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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 1,394,112 52.45% 1,263,812 47.55%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 402,018 15.13% 433,987 16.33%
Management, business, & financial operations: 197,863 7.44% 143,033 5.38%
Management, except farm managers 125,504 4.72% 79,267 2.98%
Farmers & farm managers 27,024 1.02% 4,003 0.15%
Business & financial operations: 45,335 1.71% 59,763 2.25%
Business operations specialists 21,929 0.83% 27,568 1.04%
Financial specialists 23,406 0.88% 32,195 1.21%
Professional & related occupations: 204,155 7.68% 290,954 10.95%
Computer & mathematical 37,636 1.42% 17,195 0.65%
Architecture & engineering: 36,824 1.39% 5,850 0.22%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 27,033 1.02% 3,412 0.13%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 9,791 0.37% 2,438 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 11,911 0.45% 8,301 0.31%
Community & social services 17,378 0.65% 24,984 0.94%
Legal 11,872 0.45% 9,980 0.38%
Education, training, & library 35,604 1.34% 106,641 4.01%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 20,653 0.78% 20,410 0.77%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 32,277 1.21% 97,593 3.67%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 23,786 0.89% 62,193 2.34%
Health technologists & technicians 8,491 0.32% 35,400 1.33%
Service occupations: 163,583 6.15% 235,469 8.86%
Healthcare support 6,242 0.23% 49,723 1.87%
Protective services: 37,618 1.42% 8,468 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 25,214 0.95% 4,224 0.16%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 12,404 0.47% 4,244 0.16%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 55,263 2.08% 82,634 3.11%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 50,548 1.90% 32,362 1.22%
Personal care & service 13,912 0.52% 62,282 2.34%
Sales & office occupations: 243,338 9.16% 470,965 17.72%
Sales & related occupations 148,444 5.58% 148,521 5.59%
Office & administrative support 94,894 3.57% 322,444 12.13%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 13,714 0.52% 3,526 0.13%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 249,858 9.40% 9,408 0.35%
Construction & extraction: 146,415 5.51% 4,619 0.17%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 17,384 0.65% 410 0.02%
Construction trades 127,305 4.79% 4,163 0.16%
Extraction 1,726 0.06% 46 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 103,443 3.89% 4,789 0.18%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 321,601 12.10% 110,457 4.16%
Production 167,255 6.29% 82,434 3.10%
Transportation & material moving: 154,346 5.81% 28,023 1.05%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3,794 0.14% 947 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 2,345 0.09% 156 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 79,078 2.98% 10,489 0.39%
Rail, water & other transportation 8,117 0.31% 1,076 0.04%
Material moving 61,012 2.30% 15,355 0.58%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,394,112 52.45% 1,263,812 47.55%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 48,644 1.83% 9,771 0.37%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 43,606 1.64% 9,249 0.35%
Mining 5,038 0.19% 522 0.02%
Construction 164,908 6.20% 17,950 0.68%
Manufacturing 268,642 10.11% 124,798 4.70%
Wholesale trade 67,717 2.55% 29,304 1.10%
Retail trade 158,126 5.95% 157,746 5.93%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 112,617 4.24% 38,024 1.43%
Transportation & warehousing 92,934 3.50% 32,689 1.23%
Utilities 19,683 0.74% 5,335 0.20%
Information 40,261 1.51% 40,362 1.52%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 69,158 2.60% 108,493 4.08%
Finance & insurance 46,698 1.76% 86,936 3.27%
Real estate & rental & leasing 22,460 0.85% 21,557 0.81%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 105,808 3.98% 92,739 3.49%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 63,059 2.37% 57,631 2.17%
Management of companies & enterprises 728 0.03% 935 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 42,021 1.58% 34,173 1.29%
Educational, health & social services: 131,038 4.93% 410,677 15.45%
Educational services 67,926 2.56% 157,913 5.94%
Health care & social assistance 63,112 2.37% 252,764 9.51%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 97,353 3.66% 108,942 4.10%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 23,547 0.89% 18,289 0.69%
Accommodation & food services 73,806 2.78% 90,653 3.41%
Other services (except public administration) 68,467 2.58% 64,473 2.43%
Public administration 61,373 2.31% 60,533 2.28%

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

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