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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 648,243 51.75% 604,327 48.25%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 208,149 16.62% 222,488 17.76%
Management, business, & financial operations: 96,947 7.74% 74,848 5.98%
Management, except farm managers 67,594 5.40% 41,888 3.34%
Farmers & farm managers 3,119 0.25% 440 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 26,234 2.09% 32,520 2.60%
Business operations specialists 12,557 1.00% 15,309 1.22%
Financial specialists 13,677 1.09% 17,211 1.37%
Professional & related occupations: 111,202 8.88% 147,640 11.79%
Computer & mathematical 24,766 1.98% 11,050 0.88%
Architecture & engineering: 22,314 1.78% 3,467 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 17,651 1.41% 2,083 0.17%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 4,663 0.37% 1,384 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 6,887 0.55% 4,775 0.38%
Community & social services 7,198 0.57% 11,994 0.96%
Legal 7,017 0.56% 5,559 0.44%
Education, training, & library 16,271 1.30% 51,982 4.15%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 10,550 0.84% 10,239 0.82%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 16,199 1.29% 48,574 3.88%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 12,395 0.99% 32,968 2.63%
Health technologists & technicians 3,804 0.30% 15,606 1.25%
Service occupations: 78,519 6.27% 106,913 8.54%
Healthcare support 2,581 0.21% 22,380 1.79%
Protective services: 17,446 1.39% 3,958 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 11,030 0.88% 1,592 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 6,416 0.51% 2,366 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 27,504 2.20% 37,763 3.01%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 23,693 1.89% 14,139 1.13%
Personal care & service 7,295 0.58% 28,673 2.29%
Sales & office occupations: 121,035 9.66% 231,039 18.45%
Sales & related occupations 73,130 5.84% 73,446 5.86%
Office & administrative support 47,905 3.82% 157,593 12.58%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,785 0.14% 595 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 105,962 8.46% 4,083 0.33%
Construction & extraction: 61,326 4.90% 1,760 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 6,611 0.53% 114 0.01%
Construction trades 54,286 4.33% 1,633 0.13%
Extraction 429 0.03% 13 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 44,636 3.56% 2,323 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 132,793 10.60% 39,209 3.13%
Production 68,237 5.45% 27,667 2.21%
Transportation & material moving: 64,556 5.15% 11,542 0.92%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,922 0.15% 447 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,742 0.14% 141 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 30,912 2.47% 5,107 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 4,019 0.32% 489 0.04%
Material moving 25,961 2.07% 5,358 0.43%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 648,243 51.75% 604,327 48.25%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 6,857 0.55% 1,549 0.12%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 5,459 0.44% 1,314 0.10%
Mining 1,398 0.11% 235 0.02%
Construction 68,959 5.51% 9,437 0.75%
Manufacturing 126,587 10.11% 52,007 4.15%
Wholesale trade 31,909 2.55% 14,704 1.17%
Retail trade 72,054 5.75% 72,569 5.79%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 52,304 4.18% 19,994 1.60%
Transportation & warehousing 43,761 3.49% 17,790 1.42%
Utilities 8,543 0.68% 2,204 0.18%
Information 20,232 1.62% 19,950 1.59%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 38,384 3.06% 57,464 4.59%
Finance & insurance 26,662 2.13% 46,226 3.69%
Real estate & rental & leasing 11,722 0.94% 11,238 0.90%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 64,118 5.12% 54,138 4.32%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 41,153 3.29% 34,412 2.75%
Management of companies & enterprises 530 0.04% 664 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 22,435 1.79% 19,062 1.52%
Educational, health & social services: 61,696 4.93% 195,824 15.63%
Educational services 30,811 2.46% 75,963 6.06%
Health care & social assistance 30,885 2.47% 119,861 9.57%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 48,566 3.88% 52,081 4.16%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 12,733 1.02% 10,546 0.84%
Accommodation & food services 35,833 2.86% 41,535 3.32%
Other services (except public administration) 31,374 2.50% 32,161 2.57%
Public administration 25,203 2.01% 22,449 1.79%

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

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