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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 878,729 53.98% 749,040 46.02%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 273,842 16.82% 264,187 16.23%
Management, business, & financial operations: 124,409 7.64% 91,728 5.64%
Management, except farm managers 86,865 5.34% 53,771 3.30%
Farmers & farm managers 10,743 0.66% 2,630 0.16%
Business & financial operations: 26,801 1.65% 35,327 2.17%
Business operations specialists 13,966 0.86% 17,985 1.10%
Financial specialists 12,835 0.79% 17,342 1.07%
Professional & related occupations: 149,433 9.18% 172,459 10.59%
Computer & mathematical 27,098 1.66% 9,810 0.60%
Architecture & engineering: 30,822 1.89% 5,426 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 22,001 1.35% 3,150 0.19%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 8,821 0.54% 2,276 0.14%
Life, physical, & social science 10,646 0.65% 6,369 0.39%
Community & social services 11,250 0.69% 16,321 1.00%
Legal 7,583 0.47% 7,601 0.47%
Education, training, & library 25,399 1.56% 62,729 3.85%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 17,069 1.05% 17,008 1.04%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 19,566 1.20% 47,195 2.90%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 15,348 0.94% 33,219 2.04%
Health technologists & technicians 4,218 0.26% 13,976 0.86%
Service occupations: 100,951 6.20% 148,048 9.10%
Healthcare support 4,132 0.25% 26,540 1.63%
Protective services: 19,924 1.22% 5,306 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 12,396 0.76% 2,330 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 7,528 0.46% 2,976 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 33,498 2.06% 50,110 3.08%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 33,974 2.09% 21,448 1.32%
Personal care & service 9,423 0.58% 44,644 2.74%
Sales & office occupations: 150,629 9.25% 273,563 16.81%
Sales & related occupations 95,040 5.84% 89,597 5.50%
Office & administrative support 55,589 3.42% 183,966 11.30%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 23,164 1.42% 4,938 0.30%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 142,563 8.76% 5,978 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 84,547 5.19% 3,158 0.19%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 11,497 0.71% 277 0.02%
Construction trades 72,457 4.45% 2,847 0.17%
Extraction 593 0.04% 34 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 58,016 3.56% 2,820 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 187,580 11.52% 52,326 3.21%
Production 98,601 6.06% 34,824 2.14%
Transportation & material moving: 88,979 5.47% 17,502 1.08%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 2,479 0.15% 467 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,243 0.08% 44 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 40,945 2.52% 6,730 0.41%
Rail, water & other transportation 7,402 0.45% 1,294 0.08%
Material moving 36,910 2.27% 8,967 0.55%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 878,729 53.98% 749,040 46.02%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 41,452 2.55% 10,617 0.65%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 40,089 2.46% 10,457 0.64%
Mining 1,363 0.08% 160 0.01%
Construction 100,310 6.16% 12,416 0.76%
Manufacturing 171,213 10.52% 62,640 3.85%
Wholesale trade 46,681 2.87% 19,336 1.19%
Retail trade 102,745 6.31% 99,953 6.14%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 56,517 3.47% 20,605 1.27%
Transportation & warehousing 46,458 2.85% 16,801 1.03%
Utilities 10,059 0.62% 3,804 0.23%
Information 21,824 1.34% 17,652 1.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 39,641 2.44% 60,247 3.70%
Finance & insurance 22,454 1.38% 42,689 2.62%
Real estate & rental & leasing 17,187 1.06% 17,558 1.08%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 78,674 4.83% 65,562 4.03%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 44,612 2.74% 41,312 2.54%
Management of companies & enterprises 281 0.02% 390 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 33,781 2.08% 23,860 1.47%
Educational, health & social services: 83,053 5.10% 230,831 14.18%
Educational services 44,919 2.76% 91,726 5.64%
Health care & social assistance 38,134 2.34% 139,105 8.55%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 60,525 3.72% 73,569 4.52%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 15,039 0.92% 14,138 0.87%
Accommodation & food services 45,486 2.79% 59,431 3.65%
Other services (except public administration) 39,481 2.43% 40,670 2.50%
Public administration 36,613 2.25% 34,942 2.15%

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

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