Tennessee

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 1,421,969 53.63% 1,229,669 46.37%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 378,918 14.29% 402,235 15.17%
Management, business, & financial operations: 184,338 6.95% 128,530 4.85%
Management, except farm managers 128,906 4.86% 73,587 2.78%
Farmers & farm managers 13,059 0.49% 1,803 0.07%
Business & financial operations: 42,373 1.60% 53,140 2.00%
Business operations specialists 21,402 0.81% 24,825 0.94%
Financial specialists 20,971 0.79% 28,315 1.07%
Professional & related occupations: 194,580 7.34% 273,705 10.32%
Computer & mathematical 26,742 1.01% 12,238 0.46%
Architecture & engineering: 38,974 1.47% 5,971 0.23%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 27,593 1.04% 3,238 0.12%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 11,381 0.43% 2,733 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 11,377 0.43% 6,931 0.26%
Community & social services 17,538 0.66% 19,813 0.75%
Legal 10,077 0.38% 9,344 0.35%
Education, training, & library 31,773 1.20% 102,896 3.88%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 24,225 0.91% 19,877 0.75%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 33,874 1.28% 96,635 3.64%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 25,522 0.96% 58,419 2.20%
Health technologists & technicians 8,352 0.31% 38,216 1.44%
Service occupations: 152,977 5.77% 209,964 7.92%
Healthcare support 5,234 0.20% 39,599 1.49%
Protective services: 36,839 1.39% 9,191 0.35%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 24,142 0.91% 4,469 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 12,697 0.48% 4,722 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 48,615 1.83% 75,892 2.86%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 50,116 1.89% 34,137 1.29%
Personal care & service 12,173 0.46% 51,145 1.93%
Sales & office occupations: 243,377 9.18% 449,122 16.94%
Sales & related occupations 145,083 5.47% 151,007 5.69%
Office & administrative support 98,294 3.71% 298,115 11.24%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 12,351 0.47% 2,294 0.09%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 261,038 9.84% 11,126 0.42%
Construction & extraction: 153,406 5.79% 5,206 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 18,887 0.71% 426 0.02%
Construction trades 132,837 5.01% 4,739 0.18%
Extraction 1,682 0.06% 41 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 107,632 4.06% 5,920 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 373,308 14.08% 154,928 5.84%
Production 206,331 7.78% 121,722 4.59%
Transportation & material moving: 166,977 6.30% 33,206 1.25%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 4,332 0.16% 1,018 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 4,303 0.16% 251 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 78,874 2.97% 9,308 0.35%
Rail, water & other transportation 6,800 0.26% 936 0.04%
Material moving 72,668 2.74% 21,693 0.82%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,421,969 53.63% 1,229,669 46.37%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 31,135 1.17% 4,916 0.19%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 27,078 1.02% 4,550 0.17%
Mining 4,057 0.15% 366 0.01%
Construction 176,122 6.64% 17,133 0.65%
Manufacturing 330,764 12.47% 171,072 6.45%
Wholesale trade 70,080 2.64% 31,103 1.17%
Retail trade 153,876 5.80% 159,116 6.00%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 124,689 4.70% 41,455 1.56%
Transportation & warehousing 101,179 3.82% 34,527 1.30%
Utilities 23,510 0.89% 6,928 0.26%
Information 33,650 1.27% 29,550 1.11%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 60,268 2.27% 93,055 3.51%
Finance & insurance 38,968 1.47% 72,684 2.74%
Real estate & rental & leasing 21,300 0.80% 20,371 0.77%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 109,326 4.12% 87,376 3.30%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 58,271 2.20% 50,721 1.91%
Management of companies & enterprises 480 0.02% 784 0.03%
Administrative & support & waste management services 50,575 1.91% 35,871 1.35%
Educational, health & social services: 119,053 4.49% 374,620 14.13%
Educational services 57,674 2.18% 143,408 5.41%
Health care & social assistance 61,379 2.31% 231,212 8.72%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 92,034 3.47% 107,226 4.04%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 21,760 0.82% 15,444 0.58%
Accommodation & food services 70,274 2.65% 91,782 3.46%
Other services (except public administration) 64,801 2.44% 63,267 2.39%
Public administration 56,171 2.12% 49,780 1.88%

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

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