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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 584,495 55.12% 475,963 44.88%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 185,058 17.45% 173,004 16.31%
Management, business, & financial operations: 88,083 8.31% 71,276 6.72%
Management, except farm managers 59,753 5.63% 38,528 3.63%
Farmers & farm managers 471 0.04% 103 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 27,859 2.63% 32,645 3.08%
Business operations specialists 12,899 1.22% 16,637 1.57%
Financial specialists 14,960 1.41% 16,008 1.51%
Professional & related occupations: 96,975 9.14% 101,728 9.59%
Computer & mathematical 27,536 2.60% 11,001 1.04%
Architecture & engineering: 19,217 1.81% 3,304 0.31%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 14,023 1.32% 2,169 0.20%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 5,194 0.49% 1,135 0.11%
Life, physical, & social science 3,213 0.30% 2,888 0.27%
Community & social services 5,039 0.48% 6,781 0.64%
Legal 8,131 0.77% 6,545 0.62%
Education, training, & library 11,014 1.04% 36,453 3.44%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 11,699 1.10% 9,320 0.88%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 11,126 1.05% 25,436 2.40%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 8,463 0.80% 17,640 1.66%
Health technologists & technicians 2,663 0.25% 7,796 0.74%
Service occupations: 66,854 6.30% 73,764 6.96%
Healthcare support 1,734 0.16% 11,993 1.13%
Protective services: 11,089 1.05% 3,304 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 5,359 0.51% 1,424 0.13%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 5,730 0.54% 1,880 0.18%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 24,987 2.36% 23,260 2.19%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 22,739 2.14% 15,888 1.50%
Personal care & service 6,305 0.59% 19,319 1.82%
Sales & office occupations: 118,883 11.21% 187,992 17.73%
Sales & related occupations 66,180 6.24% 56,044 5.28%
Office & administrative support 52,703 4.97% 131,948 12.44%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,030 0.10% 401 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 110,273 10.40% 4,237 0.40%
Construction & extraction: 72,897 6.87% 1,451 0.14%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 6,489 0.61% 184 0.02%
Construction trades 66,274 6.25% 1,267 0.12%
Extraction 134 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 37,376 3.52% 2,786 0.26%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 102,397 9.66% 36,565 3.45%
Production 50,867 4.80% 27,376 2.58%
Transportation & material moving: 51,530 4.86% 9,189 0.87%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,773 0.17% 480 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,248 0.12% 114 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 25,566 2.41% 2,355 0.22%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,427 0.13% 263 0.02%
Material moving 21,516 2.03% 5,977 0.56%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 584,495 55.12% 475,963 44.88%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,120 0.29% 1,647 0.16%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,206 0.11% 296 0.03%
Mining 1,914 0.18% 1,351 0.13%
Construction 83,757 7.90% 6,816 0.64%
Manufacturing 84,080 7.93% 41,911 3.95%
Wholesale trade 31,228 2.94% 16,356 1.54%
Retail trade 66,272 6.25% 55,843 5.27%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 43,810 4.13% 17,464 1.65%
Transportation & warehousing 39,178 3.69% 15,982 1.51%
Utilities 4,632 0.44% 1,482 0.14%
Information 27,527 2.60% 24,017 2.26%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 42,146 3.97% 56,124 5.29%
Finance & insurance 26,538 2.50% 42,370 4.00%
Real estate & rental & leasing 15,608 1.47% 13,754 1.30%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 76,986 7.26% 60,075 5.67%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 47,425 4.47% 38,934 3.67%
Management of companies & enterprises 349 0.03% 617 0.06%
Administrative & support & waste management services 29,212 2.75% 20,524 1.94%
Educational, health & social services: 39,610 3.74% 116,951 11.03%
Educational services 19,321 1.82% 50,700 4.78%
Health care & social assistance 20,289 1.91% 66,251 6.25%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 44,144 4.16% 38,357 3.62%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 7,939 0.75% 5,463 0.52%
Accommodation & food services 36,205 3.41% 32,894 3.10%
Other services (except public administration) 27,910 2.63% 27,285 2.57%
Public administration 13,905 1.31% 13,117 1.24%

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

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