Louisiana

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 978,261 52.83% 873,516 47.17%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 256,029 13.83% 297,523 16.07%
Management, business, & financial operations: 114,223 6.17% 85,292 4.61%
Management, except farm managers 79,629 4.30% 48,997 2.65%
Farmers & farm managers 7,059 0.38% 835 0.05%
Business & financial operations: 27,535 1.49% 35,460 1.91%
Business operations specialists 13,495 0.73% 14,505 0.78%
Financial specialists 14,040 0.76% 20,955 1.13%
Professional & related occupations: 141,806 7.66% 212,231 11.46%
Computer & mathematical 12,085 0.65% 6,137 0.33%
Architecture & engineering: 30,292 1.64% 3,951 0.21%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 19,698 1.06% 2,220 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 10,594 0.57% 1,731 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 10,998 0.59% 5,378 0.29%
Community & social services 10,574 0.57% 15,541 0.84%
Legal 12,585 0.68% 9,865 0.53%
Education, training, & library 24,993 1.35% 89,404 4.83%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 13,272 0.72% 11,151 0.60%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 27,007 1.46% 70,804 3.82%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 20,078 1.08% 42,680 2.30%
Health technologists & technicians 6,929 0.37% 28,124 1.52%
Service occupations: 125,140 6.76% 184,087 9.94%
Healthcare support 4,062 0.22% 36,245 1.96%
Protective services: 36,246 1.96% 9,794 0.53%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 24,797 1.34% 4,850 0.26%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 11,449 0.62% 4,944 0.27%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 37,112 2.00% 64,656 3.49%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 35,559 1.92% 30,668 1.66%
Personal care & service 12,161 0.66% 42,724 2.31%
Sales & office occupations: 160,096 8.65% 335,379 18.11%
Sales & related occupations 98,167 5.30% 119,547 6.46%
Office & administrative support 61,929 3.34% 215,832 11.66%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 13,385 0.72% 1,685 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 208,983 11.29% 7,759 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 128,376 6.93% 4,276 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 20,121 1.09% 545 0.03%
Construction trades 99,566 5.38% 3,552 0.19%
Extraction 8,689 0.47% 179 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 80,607 4.35% 3,483 0.19%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 214,628 11.59% 47,083 2.54%
Production 104,626 5.65% 29,671 1.60%
Transportation & material moving: 110,002 5.94% 17,412 0.94%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3,189 0.17% 530 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,746 0.09% 112 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 51,976 2.81% 9,335 0.50%
Rail, water & other transportation 13,074 0.71% 959 0.05%
Material moving 40,017 2.16% 6,476 0.35%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 978,261 52.83% 873,516 47.17%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 69,190 3.74% 8,977 0.48%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 24,127 1.30% 3,503 0.19%
Mining 45,063 2.43% 5,474 0.30%
Construction 131,673 7.11% 14,177 0.77%
Manufacturing 144,479 7.80% 43,020 2.32%
Wholesale trade 47,705 2.58% 17,542 0.95%
Retail trade 102,754 5.55% 117,589 6.35%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 76,825 4.15% 21,973 1.19%
Transportation & warehousing 61,794 3.34% 17,300 0.93%
Utilities 15,031 0.81% 4,673 0.25%
Information 19,058 1.03% 17,360 0.94%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 40,382 2.18% 64,971 3.51%
Finance & insurance 24,223 1.31% 50,576 2.73%
Real estate & rental & leasing 16,159 0.87% 14,395 0.78%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 76,854 4.15% 63,733 3.44%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 43,908 2.37% 40,844 2.21%
Management of companies & enterprises 235 0.01% 179 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 32,711 1.77% 22,710 1.23%
Educational, health & social services: 91,643 4.95% 310,435 16.76%
Educational services 46,378 2.50% 131,474 7.10%
Health care & social assistance 45,265 2.44% 178,961 9.66%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 71,838 3.88% 96,755 5.22%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 21,241 1.15% 23,836 1.29%
Accommodation & food services 50,597 2.73% 72,919 3.94%
Other services (except public administration) 48,252 2.61% 47,955 2.59%
Public administration 57,608 3.11% 49,029 2.65%

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

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