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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 364,034 52.99% 322,980 47.01%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 108,993 15.86% 115,800 16.86%
Management, business, & financial operations: 50,304 7.32% 39,381 5.73%
Management, except farm managers 34,545 5.03% 22,149 3.22%
Farmers & farm managers 1,130 0.16% 259 0.04%
Business & financial operations: 14,629 2.13% 16,973 2.47%
Business operations specialists 7,885 1.15% 8,448 1.23%
Financial specialists 6,744 0.98% 8,525 1.24%
Professional & related occupations: 58,689 8.54% 76,419 11.12%
Computer & mathematical 9,533 1.39% 4,287 0.62%
Architecture & engineering: 9,178 1.34% 1,276 0.19%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,950 0.87% 746 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 3,228 0.47% 530 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 2,697 0.39% 2,009 0.29%
Community & social services 3,861 0.56% 5,736 0.83%
Legal 3,913 0.57% 2,935 0.43%
Education, training, & library 11,017 1.60% 31,643 4.61%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 5,842 0.85% 5,217 0.76%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 12,648 1.84% 23,316 3.39%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 8,589 1.25% 14,502 2.11%
Health technologists & technicians 4,059 0.59% 8,814 1.28%
Service occupations: 48,718 7.09% 59,255 8.63%
Healthcare support 2,515 0.37% 12,353 1.80%
Protective services: 10,167 1.48% 2,325 0.34%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 5,988 0.87% 802 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 4,179 0.61% 1,523 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 18,561 2.70% 20,222 2.94%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 13,293 1.93% 10,413 1.52%
Personal care & service 4,182 0.61% 13,942 2.03%
Sales & office occupations: 75,706 11.02% 127,300 18.53%
Sales & related occupations 44,502 6.48% 43,197 6.29%
Office & administrative support 31,204 4.54% 84,103 12.24%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,187 0.17% 409 0.06%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 70,301 10.23% 2,740 0.40%
Construction & extraction: 41,706 6.07% 1,155 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 5,059 0.74% 253 0.04%
Construction trades 36,303 5.28% 872 0.13%
Extraction 344 0.05% 30 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 28,595 4.16% 1,585 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 59,129 8.61% 17,476 2.54%
Production 25,867 3.77% 12,578 1.83%
Transportation & material moving: 33,262 4.84% 4,898 0.71%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,034 0.15% 298 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,105 0.16% 41 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 17,515 2.55% 1,979 0.29%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,812 0.26% 271 0.04%
Material moving 11,796 1.72% 2,309 0.34%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 364,034 52.99% 322,980 47.01%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,743 0.54% 1,051 0.15%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,385 0.35% 678 0.10%
Mining 1,358 0.20% 373 0.05%
Construction 48,621 7.08% 4,965 0.72%
Manufacturing 35,398 5.15% 17,037 2.48%
Wholesale trade 18,088 2.63% 6,289 0.92%
Retail trade 45,106 6.57% 41,373 6.02%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 26,946 3.92% 7,399 1.08%
Transportation & warehousing 22,214 3.23% 5,887 0.86%
Utilities 4,732 0.69% 1,512 0.22%
Information 11,901 1.73% 11,518 1.68%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 24,096 3.51% 35,913 5.23%
Finance & insurance 16,514 2.40% 28,650 4.17%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7,582 1.10% 7,263 1.06%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 36,203 5.27% 28,841 4.20%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 19,909 2.90% 15,433 2.25%
Management of companies & enterprises 77 0.01% 151 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 16,217 2.36% 13,257 1.93%
Educational, health & social services: 40,629 5.91% 104,399 15.20%
Educational services 19,538 2.84% 46,102 6.71%
Health care & social assistance 21,091 3.07% 58,297 8.49%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 32,379 4.71% 31,908 4.64%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 6,456 0.94% 4,391 0.64%
Accommodation & food services 25,923 3.77% 27,517 4.01%
Other services (except public administration) 18,194 2.65% 16,150 2.35%
Public administration 22,730 3.31% 16,137 2.35%

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

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