1.89% 23,187 2.86%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 14,930 1.84% 8,964 1.11%
Personal care & service 3,474 0.43% 16,143 1.99%
Sales & office occupations: 80,975 9.99% 145,128 17.90%
Sales & related occupations 49,296 6.08% 46,281 5.71%
Office & administrative support 31,679 3.91% 98,847 12.19%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,102 0.14% 412 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 72,486 8.94% 3,011 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 40,935 5.05% 1,437 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 5,083 0.63% 97 0.01%
Construction trades 35,686 4.40% 1,339 0.17%
Extraction 166 0.02% 1 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 31,551 3.89% 1,574 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 92,231 11.38% 32,438 4.00%
Production 48,843 6.03% 22,680 2.80%
Transportation & material moving: 43,388 5.35% 9,758 1.20%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,400 0.17% 399 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,051 0.13% 80 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 21,485 2.65% 3,252 0.40%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,360 0.17% 216 0.03%
Material moving 18,092 2.23% 5,811 0.72%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 427,905 52.79% 382,705 47.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,894 0.48% 789 0.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 3,355 0.41% 746 0.09%
Mining 539 0.07% 43 0.01%
Construction 49,144 6.06% 6,729 0.83%
Manufacturing 90,022 11.11% 37,943 4.68%
Wholesale trade 24,216 2.99% 10,957 1.35%
Retail trade 48,485 5.98% 48,975 6.04%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 36,081 4.45% 13,319 1.64%
Transportation & warehousing 31,187 3.85% 11,627 1.43%
Utilities 4,894 0.60% 1,692 0.21%
Information 10,860 1.34% 10,993 1.36%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 28,596 3.53% 39,693 4.90%
Finance & insurance 20,382 2.51% 31,852 3.93%
Real estate & rental & leasing 8,214 1.01% 7,841 0.97%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 39,018 4.81% 31,085 3.83%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 23,675 2.92% 19,225 2.37%
Management of companies & enterprises 249 0.03% 395 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 15,094 1.86% 11,465 1.41%
Educational, health & social services: 33,515 4.13% 114,780 14.16%
Educational services 15,430 1.90% 39,160 4.83%
Health care & social assistance 18,085 2.23% 75,620 9.33%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 28,051 3.46% 32,360 3.99%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 6,452 0.80% 5,780 0.71%
Accommodation & food services 21,599 2.66% 26,580 3.28%
Other services (except public administration) 19,315 2.38% 19,941 2.46%
Public administration 16,708 2.06% 15,141 1.87%

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

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