Indiana

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 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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