Minnesota

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 1,348,922 52.28% 1,231,124 47.72%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 459,852 17.82% 463,916 17.98%
Management, business, & financial operations: 225,663 8.75% 158,468 6.14%
Management, except farm managers 136,300 5.28% 85,091 3.30%
Farmers & farm managers 33,106 1.28% 4,949 0.19%
Business & financial operations: 56,257 2.18% 68,428 2.65%
Business operations specialists 26,019 1.01% 35,380 1.37%
Financial specialists 30,238 1.17% 33,048 1.28%
Professional & related occupations: 234,189 9.08% 305,448 11.84%
Computer & mathematical 53,095 2.06% 23,571 0.91%
Architecture & engineering: 46,142 1.79% 7,173 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 32,353 1.25% 4,007 0.16%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 13,789 0.53% 3,166 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 14,721 0.57% 11,051 0.43%
Community & social services 16,771 0.65% 27,566 1.07%
Legal 12,450 0.48% 11,459 0.44%
Education, training, & library 39,291 1.52% 103,064 3.99%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 24,069 0.93% 25,082 0.97%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 27,650 1.07% 96,482 3.74%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 21,776 0.84% 59,928 2.32%
Health technologists & technicians 5,874 0.23% 36,554 1.42%
Service occupations: 132,292 5.13% 221,855 8.60%
Healthcare support 6,064 0.24% 47,831 1.85%
Protective services: 23,008 0.89% 7,230 0.28%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 13,859 0.54% 3,035 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 9,149 0.35% 4,195 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 46,367 1.80% 74,818 2.90%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 43,274 1.68% 28,315 1.10%
Personal care & service 13,579 0.53% 63,661 2.47%
Sales & office occupations: 245,940 9.53% 437,449 16.96%
Sales & related occupations 149,193 5.78% 135,742 5.26%
Office & administrative support 96,747 3.75% 301,707 11.69%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 13,552 0.53% 4,122 0.16%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 209,430 8.12% 7,864 0.30%
Construction & extraction: 119,546 4.63% 3,615 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 12,930 0.50% 287 0.01%
Construction trades 105,217 4.08% 3,222 0.12%
Extraction 1,399 0.05% 106 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 89,884 3.48% 4,249 0.16%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 287,856 11.16% 95,918 3.72%
Production 161,538 6.26% 73,585 2.85%
Transportation & material moving: 126,318 4.90% 22,333 0.87%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3,282 0.13% 792 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 3,758 0.15% 340 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 64,172 2.49% 6,696 0.26%
Rail, water & other transportation 5,701 0.22% 1,125 0.04%
Material moving 49,405 1.91% 13,380 0.52%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,348,922 52.28% 1,231,124 47.72%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 56,373 2.18% 11,510 0.45%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 50,397 1.95% 10,934 0.42%
Mining 5,976 0.23% 576 0.02%
Construction 138,465 5.37% 14,802 0.57%
Manufacturing 284,122 11.01% 135,149 5.24%
Wholesale trade 65,806 2.55% 27,048 1.05%
Retail trade 152,844 5.92% 154,870 6.00%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 98,276 3.81% 33,407 1.29%
Transportation & warehousing 83,075 3.22% 29,253 1.13%
Utilities 15,201 0.59% 4,154 0.16%
Information 33,346 1.29% 32,114 1.24%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 77,342 3.00% 107,532 4.17%
Finance & insurance 56,790 2.20% 87,986 3.41%
Real estate & rental & leasing 20,552 0.80% 19,546 0.76%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 120,238 4.66% 106,826 4.14%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 81,093 3.14% 69,901 2.71%
Management of companies & enterprises 1,424 0.06% 1,639 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 37,721 1.46% 35,286 1.37%
Educational, health & social services: 132,346 5.13% 406,765 15.77%
Educational services 71,257 2.76% 150,973 5.85%
Health care & social assistance 61,089 2.37% 255,792 9.91%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 86,631 3.36% 99,370 3.85%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 24,197 0.94% 21,151 0.82%
Accommodation & food services 62,434 2.42% 78,219 3.03%
Other services (except public administration) 58,800 2.28% 59,522 2.31%
Public administration 44,333 1.72% 42,209 1.64%

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

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