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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 366,479 55.46% 294,290 44.54%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 150,186 22.73% 126,753 19.18%
Management, business, & financial operations: 60,131 9.10% 46,793 7.08%
Management, except farm managers 42,488 6.43% 25,621 3.88%
Farmers & farm managers 1,360 0.21% 302 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 16,283 2.46% 20,870 3.16%
Business operations specialists 8,335 1.26% 10,916 1.65%
Financial specialists 7,948 1.20% 9,954 1.51%
Professional & related occupations: 90,055 13.63% 79,960 12.10%
Computer & mathematical 26,372 3.99% 9,342 1.41%
Architecture & engineering: 21,946 3.32% 3,496 0.53%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 16,296 2.47% 2,253 0.34%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 5,650 0.86% 1,243 0.19%
Life, physical, & social science 4,483 0.68% 3,162 0.48%
Community & social services 3,458 0.52% 5,835 0.88%
Legal 5,291 0.80% 5,336 0.81%
Education, training, & library 12,076 1.83% 28,628 4.33%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 9,770 1.48% 7,812 1.18%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 6,659 1.01% 16,349 2.47%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 4,971 0.75% 11,005 1.67%
Health technologists & technicians 1,688 0.26% 5,344 0.81%
Service occupations: 38,863 5.88% 42,822 6.48%
Healthcare support 1,241 0.19% 6,540 0.99%
Protective services: 8,296 1.26% 2,270 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 4,885 0.74% 938 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 3,411 0.52% 1,332 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 14,945 2.26% 14,488 2.19%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 11,013 1.67% 8,028 1.21%
Personal care & service 3,368 0.51% 11,496 1.74%
Sales & office occupations: 70,886 10.73% 105,559 15.98%
Sales & related occupations 41,930 6.35% 33,128 5.01%
Office & administrative support 28,956 4.38% 72,431 10.96%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,299 0.20% 319 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 60,308 9.13% 2,452 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 40,033 6.06% 1,185 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 5,181 0.78% 208 0.03%
Construction trades 34,471 5.22% 977 0.15%
Extraction 381 0.06% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 20,275 3.07% 1,267 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 44,937 6.80% 16,385 2.48%
Production 24,341 3.68% 13,046 1.97%
Transportation & material moving: 20,596 3.12% 3,339 0.51%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 714 0.11% 194 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 515 0.08% 91 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 10,939 1.66% 1,435 0.22%
Rail, water & other transportation 948 0.14% 137 0.02%
Material moving 7,480 1.13% 1,482 0.22%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 366,479 55.46% 294,290 44.54%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 4,111 0.62% 1,085 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,699 0.41% 754 0.11%
Mining 1,412 0.21% 331 0.05%
Construction 48,184 7.29% 5,175 0.78%
Manufacturing 64,187 9.71% 28,030 4.24%
Wholesale trade 12,351 1.87% 4,430 0.67%
Retail trade 40,941 6.20% 32,520 4.92%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 15,272 2.31% 5,183 0.78%
Transportation & warehousing 11,837 1.79% 3,967 0.60%
Utilities 3,435 0.52% 1,216 0.18%
Information 14,678 2.22% 10,577 1.60%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 20,372 3.08% 25,942 3.93%
Finance & insurance 12,458 1.89% 18,705 2.83%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7,914 1.20% 7,237 1.10%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 46,449 7.03% 34,443 5.21%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 32,254 4.88% 24,270 3.67%
Management of companies & enterprises 65 0.01% 131 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 14,130 2.14% 10,042 1.52%
Educational, health & social services: 35,210 5.33% 81,667 12.36%
Educational services 23,368 3.54% 42,853 6.49%
Health care & social assistance 11,842 1.79% 38,814 5.87%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 26,975 4.08% 22,936 3.47%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 5,768 0.87% 4,229 0.64%
Accommodation & food services 21,207 3.21% 18,707 2.83%
Other services (except public administration) 15,110 2.29% 15,765 2.39%
Public administration 22,639 3.43% 26,537 4.02%

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

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