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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 390,290 54.96% 319,889 45.04%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 85,002 11.97% 85,550 12.05%
Management, business, & financial operations: 42,923 6.04% 33,776 4.76%
Management, except farm managers 32,429 4.57% 20,862 2.94%
Farmers & farm managers 254 0.04% 69 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 10,240 1.44% 12,845 1.81%
Business operations specialists 5,151 0.73% 6,111 0.86%
Financial specialists 5,089 0.72% 6,734 0.95%
Professional & related occupations: 42,079 5.93% 51,774 7.29%
Computer & mathematical 5,398 0.76% 2,291 0.32%
Architecture & engineering: 7,423 1.05% 995 0.14%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4,769 0.67% 663 0.09%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,654 0.37% 332 0.05%
Life, physical, & social science 1,918 0.27% 986 0.14%
Community & social services 2,099 0.30% 3,160 0.44%
Legal 3,066 0.43% 3,471 0.49%
Education, training, & library 6,610 0.93% 19,068 2.68%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 8,320 1.17% 5,974 0.84%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 7,245 1.02% 15,829 2.23%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 5,093 0.72% 10,359 1.46%
Health technologists & technicians 2,152 0.30% 5,470 0.77%
Service occupations: 101,313 14.27% 88,180 12.42%
Healthcare support 1,103 0.16% 7,054 0.99%
Protective services: 17,110 2.41% 3,325 0.47%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 5,926 0.83% 1,172 0.17%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 11,184 1.57% 2,153 0.30%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 37,933 5.34% 31,893 4.49%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 20,773 2.93% 18,857 2.66%
Personal care & service 24,394 3.43% 27,051 3.81%
Sales & office occupations: 67,513 9.51% 130,123 18.32%
Sales & related occupations 39,964 5.63% 49,736 7.00%
Office & administrative support 27,549 3.88% 80,387 11.32%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 864 0.12% 139 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 78,931 11.11% 2,906 0.41%
Construction & extraction: 53,442 7.53% 1,808 0.25%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 6,622 0.93% 182 0.03%
Construction trades 46,105 6.49% 1,600 0.23%
Extraction 715 0.10% 26 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 25,489 3.59% 1,098 0.15%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 56,667 7.98% 12,991 1.83%
Production 19,785 2.79% 7,099 1.00%
Transportation & material moving: 36,882 5.19% 5,892 0.83%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,048 0.15% 162 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 1,529 0.22% 35 0.00%
Motor vehicle operators 20,831 2.93% 2,432 0.34%
Rail, water & other transportation 2,493 0.35% 456 0.06%
Material moving 10,981 1.55% 2,807 0.40%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 390,290 54.96% 319,889 45.04%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 3,027 0.43% 545 0.08%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,129 0.16% 264 0.04%
Mining 1,898 0.27% 281 0.04%
Construction 61,029 8.59% 8,486 1.19%
Manufacturing 20,817 2.93% 7,418 1.04%
Wholesale trade 11,937 1.68% 4,587 0.65%
Retail trade 40,173 5.66% 40,615 5.72%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 27,676 3.90% 8,830 1.24%
Transportation & warehousing 22,814 3.21% 7,231 1.02%
Utilities 4,862 0.68% 1,599 0.23%
Information 8,914 1.26% 6,839 0.96%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 19,582 2.76% 27,497 3.87%
Finance & insurance 9,024 1.27% 17,908 2.52%
Real estate & rental & leasing 10,558 1.49% 9,589 1.35%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 37,012 5.21% 25,729 3.62%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 16,071 2.26% 14,393 2.03%
Management of companies & enterprises 87 0.01% 155 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 20,854 2.94% 11,181 1.57%
Educational, health & social services: 22,280 3.14% 63,308 8.91%
Educational services 11,176 1.57% 25,336 3.57%
Health care & social assistance 11,104 1.56% 37,972 5.35%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 108,187 15.23% 100,594 14.16%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 49,236 6.93% 44,067 6.21%
Accommodation & food services 58,951 8.30% 56,527 7.96%
Other services (except public administration) 15,061 2.12% 13,082 1.84%
Public administration 14,595 2.06% 12,359 1.74%

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

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