Anne Arundel 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 131,214 52.43% 119,040 47.57%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 51,798 20.70% 49,457 19.76%
Management, business, & financial operations: 23,668 9.46% 18,604 7.43%
Management, except farm managers 17,449 6.97% 10,596 4.23%
Farmers & farm managers 151 0.06% 25 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 6,068 2.42% 7,983 3.19%
Business operations specialists 3,378 1.35% 4,118 1.65%
Financial specialists 2,690 1.07% 3,865 1.54%
Professional & related occupations: 28,130 11.24% 30,853 12.33%
Computer & mathematical 8,814 3.52% 4,412 1.76%
Architecture & engineering: 6,298 2.52% 965 0.39%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 4,918 1.97% 669 0.27%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 1,380 0.55% 296 0.12%
Life, physical, & social science 1,843 0.74% 1,092 0.44%
Community & social services 1,085 0.43% 1,998 0.80%
Legal 1,755 0.70% 1,854 0.74%
Education, training, & library 3,100 1.24% 9,667 3.86%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 2,763 1.10% 2,588 1.03%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 2,472 0.99% 8,277 3.31%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 1,831 0.73% 5,818 2.32%
Health technologists & technicians 641 0.26% 2,459 0.98%
Service occupations: 13,960 5.58% 17,228 6.88%
Healthcare support 348 0.14% 2,780 1.11%
Protective services: 4,705 1.88% 1,280 0.51%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 3,191 1.28% 526 0.21%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 1,514 0.60% 754 0.30%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 4,430 1.77% 5,255 2.10%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 3,272 1.31% 2,054 0.82%
Personal care & service 1,205 0.48% 5,859 2.34%
Sales & office occupations: 23,680 9.46% 46,354 18.52%
Sales & related occupations 14,541 5.81% 14,014 5.60%
Office & administrative support 9,139 3.65% 32,340 12.92%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 203 0.08% 51 0.02%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 23,734 9.48% 1,120 0.45%
Construction & extraction: 13,729 5.49% 401 0.16%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 2,346 0.94% 93 0.04%
Construction trades 11,329 4.53% 308 0.12%
Extraction 54 0.02% 0 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 10,005 4.00% 719 0.29%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 17,839 7.13% 4,830 1.93%
Production 7,679 3.07% 2,893 1.16%
Transportation & material moving: 10,160 4.06% 1,937 0.77%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 423 0.17% 154 0.06%
Aircraft & traffic control 584 0.23% 101 0.04%
Motor vehicle operators 5,330 2.13% 937 0.37%
Rail, water & other transportation 569 0.23% 70 0.03%
Material moving 3,254 1.30% 675 0.27%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 131,214 52.43% 119,040 47.57%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 446 0.18% 129 0.05%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 350 0.14% 117 0.05%
Mining 96 0.04% 12 0.00%
Construction 17,759 7.10% 2,624 1.05%
Manufacturing 12,920 5.16% 5,363 2.14%
Wholesale trade 6,369 2.55% 3,034 1.21%
Retail trade 15,067 6.02% 14,228 5.69%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 9,634 3.85% 4,617 1.84%
Transportation & warehousing 7,950 3.18% 4,154 1.66%
Utilities 1,684 0.67% 463 0.19%
Information 4,940 1.97% 3,966 1.58%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 6,215 2.48% 9,923 3.97%
Finance & insurance 3,694 1.48% 7,059 2.82%
Real estate & rental & leasing 2,521 1.01% 2,864 1.14%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 16,688 6.67% 13,546 5.41%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 12,633 5.05% 9,737 3.89%
Management of companies & enterprises 35 0.01% 30 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 4,020 1.61% 3,779 1.51%
Educational, health & social services: 9,792 3.91% 32,924 13.16%
Educational services 5,290 2.11% 13,660 5.46%
Health care & social assistance 4,502 1.80% 19,264 7.70%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 8,402 3.36% 8,066 3.22%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 2,268 0.91% 1,397 0.56%
Accommodation & food services 6,134 2.45% 6,669 2.66%
Other services (except public administration) 6,996 2.80% 6,933 2.77%
Public administration 15,986 6.39% 13,687 5.47%

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

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