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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 1,218,744 51.79% 1,134,606 48.21%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 438,409 18.63% 450,250 19.13%
Management, business, & financial operations: 200,855 8.53% 142,569 6.06%
Management, except farm managers 138,190 5.87% 80,417 3.42%
Farmers & farm managers 2,202 0.09% 593 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 60,463 2.57% 61,559 2.62%
Business operations specialists 28,241 1.20% 31,979 1.36%
Financial specialists 32,222 1.37% 29,580 1.26%
Professional & related occupations: 237,554 10.09% 307,681 13.07%
Computer & mathematical 49,513 2.10% 22,140 0.94%
Architecture & engineering: 39,691 1.69% 6,090 0.26%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 30,392 1.29% 4,024 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 9,299 0.40% 2,066 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 17,964 0.76% 13,801 0.59%
Community & social services 15,070 0.64% 26,405 1.12%
Legal 19,437 0.83% 16,191 0.69%
Education, training, & library 36,682 1.56% 102,890 4.37%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 23,169 0.98% 22,920 0.97%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 36,028 1.53% 97,244 4.13%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 28,716 1.22% 68,964 2.93%
Health technologists & technicians 7,312 0.31% 28,280 1.20%
Service occupations: 152,377 6.47% 175,890 7.47%
Healthcare support 6,481 0.28% 42,360 1.80%
Protective services: 40,176 1.71% 11,422 0.49%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 24,203 1.03% 4,520 0.19%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 15,973 0.68% 6,902 0.29%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 47,973 2.04% 55,512 2.36%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 44,430 1.89% 22,205 0.94%
Personal care & service 13,317 0.57% 44,391 1.89%
Sales & office occupations: 243,047 10.33% 437,335 18.58%
Sales & related occupations 141,129 6.00% 127,665 5.42%
Office & administrative support 101,918 4.33% 309,670 13.16%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 3,823 0.16% 1,539 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 175,071 7.44% 5,866 0.25%
Construction & extraction: 97,740 4.15% 2,122 0.09%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 12,386 0.53% 267 0.01%
Construction trades 84,926 3.61% 1,853 0.08%
Extraction 428 0.02% 2 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 77,331 3.29% 3,744 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 206,017 8.75% 63,726 2.71%
Production 99,840 4.24% 44,116 1.87%
Transportation & material moving: 106,177 4.51% 19,610 0.83%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3,558 0.15% 820 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,623 0.07% 121 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 54,406 2.31% 8,323 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 6,313 0.27% 538 0.02%
Material moving 40,277 1.71% 9,808 0.42%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,218,744 51.79% 1,134,606 48.21%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 7,913 0.34% 2,667 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 6,990 0.30% 2,466 0.10%
Mining 923 0.04% 201 0.01%
Construction 116,691 4.96% 13,458 0.57%
Manufacturing 192,073 8.16% 90,492 3.85%
Wholesale trade 61,825 2.63% 28,356 1.20%
Retail trade 141,176 6.00% 131,862 5.60%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 89,061 3.78% 30,102 1.28%
Transportation & warehousing 73,574 3.13% 26,257 1.12%
Utilities 15,487 0.66% 3,845 0.16%
Information 41,315 1.76% 32,835 1.40%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 86,697 3.68% 114,051 4.85%
Finance & insurance 65,244 2.77% 94,029 4.00%
Real estate & rental & leasing 21,453 0.91% 20,022 0.85%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 146,648 6.23% 120,205 5.11%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 99,658 4.23% 83,940 3.57%
Management of companies & enterprises 717 0.03% 770 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 46,273 1.97% 35,495 1.51%
Educational, health & social services: 143,127 6.08% 391,759 16.65%
Educational services 70,820 3.01% 150,184 6.38%
Health care & social assistance 72,307 3.07% 241,575 10.27%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 76,822 3.26% 73,915 3.14%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 18,789 0.80% 15,284 0.65%
Accommodation & food services 58,033 2.47% 58,631 2.49%
Other services (except public administration) 55,139 2.34% 53,766 2.28%
Public administration 60,257 2.56% 51,138 2.17%

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

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