Orange 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 239,431 53.46% 208,430 46.54%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 74,299 16.59% 70,972 15.85%
Management, business, & financial operations: 35,997 8.04% 27,731 6.19%
Management, except farm managers 26,439 5.90% 16,144 3.60%
Farmers & farm managers 377 0.08% 86 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 9,181 2.05% 11,501 2.57%
Business operations specialists 4,830 1.08% 6,174 1.38%
Financial specialists 4,351 0.97% 5,327 1.19%
Professional & related occupations: 38,302 8.55% 43,241 9.66%
Computer & mathematical 7,452 1.66% 2,827 0.63%
Architecture & engineering: 8,077 1.80% 1,197 0.27%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,922 1.32% 785 0.18%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,155 0.48% 412 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 1,353 0.30% 1,200 0.27%
Community & social services 2,040 0.46% 2,845 0.64%
Legal 2,363 0.53% 2,730 0.61%
Education, training, & library 4,428 0.99% 14,235 3.18%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 7,553 1.69% 5,570 1.24%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 5,036 1.12% 12,637 2.82%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 3,676 0.82% 8,279 1.85%
Health technologists & technicians 1,360 0.30% 4,358 0.97%
Service occupations: 39,791 8.88% 40,390 9.02%
Healthcare support 843 0.19% 5,061 1.13%
Protective services: 6,603 1.47% 2,191 0.49%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,101 0.69% 955 0.21%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 3,502 0.78% 1,236 0.28%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 16,146 3.61% 14,841 3.31%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 10,339 2.31% 8,302 1.85%
Personal care & service 5,860 1.31% 9,995 2.23%
Sales & office occupations: 49,750 11.11% 83,319 18.60%
Sales & related occupations 29,017 6.48% 29,812 6.66%
Office & administrative support 20,733 4.63% 53,507 11.95%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,083 0.24% 725 0.16%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 38,404 8.57% 1,617 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 23,851 5.33% 960 0.21%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,946 0.66% 105 0.02%
Construction trades 20,786 4.64% 855 0.19%
Extraction 119 0.03% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 14,553 3.25% 657 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 36,104 8.06% 11,407 2.55%
Production 13,455 3.00% 7,249 1.62%
Transportation & material moving: 22,649 5.06% 4,158 0.93%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 779 0.17% 267 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 732 0.16% 70 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 12,662 2.83% 1,839 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 930 0.21% 196 0.04%
Material moving 7,546 1.68% 1,786 0.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 239,431 53.46% 208,430 46.54%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 1,520 0.34% 849 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,442 0.32% 815 0.18%
Mining 78 0.02% 34 0.01%
Construction 29,357 6.55% 4,261 0.95%
Manufacturing 19,989 4.46% 8,559 1.91%
Wholesale trade 12,166 2.72% 5,418 1.21%
Retail trade 27,235 6.08% 26,834 5.99%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 17,894 4.00% 6,905 1.54%
Transportation & warehousing 15,629 3.49% 6,243 1.39%
Utilities 2,265 0.51% 662 0.15%
Information 9,222 2.06% 7,952 1.78%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 14,724 3.29% 19,944 4.45%
Finance & insurance 7,220 1.61% 13,124 2.93%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7,504 1.68% 6,820 1.52%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 28,821 6.44% 22,690 5.07%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 15,855 3.54% 13,223 2.95%
Management of companies & enterprises 133 0.03% 77 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 12,833 2.87% 9,390 2.10%
Educational, health & social services: 16,507 3.69% 47,849 10.68%
Educational services 8,142 1.82% 19,417 4.34%
Health care & social assistance 8,365 1.87% 28,432 6.35%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 42,699 9.53% 39,327 8.78%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 17,454 3.90% 14,099 3.15%
Accommodation & food services 25,245 5.64% 25,228 5.63%
Other services (except public administration) 11,333 2.53% 10,620 2.37%
Public administration 7,964 1.78% 7,222 1.61%

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

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