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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 406,351 52.35% 369,922 47.65%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 199,893 25.75% 186,261 23.99%
Management, business, & financial operations: 80,830 10.41% 62,979 8.11%
Management, except farm managers 55,644 7.17% 36,787 4.74%
Farmers & farm managers 274 0.04% 111 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 24,912 3.21% 26,081 3.36%
Business operations specialists 12,492 1.61% 13,885 1.79%
Financial specialists 12,420 1.60% 12,196 1.57%
Professional & related occupations: 119,063 15.34% 123,282 15.88%
Computer & mathematical 34,680 4.47% 13,898 1.79%
Architecture & engineering: 23,532 3.03% 4,518 0.58%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 19,870 2.56% 3,356 0.43%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 3,662 0.47% 1,162 0.15%
Life, physical, & social science 11,112 1.43% 9,261 1.19%
Community & social services 3,963 0.51% 8,368 1.08%
Legal 7,321 0.94% 5,673 0.73%
Education, training, & library 17,197 2.22% 39,593 5.10%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 10,630 1.37% 12,546 1.62%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 10,628 1.37% 29,425 3.79%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 8,561 1.10% 22,107 2.85%
Health technologists & technicians 2,067 0.27% 7,318 0.94%
Service occupations: 41,566 5.35% 47,712 6.15%
Healthcare support 1,734 0.22% 10,166 1.31%
Protective services: 11,025 1.42% 2,250 0.29%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 7,072 0.91% 744 0.10%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 3,953 0.51% 1,506 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 13,201 1.70% 14,773 1.90%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 12,094 1.56% 6,384 0.82%
Personal care & service 3,512 0.45% 14,139 1.82%
Sales & office occupations: 70,865 9.13% 116,695 15.03%
Sales & related occupations 40,848 5.26% 35,229 4.54%
Office & administrative support 30,017 3.87% 81,466 10.49%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 369 0.05% 224 0.03%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 45,433 5.85% 1,854 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 26,960 3.47% 753 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 4,037 0.52% 133 0.02%
Construction trades 22,863 2.95% 620 0.08%
Extraction 60 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 18,473 2.38% 1,101 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 48,225 6.21% 17,176 2.21%
Production 25,279 3.26% 13,324 1.72%
Transportation & material moving: 22,946 2.96% 3,852 0.50%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 748 0.10% 113 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 326 0.04% 29 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 13,020 1.68% 1,556 0.20%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,520 0.20% 124 0.02%
Material moving 7,332 0.94% 2,030 0.26%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 406,351 52.35% 369,922 47.65%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 875 0.11% 483 0.06%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 638 0.08% 445 0.06%
Mining 237 0.03% 38 0.00%
Construction 32,134 4.14% 3,939 0.51%
Manufacturing 64,159 8.27% 31,359 4.04%
Wholesale trade 16,022 2.06% 7,141 0.92%
Retail trade 40,845 5.26% 35,250 4.54%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 19,670 2.53% 6,676 0.86%
Transportation & warehousing 16,820 2.17% 5,833 0.75%
Utilities 2,850 0.37% 843 0.11%
Information 21,176 2.73% 17,695 2.28%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 30,792 3.97% 32,807 4.23%
Finance & insurance 23,192 2.99% 26,572 3.42%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7,600 0.98% 6,235 0.80%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 71,196 9.17% 53,000 6.83%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 56,852 7.32% 41,826 5.39%
Management of companies & enterprises 258 0.03% 360 0.05%
Administrative & support & waste management services 14,086 1.81% 10,814 1.39%
Educational, health & social services: 55,423 7.14% 129,348 16.66%
Educational services 33,322 4.29% 59,471 7.66%
Health care & social assistance 22,101 2.85% 69,877 9.00%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 22,093 2.85% 22,186 2.86%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 5,238 0.67% 5,118 0.66%
Accommodation & food services 16,855 2.17% 17,068 2.20%
Other services (except public administration) 15,149 1.95% 17,679 2.28%
Public administration 16,817 2.17% 12,359 1.59%

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

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