Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 3,093,166 | 53.03% | 2,740,019 | 46.97% |
Management, professional, & related occupations: | 990,782 | 16.99% | 1,002,889 | 17.19% |
Management, business, & financial operations: | 482,673 | 8.27% | 343,833 | 5.89% |
Management, except farm managers | 323,442 | 5.54% | 197,220 | 3.38% |
Farmers & farm managers | 30,238 | 0.52% | 2,739 | 0.05% |
Business & financial operations: | 128,993 | 2.21% | 143,874 | 2.47% |
Business operations specialists | 63,556 | 1.09% | 73,049 | 1.25% |
Financial specialists | 65,437 | 1.12% | 70,825 | 1.21% |
Professional & related occupations: | 508,109 | 8.71% | 659,056 | 11.30% |
Computer & mathematical | 108,796 | 1.87% | 49,174 | 0.84% |
Architecture & engineering: | 95,552 | 1.64% | 13,917 | 0.24% |
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers | 74,008 | 1.27% | 9,080 | 0.16% |
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians | 21,544 | 0.37% | 4,837 | 0.08% |
Life, physical, & social science | 28,022 | 0.48% | 22,097 | 0.38% |
Community & social services | 32,855 | 0.56% | 51,439 | 0.88% |
Legal | 39,686 | 0.68% | 28,525 | 0.49% |
Education, training, & library | 85,511 | 1.47% | 239,425 | 4.10% |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media | 54,381 | 0.93% | 52,813 | 0.91% |
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: | 63,306 | 1.09% | 201,666 | 3.46% |
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations | 49,737 | 0.85% | 138,502 | 2.37% |
Health technologists & technicians | 13,569 | 0.23% | 63,164 | 1.08% |
Service occupations: | 362,384 | 6.21% | 451,095 | 7.73% |
Healthcare support | 11,250 | 0.19% | 87,305 | 1.50% |
Protective services: | 92,809 | 1.59% | 23,591 | 0.40% |
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors | 61,086 | 1.05% | 9,691 | 0.17% |
Other protective service workers, including supervisors | 31,723 | 0.54% | 13,900 | 0.24% |
Food preparation & serving related occupations | 117,264 | 2.01% | 144,761 | 2.48% |
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance | 109,051 | 1.87% | 67,258 | 1.15% |
Personal care & service | 32,010 | 0.55% | 128,180 | 2.20% |
Sales & office occupations: | 574,192 | 9.84% | 1,035,747 | 17.76% |
Sales & related occupations | 332,485 | 5.70% | 320,164 | 5.49% |
Office & administrative support | 241,707 | 4.14% | 715,583 | 12.27% |
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations | 14,545 | 0.25% | 3,317 | 0.06% |
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: | 462,164 | 7.92% | 18,254 | 0.31% |
Construction & extraction: | 265,717 | 4.56% | 7,563 | 0.13% |
Supervisors, construction & extraction | 26,238 | 0.45% | 791 | 0.01% |
Construction trades | 236,212 | 4.05% | 6,663 | 0.11% |
Extraction | 3,267 | 0.06% | 109 | 0.00% |
Installation, maintenance, & repair | 196,447 | 3.37% | 10,691 | 0.18% |
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: | 689,099 | 11.81% | 228,717 | 3.92% |
Production | 365,253 | 6.26% | 164,989 | 2.83% |
Transportation & material moving: | 323,846 | 5.55% | 63,728 | 1.09% |
Supervisors, transportation & material moving | 9,313 | 0.16% | 2,557 | 0.04% |
Aircraft & traffic control | 5,298 | 0.09% | 588 | 0.01% |
Motor vehicle operators | 160,095 | 2.74% | 19,121 | 0.33% |
Rail, water & other transportation | 18,152 | 0.31% | 2,632 | 0.05% |
Material moving | 130,988 | 2.25% | 38,830 | 0.67% |
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 3,093,166 | 53.03% | 2,740,019 | 46.97% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: | 57,002 | 0.98% | 9,479 | 0.16% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting | 48,383 | 0.83% | 8,550 | 0.15% |
Mining | 8,619 | 0.15% | 929 | 0.02% |
Construction | 298,789 | 5.12% | 35,387 | 0.61% |
Manufacturing | 640,938 | 10.99% | 290,224 | 4.98% |
Wholesale trade | 151,923 | 2.60% | 71,067 | 1.22% |
Retail trade | 319,217 | 5.47% | 324,255 | 5.56% |
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: | 255,378 | 4.38% | 96,815 | 1.66% |
Transportation & warehousing | 218,743 | 3.75% | 86,195 | 1.48% |
Utilities | 36,635 | 0.63% | 10,620 | 0.18% |
Information | 89,907 | 1.54% | 82,722 | 1.42% |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: | 200,958 | 3.45% | 261,211 | 4.48% |
Finance & insurance | 147,885 | 2.54% | 212,329 | 3.64% |
Real estate & rental & leasing | 53,073 | 0.91% | 48,882 | 0.84% |
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: | 320,838 | 5.50% | 270,075 | 4.63% |
Professional, scientific, & technical services | 206,370 | 3.54% | 173,940 | 2.98% |
Management of companies & enterprises | 2,102 | 0.04% | 2,514 | 0.04% |
Administrative & support & waste management services | 112,366 | 1.93% | 93,621 | 1.60% |
Educational, health & social services: | 282,301 | 4.84% | 849,686 | 14.57% |
Educational services | 154,787 | 2.65% | 344,949 | 5.91% |
Health care & social assistance | 127,514 | 2.19% | 504,737 | 8.65% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: | 206,479 | 3.54% | 210,927 | 3.62% |
Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 49,762 | 0.85% | 44,815 | 0.77% |
Accommodation & food services | 156,717 | 2.69% | 166,112 | 2.85% |
Other services (except public administration) | 137,844 | 2.36% | 138,057 | 2.37% |
Public administration | 131,592 | 2.26% | 100,114 | 1.72% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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