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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 324,247 51.96% 299,764 48.04%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 90,676 14.53% 106,186 17.02%
Management, business, & financial operations: 41,406 6.64% 32,071 5.14%
Management, except farm managers 28,828 4.62% 19,009 3.05%
Farmers & farm managers 2,360 0.38% 619 0.10%
Business & financial operations: 10,218 1.64% 12,443 1.99%
Business operations specialists 5,428 0.87% 6,445 1.03%
Financial specialists 4,790 0.77% 5,998 0.96%
Professional & related occupations: 49,270 7.90% 74,115 11.88%
Computer & mathematical 6,240 1.00% 2,772 0.44%
Architecture & engineering: 9,015 1.44% 1,428 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 6,400 1.03% 734 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,615 0.42% 694 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 3,370 0.54% 2,505 0.40%
Community & social services 4,372 0.70% 7,681 1.23%
Legal 2,474 0.40% 2,380 0.38%
Education, training, & library 11,093 1.78% 28,323 4.54%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 5,328 0.85% 5,498 0.88%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 7,378 1.18% 23,528 3.77%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 5,808 0.93% 15,883 2.55%
Health technologists & technicians 1,570 0.25% 7,645 1.23%
Service occupations: 34,532 5.53% 61,069 9.79%
Healthcare support 1,701 0.27% 14,649 2.35%
Protective services: 7,669 1.23% 1,253 0.20%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 5,055 0.81% 482 0.08%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 2,614 0.42% 771 0.12%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 10,852 1.74% 20,418 3.27%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 11,069 1.77% 8,319 1.33%
Personal care & service 3,241 0.52% 16,430 2.63%
Sales & office occupations: 55,777 8.94% 105,703 16.94%
Sales & related occupations 32,897 5.27% 35,113 5.63%
Office & administrative support 22,880 3.67% 70,590 11.31%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 9,226 1.48% 1,112 0.18%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 61,818 9.91% 2,246 0.36%
Construction & extraction: 37,312 5.98% 1,151 0.18%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 4,660 0.75% 115 0.02%
Construction trades 32,427 5.20% 1,025 0.16%
Extraction 225 0.04% 11 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 24,506 3.93% 1,095 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 72,218 11.57% 23,448 3.76%
Production 38,780 6.21% 17,226 2.76%
Transportation & material moving: 33,438 5.36% 6,222 1.00%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 961 0.15% 176 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 648 0.10% 53 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 17,207 2.76% 2,220 0.36%
Rail, water & other transportation 2,470 0.40% 296 0.05%
Material moving 12,152 1.95% 3,477 0.56%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 324,247 51.96% 299,764 48.04%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 13,669 2.19% 2,418 0.39%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 13,335 2.14% 2,390 0.38%
Mining 334 0.05% 28 0.00%
Construction 39,309 6.30% 3,597 0.58%
Manufacturing 63,912 10.24% 24,973 4.00%
Wholesale trade 15,990 2.56% 5,480 0.88%
Retail trade 42,574 6.82% 41,838 6.70%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 20,705 3.32% 6,152 0.99%
Transportation & warehousing 17,130 2.75% 4,920 0.79%
Utilities 3,575 0.57% 1,232 0.20%
Information 7,860 1.26% 7,434 1.19%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 13,748 2.20% 24,701 3.96%
Finance & insurance 8,915 1.43% 20,457 3.28%
Real estate & rental & leasing 4,833 0.77% 4,244 0.68%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 22,341 3.58% 20,733 3.32%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 13,471 2.16% 12,764 2.05%
Management of companies & enterprises 154 0.02% 299 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 8,716 1.40% 7,670 1.23%
Educational, health & social services: 35,782 5.73% 109,136 17.49%
Educational services 19,491 3.12% 41,623 6.67%
Health care & social assistance 16,291 2.61% 67,513 10.82%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 18,810 3.01% 25,796 4.13%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 3,909 0.63% 3,422 0.55%
Accommodation & food services 14,901 2.39% 22,374 3.59%
Other services (except public administration) 13,956 2.24% 15,226 2.44%
Public administration 15,591 2.50% 12,280 1.97%

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

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