Orange County

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 745,721 55.70% 593,117 44.30%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 281,469 21.02% 228,073 17.04%
Management, business, & financial operations: 141,514 10.57% 93,778 7.00%
Management, except farm managers 105,594 7.89% 54,922 4.10%
Farmers & farm managers 289 0.02% 58 0.00%
Business & financial operations: 35,631 2.66% 38,798 2.90%
Business operations specialists 16,580 1.24% 17,845 1.33%
Financial specialists 19,051 1.42% 20,953 1.57%
Professional & related occupations: 139,955 10.45% 134,295 10.03%
Computer & mathematical 29,275 2.19% 10,335 0.77%
Architecture & engineering: 35,200 2.63% 4,943 0.37%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 28,872 2.16% 3,378 0.25%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 6,328 0.47% 1,565 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 6,227 0.47% 4,598 0.34%
Community & social services 6,438 0.48% 8,983 0.67%
Legal 8,981 0.67% 8,401 0.63%
Education, training, & library 19,410 1.45% 51,565 3.85%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 17,715 1.32% 13,534 1.01%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 16,709 1.25% 31,936 2.39%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 13,236 0.99% 23,198 1.73%
Health technologists & technicians 3,473 0.26% 8,738 0.65%
Service occupations: 88,091 6.58% 88,910 6.64%
Healthcare support 2,672 0.20% 13,352 1.00%
Protective services: 17,304 1.29% 3,467 0.26%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 10,080 0.75% 1,644 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 7,224 0.54% 1,823 0.14%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 30,412 2.27% 26,227 1.96%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 29,488 2.20% 15,866 1.19%
Personal care & service 8,215 0.61% 29,998 2.24%
Sales & office occupations: 158,902 11.87% 224,986 16.80%
Sales & related occupations 100,365 7.50% 77,039 5.75%
Office & administrative support 58,537 4.37% 147,947 11.05%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 3,023 0.23% 1,044 0.08%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 94,235 7.04% 3,221 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 55,927 4.18% 1,329 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 7,822 0.58% 234 0.02%
Construction trades 47,972 3.58% 1,084 0.08%
Extraction 133 0.01% 11 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 38,308 2.86% 1,892 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 120,001 8.96% 46,883 3.50%
Production 72,642 5.43% 38,705 2.89%
Transportation & material moving: 47,359 3.54% 8,178 0.61%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,740 0.13% 282 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,379 0.10% 141 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 22,357 1.67% 1,997 0.15%
Rail, water & other transportation 2,237 0.17% 349 0.03%
Material moving 19,646 1.47% 5,409 0.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 745,721 55.70% 593,117 44.30%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,615 0.27% 1,257 0.09%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 2,853 0.21% 1,110 0.08%
Mining 762 0.06% 147 0.01%
Construction 72,218 5.39% 9,604 0.72%
Manufacturing 151,910 11.35% 75,585 5.65%
Wholesale trade 45,872 3.43% 21,669 1.62%
Retail trade 83,695 6.25% 66,767 4.99%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 34,252 2.56% 13,851 1.03%
Transportation & warehousing 28,402 2.12% 11,794 0.88%
Utilities 5,850 0.44% 2,057 0.15%
Information 22,702 1.70% 15,637 1.17%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 54,115 4.04% 63,236 4.72%
Finance & insurance 34,244 2.56% 44,832 3.35%
Real estate & rental & leasing 19,871 1.48% 18,404 1.37%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 98,574 7.36% 70,356 5.26%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 60,980 4.55% 45,882 3.43%
Management of companies & enterprises 339 0.03% 578 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 37,255 2.78% 23,896 1.78%
Educational, health & social services: 61,679 4.61% 154,338 11.53%
Educational services 32,050 2.39% 71,237 5.32%
Health care & social assistance 29,629 2.21% 83,101 6.21%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 60,977 4.55% 50,492 3.77%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 15,822 1.18% 11,521 0.86%
Accommodation & food services 45,155 3.37% 38,971 2.91%
Other services (except public administration) 33,379 2.49% 33,630 2.51%
Public administration 22,733 1.70% 16,695 1.25%

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

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