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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 272,496 53.25% 239,226 46.75%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 82,537 16.13% 83,030 16.23%
Management, business, & financial operations: 36,831 7.20% 28,469 5.56%
Management, except farm managers 24,884 4.86% 15,736 3.08%
Farmers & farm managers 1,669 0.33% 308 0.06%
Business & financial operations: 10,278 2.01% 12,425 2.43%
Business operations specialists 4,848 0.95% 5,339 1.04%
Financial specialists 5,430 1.06% 7,086 1.38%
Professional & related occupations: 45,706 8.93% 54,561 10.66%
Computer & mathematical 7,177 1.40% 2,937 0.57%
Architecture & engineering: 8,482 1.66% 1,184 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,398 1.05% 552 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 3,084 0.60% 632 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 2,623 0.51% 1,442 0.28%
Community & social services 3,709 0.72% 4,278 0.84%
Legal 3,917 0.77% 3,202 0.63%
Education, training, & library 8,095 1.58% 20,014 3.91%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 4,810 0.94% 3,584 0.70%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 6,893 1.35% 17,920 3.50%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 5,193 1.01% 11,566 2.26%
Health technologists & technicians 1,700 0.33% 6,354 1.24%
Service occupations: 34,030 6.65% 43,287 8.46%
Healthcare support 1,445 0.28% 7,908 1.55%
Protective services: 7,703 1.51% 1,801 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 5,228 1.02% 813 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,475 0.48% 988 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 12,560 2.45% 15,966 3.12%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 9,407 1.84% 5,773 1.13%
Personal care & service 2,915 0.57% 11,839 2.31%
Sales & office occupations: 52,165 10.19% 95,330 18.63%
Sales & related occupations 31,859 6.23% 29,625 5.79%
Office & administrative support 20,306 3.97% 65,705 12.84%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,157 0.23% 434 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 51,154 10.00% 2,706 0.53%
Construction & extraction: 27,707 5.41% 986 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 3,658 0.71% 118 0.02%
Construction trades 23,593 4.61% 832 0.16%
Extraction 456 0.09% 36 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 23,447 4.58% 1,720 0.34%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 51,453 10.05% 14,439 2.82%
Production 26,577 5.19% 10,548 2.06%
Transportation & material moving: 24,876 4.86% 3,891 0.76%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 746 0.15% 137 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 723 0.14% 60 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 12,698 2.48% 1,471 0.29%
Rail, water & other transportation 902 0.18% 257 0.05%
Material moving 9,807 1.92% 1,966 0.38%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 272,496 53.25% 239,226 46.75%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 7,137 1.39% 2,521 0.49%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 3,050 0.60% 861 0.17%
Mining 4,087 0.80% 1,660 0.32%
Construction 30,992 6.06% 3,526 0.69%
Manufacturing 37,078 7.25% 15,503 3.03%
Wholesale trade 13,886 2.71% 5,457 1.07%
Retail trade 32,180 6.29% 29,443 5.75%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 17,215 3.36% 5,440 1.06%
Transportation & warehousing 14,204 2.78% 4,491 0.88%
Utilities 3,011 0.59% 949 0.19%
Information 7,748 1.51% 6,827 1.33%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 15,315 2.99% 21,883 4.28%
Finance & insurance 8,865 1.73% 15,321 2.99%
Real estate & rental & leasing 6,450 1.26% 6,562 1.28%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 24,044 4.70% 19,952 3.90%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 13,247 2.59% 11,876 2.32%
Management of companies & enterprises 88 0.02% 94 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 10,709 2.09% 7,982 1.56%
Educational, health & social services: 26,901 5.26% 74,695 14.60%
Educational services 14,758 2.88% 29,830 5.83%
Health care & social assistance 12,143 2.37% 44,865 8.77%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 21,148 4.13% 21,922 4.28%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 4,245 0.83% 3,222 0.63%
Accommodation & food services 16,903 3.30% 18,700 3.65%
Other services (except public administration) 14,683 2.87% 14,614 2.86%
Public administration 24,169 4.72% 17,443 3.41%

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

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