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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 1,196,761 54.27% 1,008,433 45.73%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 433,315 19.65% 390,416 17.70%
Management, business, & financial operations: 198,604 9.01% 146,369 6.64%
Management, except farm managers 138,362 6.27% 84,909 3.85%
Farmers & farm managers 11,519 0.52% 2,437 0.11%
Business & financial operations: 48,723 2.21% 59,023 2.68%
Business operations specialists 23,482 1.06% 28,021 1.27%
Financial specialists 25,241 1.14% 31,002 1.41%
Professional & related occupations: 234,711 10.64% 244,047 11.07%
Computer & mathematical 63,510 2.88% 24,615 1.12%
Architecture & engineering: 50,892 2.31% 9,201 0.42%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 39,243 1.78% 6,474 0.29%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 11,649 0.53% 2,727 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 15,252 0.69% 9,688 0.44%
Community & social services 11,887 0.54% 18,089 0.82%
Legal 12,444 0.56% 12,475 0.57%
Education, training, & library 32,001 1.45% 82,697 3.75%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 24,085 1.09% 25,064 1.14%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 24,640 1.12% 62,218 2.82%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 19,208 0.87% 43,640 1.98%
Health technologists & technicians 5,432 0.25% 18,578 0.84%
Service occupations: 134,082 6.08% 172,186 7.81%
Healthcare support 4,305 0.20% 29,076 1.32%
Protective services: 29,829 1.35% 8,151 0.37%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 19,151 0.87% 3,687 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 10,678 0.48% 4,464 0.20%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 49,941 2.26% 58,429 2.65%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 36,772 1.67% 26,902 1.22%
Personal care & service 13,235 0.60% 49,628 2.25%
Sales & office occupations: 220,389 9.99% 379,120 17.19%
Sales & related occupations 136,209 6.18% 124,402 5.64%
Office & administrative support 84,180 3.82% 254,718 11.55%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 10,317 0.47% 2,752 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 221,984 10.07% 10,037 0.46%
Construction & extraction: 147,933 6.71% 5,138 0.23%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 21,053 0.95% 579 0.03%
Construction trades 124,522 5.65% 4,471 0.20%
Extraction 2,358 0.11% 88 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 74,051 3.36% 4,899 0.22%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 176,674 8.01% 53,922 2.45%
Production 80,143 3.63% 36,742 1.67%
Transportation & material moving: 96,531 4.38% 17,180 0.78%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 3,265 0.15% 649 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 4,815 0.22% 493 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 50,911 2.31% 6,827 0.31%
Rail, water & other transportation 5,025 0.23% 869 0.04%
Material moving 32,515 1.47% 8,342 0.38%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 1,196,761 54.27% 1,008,433 45.73%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 34,434 1.56% 10,224 0.46%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 24,645 1.12% 7,507 0.34%
Mining 9,789 0.44% 2,717 0.12%
Construction 178,595 8.10% 21,579 0.98%
Manufacturing 138,146 6.26% 63,023 2.86%
Wholesale trade 52,928 2.40% 23,411 1.06%
Retail trade 133,737 6.06% 126,108 5.72%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 78,080 3.54% 29,075 1.32%
Transportation & warehousing 63,356 2.87% 24,478 1.11%
Utilities 14,724 0.67% 4,597 0.21%
Information 59,681 2.71% 49,274 2.23%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 73,108 3.32% 96,177 4.36%
Finance & insurance 44,553 2.02% 68,938 3.13%
Real estate & rental & leasing 28,555 1.29% 27,239 1.24%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 143,093 6.49% 114,455 5.19%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 98,490 4.47% 75,318 3.42%
Management of companies & enterprises 473 0.02% 487 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 44,130 2.00% 38,650 1.75%
Educational, health & social services: 98,784 4.48% 275,702 12.50%
Educational services 55,703 2.53% 116,288 5.27%
Health care & social assistance 43,081 1.95% 159,414 7.23%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 100,742 4.57% 98,771 4.48%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 24,253 1.10% 21,208 0.96%
Accommodation & food services 76,489 3.47% 77,563 3.52%
Other services (except public administration) 49,610 2.25% 55,275 2.51%
Public administration 55,823 2.53% 45,359 2.06%

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

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