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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 338,581 25.76% 604,370 45.99%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 252,934 19.25% 249,516 18.99%
Management, business, & financial operations: 124,432 9.47% 75,016 5.71%
Management, except farm managers 86,322 6.57% 43,505 3.31%
Farmers & farm managers 512 0.04% 178 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 37,598 2.86% 31,333 2.38%
Business operations specialists 13,740 1.05% 14,488 1.10%
Financial specialists 23,858 1.82% 16,845 1.28%
Professional & related occupations: 128,502 9.78% 174,500 13.28%
Computer & mathematical 20,248 1.54% 7,405 0.56%
Architecture & engineering: 19,618 1.49% 2,227 0.17%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 15,007 1.14% 1,438 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 4,611 0.35% 789 0.06%
Life, physical, & social science 5,431 0.41% 4,779 0.36%
Community & social services 6,050 0.46% 12,983 0.99%
Legal 14,430 1.10% 9,832 0.75%
Education, training, & library 23,078 1.76% 73,044 5.56%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 13,927 1.06% 11,879 0.90%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 25,720 1.96% 52,351 3.98%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 21,246 1.62% 39,780 3.03%
Health technologists & technicians 4,474 0.34% 12,571 0.96%
Service occupations: 100,151 7.62% 84,423 6.42%
Healthcare support 3,420 0.26% 22,652 1.72%
Protective services: 37,079 2.82% 6,688 0.51%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 28,577 2.17% 3,301 0.25%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 8,502 0.65% 3,387 0.26%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 23,744 1.81% 21,664 1.65%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 28,784 2.19% 11,231 0.85%
Personal care & service 7,124 0.54% 22,188 1.69%
Sales & office occupations: 149,656 11.39% 238,979 18.18%
Sales & related occupations 94,195 7.17% 72,143 5.49%
Office & administrative support 55,461 4.22% 166,836 12.69%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,721 0.13% 562 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 111,050 8.45% 2,650 0.20%
Construction & extraction: 65,586 4.99% 1,012 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 9,780 0.74% 130 0.01%
Construction trades 55,702 4.24% 882 0.07%
Extraction 104 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 45,464 3.46% 1,638 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 94,368 7.18% 28,240 2.15%
Production 42,380 3.22% 18,991 1.45%
Transportation & material moving: 51,988 3.96% 9,249 0.70%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2,497 0.19% 416 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,340 0.10% 259 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 30,367 2.31% 4,625 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 4,089 0.31% 344 0.03%
Material moving 13,695 1.04% 3,605 0.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 338,581 53.58% 293,333 46.42%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,679 0.58% 688 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 3,280 0.52% 636 0.10%
Mining 399 0.06% 52 0.01%
Construction 42,453 6.72% 4,631 0.73%
Manufacturing 58,921 9.32% 26,257 4.16%
Wholesale trade 19,835 3.14% 8,875 1.40%
Retail trade 36,988 5.85% 36,452 5.77%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 24,749 3.92% 7,174 1.14%
Transportation & warehousing 20,895 3.31% 6,123 0.97%
Utilities 3,854 0.61% 1,051 0.17%
Information 13,574 2.15% 12,398 1.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 20,121 3.18% 28,984 4.59%
Finance & insurance 13,722 2.17% 22,822 3.61%
Real estate & rental & leasing 6,399 1.01% 6,162 0.98%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 30,151 4.77% 25,549 4.04%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 17,480 2.77% 16,151 2.56%
Management of companies & enterprises 195 0.03% 363 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 12,476 1.97% 9,035 1.43%
Educational, health & social services: 31,566 5.00% 86,993 13.77%
Educational services 14,209 2.25% 32,942 5.21%
Health care & social assistance 17,357 2.75% 54,051 8.55%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 27,865 4.41% 25,859 4.09%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 8,162 1.29% 4,761 0.75%
Accommodation & food services 19,703 3.12% 21,098 3.34%
Other services (except public administration) 15,532 2.46% 16,369 2.59%
Public administration 13,147 2.08% 13,104 2.07%

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

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