Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 626,130 | 53.36% | 547,269 | 46.64% |
Management, professional, & related occupations: | 151,573 | 12.92% | 173,596 | 14.79% |
Management, business, & financial operations: | 78,848 | 6.72% | 53,584 | 4.57% |
Management, except farm managers | 48,582 | 4.14% | 29,574 | 2.52% |
Farmers & farm managers | 14,340 | 1.22% | 2,903 | 0.25% |
Business & financial operations: | 15,926 | 1.36% | 21,107 | 1.80% |
Business operations specialists | 8,297 | 0.71% | 9,668 | 0.82% |
Financial specialists | 7,629 | 0.65% | 11,439 | 0.97% |
Professional & related occupations: | 72,725 | 6.20% | 120,012 | 10.23% |
Computer & mathematical | 8,921 | 0.76% | 4,193 | 0.36% |
Architecture & engineering: | 12,020 | 1.02% | 1,944 | 0.17% |
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers | 7,740 | 0.66% | 793 | 0.07% |
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians | 4,280 | 0.36% | 1,151 | 0.10% |
Life, physical, & social science | 4,496 | 0.38% | 2,383 | 0.20% |
Community & social services | 8,764 | 0.75% | 8,763 | 0.75% |
Legal | 3,939 | 0.34% | 3,595 | 0.31% |
Education, training, & library | 14,042 | 1.20% | 49,390 | 4.21% |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media | 6,409 | 0.55% | 6,602 | 0.56% |
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: | 14,134 | 1.20% | 43,142 | 3.68% |
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations | 10,488 | 0.89% | 25,817 | 2.20% |
Health technologists & technicians | 3,646 | 0.31% | 17,325 | 1.48% |
Service occupations: | 63,482 | 5.41% | 102,219 | 8.71% |
Healthcare support | 2,096 | 0.18% | 21,699 | 1.85% |
Protective services: | 15,858 | 1.35% | 3,754 | 0.32% |
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors | 10,863 | 0.93% | 2,021 | 0.17% |
Other protective service workers, including supervisors | 4,995 | 0.43% | 1,733 | 0.15% |
Food preparation & serving related occupations | 17,769 | 1.51% | 36,093 | 3.08% |
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance | 22,639 | 1.93% | 17,146 | 1.46% |
Personal care & service | 5,120 | 0.44% | 23,527 | 2.01% |
Sales & office occupations: | 100,200 | 8.54% | 194,160 | 16.55% |
Sales & related occupations | 62,414 | 5.32% | 66,194 | 5.64% |
Office & administrative support | 37,786 | 3.22% | 127,966 | 10.91% |
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations | 15,414 | 1.31% | 2,509 | 0.21% |
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: | 119,422 | 10.18% | 4,611 | 0.39% |
Construction & extraction: | 66,894 | 5.70% | 2,244 | 0.19% |
Supervisors, construction & extraction | 8,675 | 0.74% | 236 | 0.02% |
Construction trades | 57,177 | 4.87% | 1,955 | 0.17% |
Extraction | 1,042 | 0.09% | 53 | 0.00% |
Installation, maintenance, & repair | 52,528 | 4.48% | 2,367 | 0.20% |
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: | 176,039 | 15.00% | 70,174 | 5.98% |
Production | 95,879 | 8.17% | 55,366 | 4.72% |
Transportation & material moving: | 80,160 | 6.83% | 14,808 | 1.26% |
Supervisors, transportation & material moving | 1,896 | 0.16% | 418 | 0.04% |
Aircraft & traffic control | 1,125 | 0.10% | 68 | 0.01% |
Motor vehicle operators | 39,886 | 3.40% | 4,373 | 0.37% |
Rail, water & other transportation | 3,448 | 0.29% | 543 | 0.05% |
Material moving | 33,805 | 2.88% | 9,406 | 0.80% |
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 626,130 | 53.36% | 547,269 | 46.64% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: | 36,738 | 3.13% | 6,927 | 0.59% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting | 34,108 | 2.91% | 6,443 | 0.55% |
Mining | 2,630 | 0.22% | 484 | 0.04% |
Construction | 75,223 | 6.41% | 7,388 | 0.63% |
Manufacturing | 149,913 | 12.78% | 77,274 | 6.59% |
Wholesale trade | 28,174 | 2.40% | 10,166 | 0.87% |
Retail trade | 73,714 | 6.28% | 78,840 | 6.72% |
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: | 53,287 | 4.54% | 16,324 | 1.39% |
Transportation & warehousing | 42,940 | 3.66% | 13,657 | 1.16% |
Utilities | 10,347 | 0.88% | 2,667 | 0.23% |
Information | 13,400 | 1.14% | 12,491 | 1.06% |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: | 21,470 | 1.83% | 34,990 | 2.98% |
Finance & insurance | 13,533 | 1.15% | 27,059 | 2.31% |
Real estate & rental & leasing | 7,937 | 0.68% | 7,931 | 0.68% |
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: | 34,604 | 2.95% | 28,471 | 2.43% |
Professional, scientific, & technical services | 16,553 | 1.41% | 16,811 | 1.43% |
Management of companies & enterprises | 310 | 0.03% | 500 | 0.04% |
Administrative & support & waste management services | 17,741 | 1.51% | 11,160 | 0.95% |
Educational, health & social services: | 52,071 | 4.44% | 178,420 | 15.21% |
Educational services | 26,687 | 2.27% | 70,108 | 5.97% |
Health care & social assistance | 25,384 | 2.16% | 108,312 | 9.23% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: | 30,948 | 2.64% | 43,179 | 3.68% |
Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 6,354 | 0.54% | 5,705 | 0.49% |
Accommodation & food services | 24,594 | 2.10% | 37,474 | 3.19% |
Other services (except public administration) | 31,073 | 2.65% | 27,556 | 2.35% |
Public administration | 25,515 | 2.17% | 25,243 | 2.15% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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