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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 493,524 53.57% 427,684 46.43%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 141,669 15.38% 136,310 14.80%
Management, business, & financial operations: 72,073 7.82% 50,678 5.50%
Management, except farm managers 51,908 5.63% 30,961 3.36%
Farmers & farm managers 859 0.09% 270 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 19,306 2.10% 19,447 2.11%
Business operations specialists 8,415 0.91% 8,632 0.94%
Financial specialists 10,891 1.18% 10,815 1.17%
Professional & related occupations: 69,596 7.55% 85,632 9.30%
Computer & mathematical 9,176 1.00% 3,639 0.40%
Architecture & engineering: 8,490 0.92% 1,826 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,741 0.62% 1,163 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,749 0.30% 663 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 2,574 0.28% 2,764 0.30%
Community & social services 4,384 0.48% 6,891 0.75%
Legal 7,837 0.85% 6,638 0.72%
Education, training, & library 11,587 1.26% 30,659 3.33%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 11,924 1.29% 8,156 0.89%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 13,624 1.48% 25,059 2.72%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 10,272 1.12% 16,623 1.80%
Health technologists & technicians 3,352 0.36% 8,436 0.92%
Service occupations: 72,505 7.87% 83,337 9.05%
Healthcare support 2,685 0.29% 16,918 1.84%
Protective services: 19,128 2.08% 6,403 0.70%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 7,883 0.86% 2,694 0.29%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 11,245 1.22% 3,709 0.40%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 22,196 2.41% 20,546 2.23%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 20,765 2.25% 21,832 2.37%
Personal care & service 7,731 0.84% 17,638 1.91%
Sales & office occupations: 110,059 11.95% 175,220 19.02%
Sales & related occupations 63,263 6.87% 61,285 6.65%
Office & administrative support 46,796 5.08% 113,935 12.37%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 3,688 0.40% 1,739 0.19%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 84,593 9.18% 2,789 0.30%
Construction & extraction: 50,363 5.47% 1,218 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 5,180 0.56% 216 0.02%
Construction trades 45,074 4.89% 1,002 0.11%
Extraction 109 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 34,230 3.72% 1,571 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 81,010 8.79% 28,289 3.07%
Production 30,604 3.32% 20,647 2.24%
Transportation & material moving: 50,406 5.47% 7,642 0.83%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2,217 0.24% 426 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,415 0.15% 49 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 27,716 3.01% 3,086 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 2,904 0.32% 370 0.04%
Material moving 16,154 1.75% 3,711 0.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 493,524 53.57% 427,684 46.43%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 4,799 0.52% 1,836 0.20%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 4,562 0.50% 1,780 0.19%
Mining 237 0.03% 56 0.01%
Construction 57,337 6.22% 5,798 0.63%
Manufacturing 39,024 4.24% 26,017 2.82%
Wholesale trade 35,752 3.88% 19,646 2.13%
Retail trade 60,697 6.59% 52,636 5.71%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 49,211 5.34% 19,861 2.16%
Transportation & warehousing 44,529 4.83% 18,307 1.99%
Utilities 4,682 0.51% 1,554 0.17%
Information 16,868 1.83% 12,022 1.31%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 34,451 3.74% 39,442 4.28%
Finance & insurance 18,648 2.02% 27,758 3.01%
Real estate & rental & leasing 15,803 1.72% 11,684 1.27%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 56,981 6.19% 49,660 5.39%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 29,118 3.16% 27,325 2.97%
Management of companies & enterprises 109 0.01% 148 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 27,754 3.01% 22,187 2.41%
Educational, health & social services: 46,703 5.07% 118,654 12.88%
Educational services 21,803 2.37% 47,555 5.16%
Health care & social assistance 24,900 2.70% 71,099 7.72%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 45,519 4.94% 38,610 4.19%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 9,814 1.07% 6,701 0.73%
Accommodation & food services 35,705 3.88% 31,909 3.46%
Other services (except public administration) 25,799 2.80% 25,938 2.82%
Public administration 20,383 2.21% 17,564 1.91%

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

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