Occupation by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 1,778,658 | 52.12% | 1,633,989 | 47.88% |
Management, professional, & related occupations: | 651,860 | 19.10% | 653,046 | 19.14% |
Management, business, & financial operations: | 297,249 | 8.71% | 232,899 | 6.82% |
Management, except farm managers | 204,194 | 5.98% | 132,267 | 3.88% |
Farmers & farm managers | 11,011 | 0.32% | 2,293 | 0.07% |
Business & financial operations: | 82,044 | 2.40% | 98,339 | 2.88% |
Business operations specialists | 44,737 | 1.31% | 51,639 | 1.51% |
Financial specialists | 37,307 | 1.09% | 46,700 | 1.37% |
Professional & related occupations: | 354,611 | 10.39% | 420,147 | 12.31% |
Computer & mathematical | 99,026 | 2.90% | 46,048 | 1.35% |
Architecture & engineering: | 66,895 | 1.96% | 10,715 | 0.31% |
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers | 50,554 | 1.48% | 7,120 | 0.21% |
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians | 16,341 | 0.48% | 3,595 | 0.11% |
Life, physical, & social science | 23,034 | 0.67% | 14,910 | 0.44% |
Community & social services | 18,986 | 0.56% | 29,546 | 0.87% |
Legal | 28,856 | 0.85% | 24,570 | 0.72% |
Education, training, & library | 48,946 | 1.43% | 148,935 | 4.36% |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media | 34,550 | 1.01% | 35,757 | 1.05% |
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: | 34,318 | 1.01% | 109,666 | 3.21% |
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations | 26,704 | 0.78% | 73,254 | 2.15% |
Health technologists & technicians | 7,614 | 0.22% | 36,412 | 1.07% |
Service occupations: | 197,082 | 5.78% | 271,097 | 7.94% |
Healthcare support | 5,079 | 0.15% | 49,091 | 1.44% |
Protective services: | 57,250 | 1.68% | 15,633 | 0.46% |
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors | 37,678 | 1.10% | 7,527 | 0.22% |
Other protective service workers, including supervisors | 19,572 | 0.57% | 8,106 | 0.24% |
Food preparation & serving related occupations | 61,336 | 1.80% | 85,980 | 2.52% |
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance | 56,694 | 1.66% | 46,245 | 1.36% |
Personal care & service | 16,723 | 0.49% | 74,148 | 2.17% |
Sales & office occupations: | 293,949 | 8.61% | 574,578 | 16.84% |
Sales & related occupations | 170,533 | 5.00% | 189,317 | 5.55% |
Office & administrative support | 123,416 | 3.62% | 385,261 | 11.29% |
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations | 12,990 | 0.38% | 3,346 | 0.10% |
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: | 315,423 | 9.24% | 12,310 | 0.36% |
Construction & extraction: | 190,782 | 5.59% | 5,509 | 0.16% |
Supervisors, construction & extraction | 25,905 | 0.76% | 636 | 0.02% |
Construction trades | 160,983 | 4.72% | 4,766 | 0.14% |
Extraction | 3,894 | 0.11% | 107 | 0.00% |
Installation, maintenance, & repair | 124,641 | 3.65% | 6,801 | 0.20% |
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: | 307,354 | 9.01% | 119,612 | 3.50% |
Production | 154,033 | 4.51% | 85,982 | 2.52% |
Transportation & material moving: | 153,321 | 4.49% | 33,630 | 0.99% |
Supervisors, transportation & material moving | 4,798 | 0.14% | 974 | 0.03% |
Aircraft & traffic control | 4,709 | 0.14% | 617 | 0.02% |
Motor vehicle operators | 78,417 | 2.30% | 14,845 | 0.43% |
Rail, water & other transportation | 8,235 | 0.24% | 1,068 | 0.03% |
Material moving | 57,162 | 1.68% | 16,126 | 0.47% |
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000 | ||||
Percent of | Percent of | |||
Male | Workforce | Female | Workforce | |
Total Employed | 1,778,658 | 52.12% | 1,633,989 | 47.88% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: | 35,630 | 1.04% | 7,795 | 0.23% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting | 26,421 | 0.77% | 6,975 | 0.20% |
Mining | 9,209 | 0.27% | 820 | 0.02% |
Construction | 223,300 | 6.54% | 26,855 | 0.79% |
Manufacturing | 260,353 | 7.63% | 126,751 | 3.71% |
Wholesale trade | 66,031 | 1.93% | 27,446 | 0.80% |
Retail trade | 187,928 | 5.51% | 201,509 | 5.90% |
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: | 117,153 | 3.43% | 41,324 | 1.21% |
Transportation & warehousing | 95,637 | 2.80% | 35,406 | 1.04% |
Utilities | 21,516 | 0.63% | 5,918 | 0.17% |
Information | 71,335 | 2.09% | 59,257 | 1.74% |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: | 91,211 | 2.67% | 135,011 | 3.96% |
Finance & insurance | 60,597 | 1.78% | 102,573 | 3.01% |
Real estate & rental & leasing | 30,614 | 0.90% | 32,438 | 0.95% |
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: | 221,381 | 6.49% | 174,300 | 5.11% |
Professional, scientific, & technical services | 159,983 | 4.69% | 122,817 | 3.60% |
Management of companies & enterprises | 799 | 0.02% | 906 | 0.03% |
Administrative & support & waste management services | 60,599 | 1.78% | 50,577 | 1.48% |
Educational, health & social services: | 145,423 | 4.26% | 480,733 | 14.09% |
Educational services | 84,399 | 2.47% | 210,089 | 6.16% |
Health care & social assistance | 61,024 | 1.79% | 270,644 | 7.93% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: | 114,097 | 3.34% | 131,870 | 3.86% |
Arts, entertainment, & recreation | 26,232 | 0.77% | 24,399 | 0.71% |
Accommodation & food services | 87,865 | 2.57% | 107,471 | 3.15% |
Other services (except public administration) | 86,613 | 2.54% | 97,082 | 2.84% |
Public administration | 158,203 | 4.64% | 124,056 | 3.64% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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