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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 350,888 53.92% 299,897 46.08%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 132,139 20.30% 120,096 18.45%
Management, business, & financial operations: 67,338 10.35% 41,788 6.42%
Management, except farm managers 47,977 7.37% 25,165 3.87%
Farmers & farm managers 149 0.02% 79 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 19,212 2.95% 16,544 2.54%
Business operations specialists 7,343 1.13% 8,233 1.27%
Financial specialists 11,869 1.82% 8,311 1.28%
Professional & related occupations: 64,801 9.96% 78,308 12.03%
Computer & mathematical 15,929 2.45% 6,108 0.94%
Architecture & engineering: 8,950 1.38% 1,332 0.20%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 6,887 1.06% 830 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,063 0.32% 502 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 3,060 0.47% 3,033 0.47%
Community & social services 3,012 0.46% 4,749 0.73%
Legal 5,705 0.88% 3,650 0.56%
Education, training, & library 8,938 1.37% 28,582 4.39%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 9,153 1.41% 7,336 1.13%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 10,054 1.54% 23,518 3.61%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 8,230 1.26% 18,107 2.78%
Health technologists & technicians 1,824 0.28% 5,411 0.83%
Service occupations: 39,515 6.07% 39,243 6.03%
Healthcare support 1,514 0.23% 10,411 1.60%
Protective services: 10,598 1.63% 2,004 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 6,636 1.02% 552 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 3,962 0.61% 1,452 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 12,443 1.91% 9,200 1.41%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 11,296 1.74% 5,557 0.85%
Personal care & service 3,664 0.56% 12,071 1.85%
Sales & office occupations: 75,956 11.67% 117,375 18.04%
Sales & related occupations 47,223 7.26% 35,874 5.51%
Office & administrative support 28,733 4.42% 81,501 12.52%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 296 0.05% 122 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 45,394 6.98% 1,302 0.20%
Construction & extraction: 25,240 3.88% 536 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 3,252 0.50% 122 0.02%
Construction trades 21,946 3.37% 382 0.06%
Extraction 42 0.01% 32 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 20,154 3.10% 766 0.12%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 57,588 8.85% 21,759 3.34%
Production 29,195 4.49% 16,284 2.50%
Transportation & material moving: 28,393 4.36% 5,475 0.84%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,053 0.16% 294 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 265 0.04% 32 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 16,864 2.59% 1,723 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,476 0.23% 136 0.02%
Material moving 8,735 1.34% 3,290 0.51%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 350,888 53.92% 299,897 46.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 513 0.08% 371 0.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 361 0.06% 261 0.04%
Mining 152 0.02% 110 0.02%
Construction 30,269 4.65% 3,334 0.51%
Manufacturing 53,880 8.28% 33,989 5.22%
Wholesale trade 23,938 3.68% 13,200 2.03%
Retail trade 41,840 6.43% 36,006 5.53%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 26,649 4.09% 8,278 1.27%
Transportation & warehousing 23,343 3.59% 7,572 1.16%
Utilities 3,306 0.51% 706 0.11%
Information 16,323 2.51% 13,038 2.00%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 30,271 4.65% 27,379 4.21%
Finance & insurance 23,110 3.55% 21,550 3.31%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7,161 1.10% 5,829 0.90%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 42,500 6.53% 33,158 5.10%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 29,691 4.56% 23,724 3.65%
Management of companies & enterprises 250 0.04% 323 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 12,559 1.93% 9,111 1.40%
Educational, health & social services: 33,085 5.08% 92,779 14.26%
Educational services 15,628 2.40% 37,439 5.75%
Health care & social assistance 17,457 2.68% 55,340 8.50%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 22,516 3.46% 15,297 2.35%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 6,035 0.93% 4,019 0.62%
Accommodation & food services 16,481 2.53% 11,278 1.73%
Other services (except public administration) 16,634 2.56% 15,469 2.38%
Public administration 12,470 1.92% 7,599 1.17%

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

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