Broward County

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 402,336 53.01% 356,603 46.99%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 126,562 16.68% 126,378 16.65%
Management, business, & financial operations: 66,996 8.83% 45,953 6.05%
Management, except farm managers 49,713 6.55% 27,816 3.67%
Farmers & farm managers 351 0.05% 159 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 16,932 2.23% 17,978 2.37%
Business operations specialists 7,989 1.05% 8,953 1.18%
Financial specialists 8,943 1.18% 9,025 1.19%
Professional & related occupations: 59,566 7.85% 80,425 10.60%
Computer & mathematical 11,845 1.56% 4,152 0.55%
Architecture & engineering: 8,615 1.14% 1,652 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,959 0.79% 1,041 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,656 0.35% 611 0.08%
Life, physical, & social science 2,109 0.28% 1,843 0.24%
Community & social services 3,566 0.47% 5,976 0.79%
Legal 5,110 0.67% 5,720 0.75%
Education, training, & library 7,937 1.05% 26,873 3.54%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 9,100 1.20% 6,189 0.82%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 11,284 1.49% 28,020 3.69%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 8,660 1.14% 19,009 2.50%
Health technologists & technicians 2,624 0.35% 9,011 1.19%
Service occupations: 58,642 7.73% 65,408 8.62%
Healthcare support 1,548 0.20% 15,133 1.99%
Protective services: 16,329 2.15% 3,835 0.51%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 9,581 1.26% 2,144 0.28%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 6,748 0.89% 1,691 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 18,091 2.38% 18,920 2.49%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 15,920 2.10% 11,881 1.57%
Personal care & service 6,754 0.89% 15,639 2.06%
Sales & office occupations: 90,565 11.93% 144,600 19.05%
Sales & related occupations 58,499 7.71% 51,421 6.78%
Office & administrative support 32,066 4.23% 93,179 12.28%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,299 0.17% 511 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 71,236 9.39% 2,971 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 40,664 5.36% 1,233 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 4,999 0.66% 256 0.03%
Construction trades 35,599 4.69% 971 0.13%
Extraction 66 0.01% 6 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 30,572 4.03% 1,738 0.23%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 54,032 7.12% 16,735 2.21%
Production 22,553 2.97% 11,921 1.57%
Transportation & material moving: 31,479 4.15% 4,814 0.63%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,266 0.17% 351 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 2,559 0.34% 147 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 15,391 2.03% 1,795 0.24%
Rail, water & other transportation 2,445 0.32% 243 0.03%
Material moving 9,818 1.29% 2,278 0.30%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 402,336 53.01% 356,603 46.99%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,690 0.22% 683 0.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,426 0.19% 667 0.09%
Mining 264 0.03% 16 0.00%
Construction 49,908 6.58% 6,588 0.87%
Manufacturing 33,815 4.46% 16,706 2.20%
Wholesale trade 23,053 3.04% 11,525 1.52%
Retail trade 58,158 7.66% 48,646 6.41%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 30,781 4.06% 12,110 1.60%
Transportation & warehousing 27,380 3.61% 11,494 1.51%
Utilities 3,401 0.45% 616 0.08%
Information 15,534 2.05% 12,390 1.63%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 31,672 4.17% 37,374 4.92%
Finance & insurance 17,975 2.37% 25,756 3.39%
Real estate & rental & leasing 13,697 1.80% 11,618 1.53%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 47,956 6.32% 40,648 5.36%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 25,273 3.33% 22,379 2.95%
Management of companies & enterprises 189 0.02% 290 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 22,494 2.96% 17,979 2.37%
Educational, health & social services: 33,118 4.36% 101,754 13.41%
Educational services 14,465 1.91% 36,367 4.79%
Health care & social assistance 18,653 2.46% 65,387 8.62%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 36,999 4.88% 32,536 4.29%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 10,276 1.35% 6,395 0.84%
Accommodation & food services 26,723 3.52% 26,141 3.44%
Other services (except public administration) 20,224 2.66% 21,083 2.78%
Public administration 19,428 2.56% 14,560 1.92%

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

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