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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 395,164 51.30% 375,119 48.70%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 217,813 28.28% 212,092 27.53%
Management, business, & financial operations: 90,990 11.81% 76,413 9.92%
Management, except farm managers 57,656 7.49% 48,874 6.34%
Farmers & farm managers 50 0.01% 54 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 33,284 4.32% 27,485 3.57%
Business operations specialists 13,394 1.74% 15,563 2.02%
Financial specialists 19,890 2.58% 11,922 1.55%
Professional & related occupations: 126,823 16.46% 135,679 17.61%
Computer & mathematical 17,987 2.34% 7,618 0.99%
Architecture & engineering: 6,234 0.81% 2,473 0.32%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,377 0.70% 2,080 0.27%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 857 0.11% 393 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 6,240 0.81% 8,914 1.16%
Community & social services 4,949 0.64% 9,509 1.23%
Legal 20,030 2.60% 14,784 1.92%
Education, training, & library 16,672 2.16% 30,153 3.91%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 41,309 5.36% 42,538 5.52%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 13,402 1.74% 19,690 2.56%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 11,953 1.55% 17,182 2.23%
Health technologists & technicians 1,449 0.19% 2,508 0.33%
Service occupations: 51,012 6.62% 44,766 5.81%
Healthcare support 1,897 0.25% 11,064 1.44%
Protective services: 7,036 0.91% 2,450 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 2,288 0.30% 908 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 4,748 0.62% 1,542 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 21,780 2.83% 10,439 1.36%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 12,124 1.57% 7,254 0.94%
Personal care & service 8,175 1.06% 13,559 1.76%
Sales & office occupations: 80,250 10.42% 100,442 13.04%
Sales & related occupations 49,977 6.49% 39,535 5.13%
Office & administrative support 30,273 3.93% 60,907 7.91%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 133 0.02% 53 0.01%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 16,340 2.12% 1,269 0.16%
Construction & extraction: 9,717 1.26% 599 0.08%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 922 0.12% 137 0.02%
Construction trades 8,772 1.14% 462 0.06%
Extraction 23 0.00% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 6,623 0.86% 670 0.09%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 29,616 3.84% 16,497 2.14%
Production 12,814 1.66% 13,838 1.80%
Transportation & material moving: 16,802 2.18% 2,659 0.35%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 312 0.04% 88 0.01%
Aircraft & traffic control 73 0.01% 13 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 10,550 1.37% 464 0.06%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,161 0.15% 133 0.02%
Material moving 4,706 0.61% 1,961 0.25%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 395,164 51.30% 375,119 48.70%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 245 0.03% 200 0.03%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 169 0.02% 116 0.02%
Mining 76 0.01% 84 0.01%
Construction 11,259 1.46% 1,838 0.24%
Manufacturing 19,319 2.51% 20,899 2.71%
Wholesale trade 12,067 1.57% 8,736 1.13%
Retail trade 28,114 3.65% 26,130 3.39%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 15,831 2.06% 5,308 0.69%
Transportation & warehousing 15,073 1.96% 4,951 0.64%
Utilities 758 0.10% 357 0.05%
Information 34,663 4.50% 37,062 4.81%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 72,130 9.36% 42,827 5.56%
Finance & insurance 55,328 7.18% 34,951 4.54%
Real estate & rental & leasing 16,802 2.18% 7,876 1.02%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 74,394 9.66% 65,760 8.54%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 63,074 8.19% 55,726 7.23%
Management of companies & enterprises 270 0.04% 156 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 11,050 1.43% 9,878 1.28%
Educational, health & social services: 51,758 6.72% 100,245 13.01%
Educational services 25,534 3.31% 43,006 5.58%
Health care & social assistance 26,224 3.40% 57,239 7.43%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 48,695 6.32% 32,633 4.24%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 20,211 2.62% 18,196 2.36%
Accommodation & food services 28,484 3.70% 14,437 1.87%
Other services (except public administration) 14,935 1.94% 20,813 2.70%
Public administration 11,754 1.53% 12,668 1.64%

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

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