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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 868,060 52.15% 796,380 47.85%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 326,429 19.61% 324,956 19.52%
Management, business, & financial operations: 156,123 9.38% 107,899 6.48%
Management, except farm managers 109,297 6.57% 60,081 3.61%
Farmers & farm managers 1,624 0.10% 551 0.03%
Business & financial operations: 45,202 2.72% 47,267 2.84%
Business operations specialists 20,260 1.22% 24,275 1.46%
Financial specialists 24,942 1.50% 22,992 1.38%
Professional & related occupations: 170,306 10.23% 217,057 13.04%
Computer & mathematical 33,118 1.99% 15,133 0.91%
Architecture & engineering: 35,877 2.16% 4,720 0.28%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 27,601 1.66% 3,295 0.20%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 8,276 0.50% 1,425 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 10,862 0.65% 8,292 0.50%
Community & social services 9,578 0.58% 17,673 1.06%
Legal 12,306 0.74% 10,765 0.65%
Education, training, & library 28,245 1.70% 80,184 4.82%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 18,937 1.14% 17,471 1.05%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 21,383 1.28% 62,819 3.77%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 17,168 1.03% 44,658 2.68%
Health technologists & technicians 4,215 0.25% 18,161 1.09%
Service occupations: 104,797 6.30% 132,609 7.97%
Healthcare support 5,007 0.30% 36,014 2.16%
Protective services: 26,023 1.56% 5,282 0.32%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 16,231 0.98% 2,078 0.12%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 9,792 0.59% 3,204 0.19%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 30,529 1.83% 37,385 2.25%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 33,251 2.00% 17,067 1.03%
Personal care & service 9,987 0.60% 36,861 2.21%
Sales & office occupations: 159,639 9.59% 280,649 16.86%
Sales & related occupations 98,047 5.89% 88,345 5.31%
Office & administrative support 61,592 3.70% 192,304 11.55%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 2,349 0.14% 1,097 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 128,874 7.74% 4,004 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 78,203 4.70% 1,733 0.10%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 9,560 0.57% 240 0.01%
Construction trades 68,122 4.09% 1,485 0.09%
Extraction 521 0.03% 8 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 50,671 3.04% 2,271 0.14%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 145,972 8.77% 53,065 3.19%
Production 86,168 5.18% 40,923 2.46%
Transportation & material moving: 59,804 3.59% 12,142 0.73%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,710 0.10% 482 0.03%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,394 0.08% 112 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 32,888 1.98% 5,296 0.32%
Rail, water & other transportation 3,204 0.19% 402 0.02%
Material moving 20,608 1.24% 5,850 0.35%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 868,060 52.15% 796,380 47.85%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 5,298 0.32% 2,147 0.13%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 4,476 0.27% 1,969 0.12%
Mining 822 0.05% 178 0.01%
Construction 91,696 5.51% 8,217 0.49%
Manufacturing 168,793 10.14% 77,814 4.68%
Wholesale trade 37,273 2.24% 15,958 0.96%
Retail trade 97,301 5.85% 88,332 5.31%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 46,828 2.81% 17,834 1.07%
Transportation & warehousing 35,270 2.12% 14,315 0.86%
Utilities 11,558 0.69% 3,519 0.21%
Information 30,088 1.81% 25,114 1.51%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 75,805 4.55% 87,763 5.27%
Finance & insurance 60,369 3.63% 73,412 4.41%
Real estate & rental & leasing 15,436 0.93% 14,351 0.86%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 94,840 5.70% 73,494 4.42%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 62,134 3.73% 50,739 3.05%
Management of companies & enterprises 670 0.04% 595 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 32,036 1.92% 22,160 1.33%
Educational, health & social services: 92,985 5.59% 273,583 16.44%
Educational services 48,980 2.94% 107,585 6.46%
Health care & social assistance 44,005 2.64% 165,998 9.97%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 54,788 3.29% 56,636 3.40%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 18,964 1.14% 17,157 1.03%
Accommodation & food services 35,824 2.15% 39,479 2.37%
Other services (except public administration) 34,681 2.08% 39,818 2.39%
Public administration 37,684 2.26% 29,670 1.78%

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

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