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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 314,522 52.78% 281,389 47.22%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 95,226 15.98% 101,114 16.97%
Management, business, & financial operations: 42,731 7.17% 34,505 5.79%
Management, except farm managers 29,364 4.93% 19,430 3.26%
Farmers & farm managers 542 0.09% 139 0.02%
Business & financial operations: 12,825 2.15% 14,936 2.51%
Business operations specialists 6,798 1.14% 7,511 1.26%
Financial specialists 6,027 1.01% 7,425 1.25%
Professional & related occupations: 52,495 8.81% 66,609 11.18%
Computer & mathematical 8,449 1.42% 3,716 0.62%
Architecture & engineering: 7,900 1.33% 1,112 0.19%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 5,183 0.87% 676 0.11%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,717 0.46% 436 0.07%
Life, physical, & social science 2,518 0.42% 1,859 0.31%
Community & social services 3,413 0.57% 5,049 0.85%
Legal 3,641 0.61% 2,585 0.43%
Education, training, & library 9,587 1.61% 27,085 4.55%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 5,293 0.89% 4,563 0.77%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 11,694 1.96% 20,640 3.46%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 7,840 1.32% 13,123 2.20%
Health technologists & technicians 3,854 0.65% 7,517 1.26%
Service occupations: 43,135 7.24% 52,119 8.75%
Healthcare support 2,296 0.39% 10,946 1.84%
Protective services: 8,713 1.46% 1,986 0.33%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 4,960 0.83% 646 0.11%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 3,753 0.63% 1,340 0.22%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 17,084 2.87% 17,595 2.95%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 11,374 1.91% 9,337 1.57%
Personal care & service 3,668 0.62% 12,255 2.06%
Sales & office occupations: 67,201 11.28% 111,207 18.66%
Sales & related occupations 38,789 6.51% 37,705 6.33%
Office & administrative support 28,412 4.77% 73,502 12.33%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 785 0.13% 298 0.05%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 59,219 9.94% 2,329 0.39%
Construction & extraction: 35,234 5.91% 924 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 3,925 0.66% 213 0.04%
Construction trades 31,106 5.22% 692 0.12%
Extraction 203 0.03% 19 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 23,985 4.02% 1,405 0.24%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 48,956 8.22% 14,322 2.40%
Production 20,507 3.44% 10,175 1.71%
Transportation & material moving: 28,449 4.77% 4,147 0.70%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 857 0.14% 245 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 806 0.14% 39 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 15,157 2.54% 1,606 0.27%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,583 0.27% 268 0.04%
Material moving 10,046 1.69% 1,989 0.33%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 314,522 52.78% 281,389 47.22%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,119 0.36% 657 0.11%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,311 0.22% 380 0.06%
Mining 808 0.14% 277 0.05%
Construction 40,611 6.81% 4,037 0.68%
Manufacturing 27,568 4.63% 13,207 2.22%
Wholesale trade 15,791 2.65% 5,282 0.89%
Retail trade 39,226 6.58% 35,667 5.99%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 22,937 3.85% 6,177 1.04%
Transportation & warehousing 19,241 3.23% 5,025 0.84%
Utilities 3,696 0.62% 1,152 0.19%
Information 10,577 1.77% 10,323 1.73%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 21,906 3.68% 32,526 5.46%
Finance & insurance 15,142 2.54% 26,173 4.39%
Real estate & rental & leasing 6,764 1.14% 6,353 1.07%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 32,809 5.51% 25,984 4.36%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 18,106 3.04% 13,796 2.32%
Management of companies & enterprises 52 0.01% 142 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 14,651 2.46% 12,046 2.02%
Educational, health & social services: 36,500 6.13% 91,159 15.30%
Educational services 17,030 2.86% 39,456 6.62%
Health care & social assistance 19,470 3.27% 51,703 8.68%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 29,199 4.90% 28,257 4.74%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 5,688 0.95% 3,877 0.65%
Accommodation & food services 23,511 3.95% 24,380 4.09%
Other services (except public administration) 15,652 2.63% 14,392 2.42%
Public administration 19,627 3.29% 13,721 2.30%

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

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