Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 1,586,202 | 53.49% | 1,378,972 | 46.51% |
Management, professional, & related occupations: | 415,972 | 14.03% | 435,044 | 14.67% |
Management, business, & financial operations: | 202,373 | 6.82% | 137,256 | 4.63% |
Management, except farm managers | 138,416 | 4.67% | 79,435 | 2.68% |
Farmers & farm managers | 18,141 | 0.61% | 2,161 | 0.07% |
Business & financial operations: | 45,816 | 1.55% | 55,660 | 1.88% |
Business operations specialists | 22,168 | 0.75% | 26,820 | 0.90% |
Financial specialists | 23,648 | 0.80% | 28,840 | 0.97% |
Professional & related occupations: | 213,599 | 7.20% | 297,788 | 10.04% |
Computer & mathematical | 31,191 | 1.05% | 13,745 | 0.46% |
Architecture & engineering: | 51,369 | 1.73% | 6,920 | 0.23% |
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers | 37,159 | 1.25% | 3,646 | 0.12% |
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians | 14,210 | 0.48% | 3,274 | 0.11% |
Life, physical, & social science | 12,900 | 0.44% | 8,393 | 0.28% |
Community & social services | 17,090 | 0.58% | 22,946 | 0.77% |
Legal | 9,956 | 0.34% | 10,348 | 0.35% |
Education, training, & library | 42,668 | 1.44% | 108,724 | 3.67% |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media | 19,283 | 0.65% | 20,609 | 0.70% |
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: | 29,142 | 0.98% | 106,103 | 3.58% |
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations | 22,585 | 0.76% | 67,584 | 2.28% |
Health technologists & technicians | 6,557 | 0.22% | 38,519 | 1.30% |
Service occupations: | 164,820 | 5.56% | 255,233 | 8.61% |
Healthcare support | 4,907 | 0.17% | 48,887 | 1.65% |
Protective services: | 37,984 | 1.28% | 9,316 | 0.31% |
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors | 24,909 | 0.84% | 3,982 | 0.13% |
Other protective service workers, including supervisors | 13,075 | 0.44% | 5,334 | 0.18% |
Food preparation & serving related occupations | 54,758 | 1.85% | 97,630 | 3.29% |
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance | 54,407 | 1.83% | 37,450 | 1.26% |
Personal care & service | 12,764 | 0.43% | 61,950 | 2.09% |
Sales & office occupations: | 250,744 | 8.46% | 499,227 | 16.84% |
Sales & related occupations | 151,552 | 5.11% | 164,027 | 5.53% |
Office & administrative support | 99,192 | 3.35% | 335,200 | 11.30% |
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations | 9,397 | 0.32% | 2,812 | 0.09% |
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: | 285,020 | 9.61% | 11,494 | 0.39% |
Construction & extraction: | 159,095 | 5.37% | 5,771 | 0.19% |
Supervisors, construction & extraction | 18,118 | 0.61% | 543 | 0.02% |
Construction trades | 138,848 | 4.68% | 5,106 | 0.17% |
Extraction | 2,129 | 0.07% | 122 | 0.00% |
Installation, maintenance, & repair | 125,925 | 4.25% | 5,723 | 0.19% |
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: | 460,249 | 15.52% | 175,162 | 5.91% |
Production | 279,545 | 9.43% | 133,464 | 4.50% |
Transportation & material moving: | 180,704 | 6.09% | 41,698 | 1.41% |
Supervisors, transportation & material moving | 4,419 | 0.15% | 1,325 | 0.04% |
Aircraft & traffic control | 2,449 | 0.08% | 225 | 0.01% |
Motor vehicle operators | 84,963 | 2.87% | 12,956 | 0.44% |
Rail, water & other transportation | 7,958 | 0.27% | 1,389 | 0.05% |
Material moving | 80,915 | 2.73% | 25,803 | 0.87% |
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 1,586,202 | 53.49% | 1,378,972 | 46.51% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: | 35,183 | 1.19% | 6,858 | 0.23% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting | 29,507 | 1.00% | 6,250 | 0.21% |
Mining | 5,676 | 0.19% | 608 | 0.02% |
Construction | 175,590 | 5.92% | 20,562 | 0.69% |
Manufacturing | 474,195 | 15.99% | 203,883 | 6.88% |
Wholesale trade | 71,382 | 2.41% | 30,123 | 1.02% |
Retail trade | 166,487 | 5.61% | 182,646 | 6.16% |
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: | 114,311 | 3.86% | 39,110 | 1.32% |
Transportation & warehousing | 94,122 | 3.17% | 33,245 | 1.12% |
Utilities | 20,189 | 0.68% | 5,865 | 0.20% |
Information | 30,848 | 1.04% | 31,866 | 1.07% |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: | 64,942 | 2.19% | 102,773 | 3.47% |
Finance & insurance | 43,310 | 1.46% | 81,712 | 2.76% |
Real estate & rental & leasing | 21,632 | 0.73% | 21,061 | 0.71% |
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: | 99,280 | 3.35% | 86,824 | 2.93% |
Professional, scientific, & technical services | 54,735 | 1.85% | 52,423 | 1.77% |
Management of companies & enterprises | 621 | 0.02% | 843 | 0.03% |
Administrative & support & waste management services | 43,924 | 1.48% | 33,558 | 1.13% |
Educational, health & social services: | 136,383 | 4.60% | 436,538 | 14.72% |
Educational services | 79,972 | 2.70% | 169,720 | 5.72% |
Health care & social assistance | 56,411 | 1.90% | 266,818 | 9.00% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: | 94,319 | 3.18% | 123,511 | 4.17% |
Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 21,385 | 0.72% | 21,279 | 0.72% |
Accommodation & food services | 72,934 | 2.46% | 102,232 | 3.45% |
Other services (except public administration) | 70,579 | 2.38% | 68,500 | 2.31% |
Public administration | 52,703 | 1.78% | 45,778 | 1.54% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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