Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 1,270,841 | 52.49% | 1,150,446 | 47.51% |
Management, professional, & related occupations: | 412,738 | 17.05% | 439,704 | 18.16% |
Management, business, & financial operations: | 188,126 | 7.77% | 160,306 | 6.62% |
Management, except farm managers | 127,058 | 5.25% | 92,550 | 3.82% |
Farmers & farm managers | 298 | 0.01% | 129 | 0.01% |
Business & financial operations: | 60,770 | 2.51% | 67,627 | 2.79% |
Business operations specialists | 28,967 | 1.20% | 34,693 | 1.43% |
Financial specialists | 31,803 | 1.31% | 32,934 | 1.36% |
Professional & related occupations: | 224,612 | 9.28% | 279,398 | 11.54% |
Computer & mathematical | 49,013 | 2.02% | 22,792 | 0.94% |
Architecture & engineering: | 34,213 | 1.41% | 6,168 | 0.25% |
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers | 26,906 | 1.11% | 4,299 | 0.18% |
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians | 7,307 | 0.30% | 1,869 | 0.08% |
Life, physical, & social science | 11,276 | 0.47% | 10,841 | 0.45% |
Community & social services | 14,185 | 0.59% | 23,614 | 0.98% |
Legal | 23,262 | 0.96% | 16,731 | 0.69% |
Education, training, & library | 34,875 | 1.44% | 93,862 | 3.88% |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media | 29,416 | 1.21% | 26,516 | 1.10% |
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: | 28,372 | 1.17% | 78,874 | 3.26% |
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations | 22,065 | 0.91% | 56,069 | 2.32% |
Health technologists & technicians | 6,307 | 0.26% | 22,805 | 0.94% |
Service occupations: | 165,951 | 6.85% | 173,603 | 7.17% |
Healthcare support | 5,354 | 0.22% | 32,709 | 1.35% |
Protective services: | 43,783 | 1.81% | 13,430 | 0.55% |
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors | 26,504 | 1.09% | 5,156 | 0.21% |
Other protective service workers, including supervisors | 17,279 | 0.71% | 8,274 | 0.34% |
Food preparation & serving related occupations | 56,104 | 2.32% | 46,745 | 1.93% |
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance | 44,583 | 1.84% | 31,247 | 1.29% |
Personal care & service | 16,127 | 0.67% | 49,472 | 2.04% |
Sales & office occupations: | 255,135 | 10.54% | 434,888 | 17.96% |
Sales & related occupations | 137,214 | 5.67% | 133,094 | 5.50% |
Office & administrative support | 117,921 | 4.87% | 301,794 | 12.46% |
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations | 1,259 | 0.05% | 683 | 0.03% |
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: | 163,948 | 6.77% | 7,586 | 0.31% |
Construction & extraction: | 95,088 | 3.93% | 3,042 | 0.13% |
Supervisors, construction & extraction | 7,559 | 0.31% | 367 | 0.02% |
Construction trades | 87,400 | 3.61% | 2,660 | 0.11% |
Extraction | 129 | 0.01% | 15 | 0.00% |
Installation, maintenance, & repair | 68,860 | 2.84% | 4,544 | 0.19% |
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: | 271,810 | 11.23% | 93,982 | 3.88% |
Production | 138,187 | 5.71% | 66,624 | 2.75% |
Transportation & material moving: | 133,623 | 5.52% | 27,358 | 1.13% |
Supervisors, transportation & material moving | 4,421 | 0.18% | 1,198 | 0.05% |
Aircraft & traffic control | 1,185 | 0.05% | 216 | 0.01% |
Motor vehicle operators | 65,807 | 2.72% | 6,523 | 0.27% |
Rail, water & other transportation | 7,567 | 0.31% | 991 | 0.04% |
Material moving | 54,643 | 2.26% | 18,430 | 0.76% |
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 1,270,841 | 52.49% | 1,150,446 | 47.51% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: | 1,803 | 0.07% | 553 | 0.02% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting | 1,364 | 0.06% | 464 | 0.02% |
Mining | 439 | 0.02% | 89 | 0.00% |
Construction | 107,124 | 4.42% | 12,231 | 0.51% |
Manufacturing | 227,399 | 9.39% | 115,023 | 4.75% |
Wholesale trade | 61,178 | 2.53% | 31,528 | 1.30% |
Retail trade | 122,175 | 5.05% | 122,169 | 5.05% |
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: | 112,999 | 4.67% | 49,466 | 2.04% |
Transportation & warehousing | 103,569 | 4.28% | 45,822 | 1.89% |
Utilities | 9,430 | 0.39% | 3,644 | 0.15% |
Information | 42,927 | 1.77% | 39,908 | 1.65% |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: | 101,504 | 4.19% | 118,327 | 4.89% |
Finance & insurance | 73,609 | 3.04% | 94,585 | 3.91% |
Real estate & rental & leasing | 27,895 | 1.15% | 23,742 | 0.98% |
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: | 162,557 | 6.71% | 143,925 | 5.94% |
Professional, scientific, & technical services | 107,098 | 4.42% | 95,221 | 3.93% |
Management of companies & enterprises | 837 | 0.03% | 1,026 | 0.04% |
Administrative & support & waste management services | 54,622 | 2.26% | 47,678 | 1.97% |
Educational, health & social services: | 120,826 | 4.99% | 334,125 | 13.80% |
Educational services | 60,681 | 2.51% | 133,627 | 5.52% |
Health care & social assistance | 60,145 | 2.48% | 200,498 | 8.28% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: | 98,025 | 4.05% | 81,567 | 3.37% |
Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 21,769 | 0.90% | 19,260 | 0.80% |
Accommodation & food services | 76,256 | 3.15% | 62,307 | 2.57% |
Other services (except public administration) | 59,213 | 2.45% | 61,124 | 2.52% |
Public administration | 53,111 | 2.19% | 40,500 | 1.67% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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