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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 496,283 54.04% 422,035 45.96%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 229,736 25.02% 199,161 21.69%
Management, business, & financial operations: 101,894 11.10% 83,296 9.07%
Management, except farm managers 71,238 7.76% 50,841 5.54%
Farmers & farm managers 495 0.05% 110 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 30,161 3.28% 32,345 3.52%
Business operations specialists 14,365 1.56% 16,590 1.81%
Financial specialists 15,796 1.72% 15,755 1.72%
Professional & related occupations: 127,842 13.92% 115,865 12.62%
Computer & mathematical 35,098 3.82% 12,616 1.37%
Architecture & engineering: 17,957 1.96% 4,295 0.47%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 15,070 1.64% 3,374 0.37%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 2,887 0.31% 921 0.10%
Life, physical, & social science 9,179 1.00% 8,737 0.95%
Community & social services 4,794 0.52% 6,851 0.75%
Legal 12,419 1.35% 9,489 1.03%
Education, training, & library 12,688 1.38% 29,031 3.16%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 21,924 2.39% 20,068 2.19%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 13,783 1.50% 24,778 2.70%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 11,307 1.23% 19,638 2.14%
Health technologists & technicians 2,476 0.27% 5,140 0.56%
Service occupations: 63,647 6.93% 62,032 6.75%
Healthcare support 2,417 0.26% 10,262 1.12%
Protective services: 10,056 1.10% 2,847 0.31%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 4,876 0.53% 1,248 0.14%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 5,180 0.56% 1,599 0.17%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 27,454 2.99% 16,504 1.80%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 16,715 1.82% 13,351 1.45%
Personal care & service 7,005 0.76% 19,068 2.08%
Sales & office occupations: 101,454 11.05% 138,594 15.09%
Sales & related occupations 58,114 6.33% 48,406 5.27%
Office & administrative support 43,340 4.72% 90,188 9.82%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 1,314 0.14% 679 0.07%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 50,724 5.52% 2,199 0.24%
Construction & extraction: 32,160 3.50% 1,000 0.11%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 4,477 0.49% 149 0.02%
Construction trades 27,621 3.01% 851 0.09%
Extraction 62 0.01% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 18,564 2.02% 1,199 0.13%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 49,408 5.38% 19,370 2.11%
Production 21,547 2.35% 14,894 1.62%
Transportation & material moving: 27,861 3.03% 4,476 0.49%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,077 0.12% 190 0.02%
Aircraft & traffic control 617 0.07% 79 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 14,839 1.62% 1,492 0.16%
Rail, water & other transportation 2,161 0.24% 152 0.02%
Material moving 9,167 1.00% 2,563 0.28%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 496,283 54.04% 422,035 45.96%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 2,198 0.24% 934 0.10%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 1,857 0.20% 770 0.08%
Mining 341 0.04% 164 0.02%
Construction 39,962 4.35% 5,266 0.57%
Manufacturing 43,550 4.74% 27,942 3.04%
Wholesale trade 18,665 2.03% 10,489 1.14%
Retail trade 52,880 5.76% 45,704 4.98%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 32,968 3.59% 14,403 1.57%
Transportation & warehousing 30,114 3.28% 12,788 1.39%
Utilities 2,854 0.31% 1,615 0.18%
Information 31,081 3.38% 22,182 2.42%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 46,212 5.03% 43,793 4.77%
Finance & insurance 33,317 3.63% 33,759 3.68%
Real estate & rental & leasing 12,895 1.40% 10,034 1.09%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 93,634 10.20% 72,950 7.94%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 72,040 7.84% 57,616 6.27%
Management of companies & enterprises 242 0.03% 358 0.04%
Administrative & support & waste management services 21,352 2.33% 14,976 1.63%
Educational, health & social services: 48,626 5.30% 102,466 11.16%
Educational services 22,869 2.49% 41,020 4.47%
Health care & social assistance 25,757 2.80% 61,446 6.69%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 49,092 5.35% 36,004 3.92%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 11,054 1.20% 9,585 1.04%
Accommodation & food services 38,038 4.14% 26,419 2.88%
Other services (except public administration) 21,417 2.33% 25,828 2.81%
Public administration 15,998 1.74% 14,074 1.53%

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

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