Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 2,098,857 | 53.14% | 1,851,172 | 46.86% |
Management, professional, & related occupations: | 769,037 | 19.47% | 732,000 | 18.53% |
Management, business, & financial operations: | 370,474 | 9.38% | 246,556 | 6.24% |
Management, except farm managers | 259,655 | 6.57% | 144,772 | 3.67% |
Farmers & farm managers | 2,570 | 0.07% | 924 | 0.02% |
Business & financial operations: | 108,249 | 2.74% | 100,860 | 2.55% |
Business operations specialists | 46,255 | 1.17% | 51,737 | 1.31% |
Financial specialists | 61,994 | 1.57% | 49,123 | 1.24% |
Professional & related occupations: | 398,563 | 10.09% | 485,444 | 12.29% |
Computer & mathematical | 104,523 | 2.65% | 42,960 | 1.09% |
Architecture & engineering: | 65,399 | 1.66% | 9,935 | 0.25% |
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers | 50,557 | 1.28% | 6,656 | 0.17% |
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians | 14,842 | 0.38% | 3,279 | 0.08% |
Life, physical, & social science | 27,080 | 0.69% | 20,008 | 0.51% |
Community & social services | 20,055 | 0.51% | 34,324 | 0.87% |
Legal | 30,914 | 0.78% | 23,636 | 0.60% |
Education, training, & library | 56,095 | 1.42% | 177,765 | 4.50% |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media | 42,033 | 1.06% | 38,821 | 0.98% |
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: | 52,464 | 1.33% | 137,995 | 3.49% |
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations | 40,831 | 1.03% | 98,624 | 2.50% |
Health technologists & technicians | 11,633 | 0.29% | 39,371 | 1.00% |
Service occupations: | 259,566 | 6.57% | 279,386 | 7.07% |
Healthcare support | 8,616 | 0.22% | 64,817 | 1.64% |
Protective services: | 76,537 | 1.94% | 16,512 | 0.42% |
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors | 48,423 | 1.23% | 5,561 | 0.14% |
Other protective service workers, including supervisors | 28,114 | 0.71% | 10,951 | 0.28% |
Food preparation & serving related occupations | 75,183 | 1.90% | 80,674 | 2.04% |
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance | 73,074 | 1.85% | 38,406 | 0.97% |
Personal care & service | 26,156 | 0.66% | 78,977 | 2.00% |
Sales & office occupations: | 416,186 | 10.54% | 707,735 | 17.92% |
Sales & related occupations | 247,899 | 6.28% | 210,928 | 5.34% |
Office & administrative support | 168,287 | 4.26% | 496,807 | 12.58% |
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations | 5,355 | 0.14% | 1,608 | 0.04% |
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: | 297,285 | 7.53% | 8,911 | 0.23% |
Construction & extraction: | 169,722 | 4.30% | 3,546 | 0.09% |
Supervisors, construction & extraction | 23,516 | 0.60% | 737 | 0.02% |
Construction trades | 145,439 | 3.68% | 2,746 | 0.07% |
Extraction | 767 | 0.02% | 63 | 0.00% |
Installation, maintenance, & repair | 127,563 | 3.23% | 5,365 | 0.14% |
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: | 351,428 | 8.90% | 121,532 | 3.08% |
Production | 159,753 | 4.04% | 82,939 | 2.10% |
Transportation & material moving: | 191,675 | 4.85% | 38,593 | 0.98% |
Supervisors, transportation & material moving | 7,195 | 0.18% | 1,724 | 0.04% |
Aircraft & traffic control | 2,482 | 0.06% | 261 | 0.01% |
Motor vehicle operators | 103,969 | 2.63% | 14,714 | 0.37% |
Rail, water & other transportation | 12,649 | 0.32% | 1,169 | 0.03% |
Material moving | 65,380 | 1.66% | 20,725 | 0.52% |
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 2,098,857 | 53.14% | 1,851,172 | 46.86% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: | 9,422 | 0.24% | 3,196 | 0.08% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting | 7,858 | 0.20% | 2,767 | 0.07% |
Mining | 1,564 | 0.04% | 429 | 0.01% |
Construction | 199,067 | 5.04% | 21,750 | 0.55% |
Manufacturing | 300,891 | 7.62% | 171,793 | 4.35% |
Wholesale trade | 114,430 | 2.90% | 58,736 | 1.49% |
Retail trade | 236,654 | 5.99% | 210,692 | 5.33% |
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: | 173,342 | 4.39% | 61,459 | 1.56% |
Transportation & warehousing | 148,578 | 3.76% | 54,750 | 1.39% |
Utilities | 24,764 | 0.63% | 6,709 | 0.17% |
Information | 96,631 | 2.45% | 77,234 | 1.96% |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: | 173,785 | 4.40% | 178,937 | 4.53% |
Finance & insurance | 136,094 | 3.45% | 144,592 | 3.66% |
Real estate & rental & leasing | 37,691 | 0.95% | 34,345 | 0.87% |
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: | 257,358 | 6.52% | 196,484 | 4.97% |
Professional, scientific, & technical services | 178,515 | 4.52% | 140,297 | 3.55% |
Management of companies & enterprises | 1,391 | 0.04% | 1,317 | 0.03% |
Administrative & support & waste management services | 77,452 | 1.96% | 54,870 | 1.39% |
Educational, health & social services: | 200,278 | 5.07% | 582,859 | 14.76% |
Educational services | 102,448 | 2.59% | 242,084 | 6.13% |
Health care & social assistance | 97,830 | 2.48% | 340,775 | 8.63% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: | 142,678 | 3.61% | 129,186 | 3.27% |
Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 44,649 | 1.13% | 36,151 | 0.92% |
Accommodation & food services | 98,029 | 2.48% | 93,035 | 2.36% |
Other services (except public administration) | 89,007 | 2.25% | 84,679 | 2.14% |
Public administration | 105,314 | 2.67% | 74,167 | 1.88% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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