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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 610,018 53.31% 534,172 46.69%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 248,604 21.73% 229,808 20.08%
Management, business, & financial operations: 107,393 9.39% 91,514 8.00%
Management, except farm managers 77,891 6.81% 53,999 4.72%
Farmers & farm managers 472 0.04% 174 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 29,030 2.54% 37,341 3.26%
Business operations specialists 14,761 1.29% 19,621 1.71%
Financial specialists 14,269 1.25% 17,720 1.55%
Professional & related occupations: 141,211 12.34% 138,294 12.09%
Computer & mathematical 39,901 3.49% 16,013 1.40%
Architecture & engineering: 30,358 2.65% 6,174 0.54%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 24,881 2.17% 4,491 0.39%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 5,477 0.48% 1,683 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 12,156 1.06% 8,844 0.77%
Community & social services 5,750 0.50% 10,401 0.91%
Legal 8,437 0.74% 8,978 0.78%
Education, training, & library 18,363 1.60% 43,677 3.82%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 14,191 1.24% 13,725 1.20%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 12,055 1.05% 30,482 2.66%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 8,957 0.78% 21,411 1.87%
Health technologists & technicians 3,098 0.27% 9,071 0.79%
Service occupations: 66,336 5.80% 76,736 6.71%
Healthcare support 2,721 0.24% 15,574 1.36%
Protective services: 14,890 1.30% 4,315 0.38%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 8,071 0.71% 1,792 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 6,819 0.60% 2,523 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 20,429 1.79% 20,433 1.79%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 21,632 1.89% 11,602 1.01%
Personal care & service 6,664 0.58% 24,812 2.17%
Sales & office occupations: 115,312 10.08% 193,076 16.87%
Sales & related occupations 66,170 5.78% 59,037 5.16%
Office & administrative support 49,142 4.29% 134,039 11.71%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,387 0.12% 615 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 88,164 7.71% 3,993 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 52,524 4.59% 1,515 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 6,655 0.58% 174 0.02%
Construction trades 45,694 3.99% 1,341 0.12%
Extraction 175 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 35,640 3.11% 2,478 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 90,215 7.88% 29,944 2.62%
Production 43,127 3.77% 21,063 1.84%
Transportation & material moving: 47,088 4.12% 8,881 0.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,815 0.16% 398 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,038 0.09% 185 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 22,946 2.01% 2,939 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 2,304 0.20% 445 0.04%
Material moving 18,985 1.66% 4,914 0.43%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 610,018 53.31% 534,172 46.69%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,834 0.25% 1,218 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,042 0.18% 924 0.08%
Mining 792 0.07% 294 0.03%
Construction 64,524 5.64% 8,798 0.77%
Manufacturing 90,428 7.90% 46,376 4.05%
Wholesale trade 29,985 2.62% 14,204 1.24%
Retail trade 67,770 5.92% 60,210 5.26%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 46,609 4.07% 17,911 1.57%
Transportation & warehousing 39,932 3.49% 15,586 1.36%
Utilities 6,677 0.58% 2,325 0.20%
Information 29,942 2.62% 24,208 2.12%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 41,049 3.59% 53,188 4.65%
Finance & insurance 28,186 2.46% 40,482 3.54%
Real estate & rental & leasing 12,863 1.12% 12,706 1.11%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 94,269 8.24% 73,486 6.42%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 65,845 5.75% 52,539 4.59%
Management of companies & enterprises 242 0.02% 449 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 28,182 2.46% 20,498 1.79%
Educational, health & social services: 57,217 5.00% 149,691 13.08%
Educational services 31,519 2.75% 62,656 5.48%
Health care & social assistance 25,698 2.25% 87,035 7.61%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 37,367 3.27% 35,302 3.09%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 9,495 0.83% 8,539 0.75%
Accommodation & food services 27,872 2.44% 26,763 2.34%
Other services (except public administration) 25,721 2.25% 27,477 2.40%
Public administration 22,303 1.95% 22,103 1.93%

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

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