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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 845,547 52.21% 773,926 47.79%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 315,912 19.51% 314,722 19.43%
Management, business, & financial operations: 147,850 9.13% 117,728 7.27%
Management, except farm managers 99,799 6.16% 63,890 3.95%
Farmers & farm managers 3,728 0.23% 807 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 44,323 2.74% 53,031 3.27%
Business operations specialists 20,512 1.27% 28,574 1.76%
Financial specialists 23,811 1.47% 24,457 1.51%
Professional & related occupations: 168,062 10.38% 196,994 12.16%
Computer & mathematical 44,940 2.77% 19,693 1.22%
Architecture & engineering: 34,608 2.14% 5,595 0.35%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 25,219 1.56% 3,397 0.21%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 9,389 0.58% 2,198 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 10,206 0.63% 8,640 0.53%
Community & social services 9,447 0.58% 16,123 1.00%
Legal 10,268 0.63% 9,439 0.58%
Education, training, & library 23,600 1.46% 63,002 3.89%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 18,239 1.13% 18,461 1.14%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 16,754 1.03% 56,041 3.46%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 13,093 0.81% 37,245 2.30%
Health technologists & technicians 3,661 0.23% 18,796 1.16%
Service occupations: 81,619 5.04% 119,752 7.39%
Healthcare support 3,839 0.24% 23,541 1.45%
Protective services: 14,010 0.87% 4,313 0.27%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 7,955 0.49% 1,695 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 6,055 0.37% 2,618 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 29,864 1.84% 39,215 2.42%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 24,889 1.54% 14,371 0.89%
Personal care & service 9,017 0.56% 38,312 2.37%
Sales & office occupations: 170,464 10.53% 283,409 17.50%
Sales & related occupations 100,819 6.23% 86,232 5.32%
Office & administrative support 69,645 4.30% 197,177 12.18%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 2,283 0.14% 1,203 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 116,644 7.20% 4,827 0.30%
Construction & extraction: 66,571 4.11% 1,974 0.12%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 7,274 0.45% 168 0.01%
Construction trades 58,951 3.64% 1,784 0.11%
Extraction 346 0.02% 22 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 50,073 3.09% 2,853 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 158,625 9.79% 50,013 3.09%
Production 91,016 5.62% 38,247 2.36%
Transportation & material moving: 67,609 4.17% 11,766 0.73%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2,101 0.13% 558 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 3,274 0.20% 308 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 32,783 2.02% 4,086 0.25%
Rail, water & other transportation 3,187 0.20% 467 0.03%
Material moving 26,264 1.62% 6,347 0.39%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 845,547 52.21% 773,926 47.79%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 7,225 0.45% 2,476 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 6,743 0.42% 2,378 0.15%
Mining 482 0.03% 98 0.01%
Construction 80,324 4.96% 9,796 0.60%
Manufacturing 174,791 10.79% 82,776 5.11%
Wholesale trade 44,236 2.73% 19,778 1.22%
Retail trade 96,049 5.93% 93,446 5.77%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 63,053 3.89% 24,657 1.52%
Transportation & warehousing 54,351 3.36% 22,001 1.36%
Utilities 8,702 0.54% 2,656 0.16%
Information 24,534 1.51% 22,296 1.38%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 62,156 3.84% 82,652 5.10%
Finance & insurance 46,673 2.88% 67,967 4.20%
Real estate & rental & leasing 15,483 0.96% 14,685 0.91%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 97,522 6.02% 83,929 5.18%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 68,806 4.25% 56,465 3.49%
Management of companies & enterprises 1,329 0.08% 1,492 0.09%
Administrative & support & waste management services 27,387 1.69% 25,972 1.60%
Educational, health & social services: 78,140 4.83% 231,182 14.28%
Educational services 42,405 2.62% 90,541 5.59%
Health care & social assistance 35,735 2.21% 140,641 8.68%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 55,687 3.44% 56,440 3.49%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 15,557 0.96% 13,395 0.83%
Accommodation & food services 40,130 2.48% 43,045 2.66%
Other services (except public administration) 35,302 2.18% 38,132 2.35%
Public administration 26,528 1.64% 26,366 1.63%

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

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