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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 702,777 53.39% 613,506 46.61%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 224,701 17.07% 220,887 16.78%
Management, business, & financial operations: 113,314 8.61% 69,123 5.25%
Management, except farm managers 64,998 4.94% 39,525 3.00%
Farmers & farm managers 24,198 1.84% 2,577 0.20%
Business & financial operations: 24,118 1.83% 27,021 2.05%
Business operations specialists 11,391 0.87% 12,314 0.94%
Financial specialists 12,727 0.97% 14,707 1.12%
Professional & related occupations: 111,387 8.46% 151,764 11.53%
Computer & mathematical 18,954 1.44% 7,750 0.59%
Architecture & engineering: 21,850 1.66% 3,131 0.24%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 16,100 1.22% 1,895 0.14%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 5,750 0.44% 1,236 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 6,361 0.48% 3,884 0.30%
Community & social services 8,603 0.65% 12,163 0.92%
Legal 6,636 0.50% 4,832 0.37%
Education, training, & library 22,651 1.72% 62,226 4.73%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 10,232 0.78% 9,805 0.74%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 16,100 1.22% 47,973 3.64%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 12,428 0.94% 32,660 2.48%
Health technologists & technicians 3,672 0.28% 15,313 1.16%
Service occupations: 73,861 5.61% 116,281 8.83%
Healthcare support 3,208 0.24% 24,852 1.89%
Protective services: 16,313 1.24% 3,851 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 11,785 0.90% 1,905 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 4,528 0.34% 1,946 0.15%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 25,281 1.92% 39,557 3.01%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 23,414 1.78% 16,075 1.22%
Personal care & service 5,645 0.43% 31,946 2.43%
Sales & office occupations: 118,932 9.04% 221,117 16.80%
Sales & related occupations 73,341 5.57% 67,203 5.11%
Office & administrative support 45,591 3.46% 153,914 11.69%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 11,111 0.84% 2,144 0.16%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 123,675 9.40% 6,265 0.48%
Construction & extraction: 69,775 5.30% 3,398 0.26%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 8,364 0.64% 173 0.01%
Construction trades 60,131 4.57% 3,203 0.24%
Extraction 1,280 0.10% 22 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 53,900 4.09% 2,867 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 150,497 11.43% 46,812 3.56%
Production 83,486 6.34% 34,198 2.60%
Transportation & material moving: 67,011 5.09% 12,614 0.96%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,768 0.13% 450 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,379 0.10% 170 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 31,837 2.42% 4,390 0.33%
Rail, water & other transportation 4,643 0.35% 540 0.04%
Material moving 27,384 2.08% 7,064 0.54%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 702,777 53.39% 613,506 46.61%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 43,302 3.29% 7,206 0.55%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 37,518 2.85% 6,274 0.48%
Mining 5,784 0.44% 932 0.07%
Construction 77,230 5.87% 8,068 0.61%
Manufacturing 141,310 10.74% 56,650 4.30%
Wholesale trade 31,308 2.38% 12,478 0.95%
Retail trade 75,021 5.70% 76,241 5.79%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 52,433 3.98% 16,431 1.25%
Transportation & warehousing 41,397 3.14% 13,514 1.03%
Utilities 11,036 0.84% 2,917 0.22%
Information 22,648 1.72% 21,382 1.62%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 32,863 2.50% 47,266 3.59%
Finance & insurance 22,782 1.73% 38,241 2.91%
Real estate & rental & leasing 10,081 0.77% 9,025 0.69%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 51,689 3.93% 43,079 3.27%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 32,910 2.50% 28,161 2.14%
Management of companies & enterprises 261 0.02% 390 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 18,518 1.41% 14,528 1.10%
Educational, health & social services: 70,373 5.35% 217,827 16.55%
Educational services 40,425 3.07% 90,199 6.85%
Health care & social assistance 29,948 2.28% 127,628 9.70%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 41,976 3.19% 49,831 3.79%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 8,840 0.67% 8,109 0.62%
Accommodation & food services 33,136 2.52% 41,722 3.17%
Other services (except public administration) 30,966 2.35% 30,156 2.29%
Public administration 31,658 2.41% 26,891 2.04%

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

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