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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 437,552 51.41% 413,558 48.59%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 113,160 13.30% 126,402 14.85%
Management, business, & financial operations: 46,610 5.48% 42,338 4.97%
Management, except farm managers 32,607 3.83% 22,804 2.68%
Farmers & farm managers 145 0.02% 63 0.01%
Business & financial operations: 13,858 1.63% 19,471 2.29%
Business operations specialists 7,078 0.83% 10,171 1.20%
Financial specialists 6,780 0.80% 9,300 1.09%
Professional & related occupations: 66,550 7.82% 84,064 9.88%
Computer & mathematical 10,384 1.22% 6,414 0.75%
Architecture & engineering: 21,045 2.47% 2,793 0.33%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 17,422 2.05% 2,020 0.24%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 3,623 0.43% 773 0.09%
Life, physical, & social science 2,741 0.32% 1,945 0.23%
Community & social services 4,295 0.50% 8,064 0.95%
Legal 3,672 0.43% 3,160 0.37%
Education, training, & library 8,900 1.05% 27,600 3.24%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 7,593 0.89% 5,212 0.61%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 7,920 0.93% 28,876 3.39%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 5,822 0.68% 18,165 2.13%
Health technologists & technicians 2,098 0.25% 10,711 1.26%
Service occupations: 58,162 6.83% 83,694 9.83%
Healthcare support 2,350 0.28% 19,379 2.28%
Protective services: 14,548 1.71% 5,617 0.66%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 7,992 0.94% 1,920 0.23%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 6,556 0.77% 3,697 0.43%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 18,231 2.14% 25,404 2.98%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 16,900 1.99% 12,445 1.46%
Personal care & service 6,133 0.72% 20,849 2.45%
Sales & office occupations: 69,917 8.21% 158,213 18.59%
Sales & related occupations 35,615 4.18% 48,770 5.73%
Office & administrative support 34,302 4.03% 109,443 12.86%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 585 0.07% 351 0.04%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 70,606 8.30% 3,510 0.41%
Construction & extraction: 34,166 4.01% 1,122 0.13%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 3,615 0.42% 105 0.01%
Construction trades 30,470 3.58% 1,004 0.12%
Extraction 81 0.01% 13 0.00%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 36,440 4.28% 2,388 0.28%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 125,122 14.70% 41,388 4.86%
Production 73,771 8.67% 30,208 3.55%
Transportation & material moving: 51,351 6.03% 11,180 1.31%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,509 0.18% 379 0.04%
Aircraft & traffic control 582 0.07% 49 0.01%
Motor vehicle operators 22,657 2.66% 3,559 0.42%
Rail, water & other transportation 1,951 0.23% 289 0.03%
Material moving 24,652 2.90% 6,904 0.81%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 437,552 51.41% 413,558 48.59%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 693 0.08% 351 0.04%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 590 0.07% 328 0.04%
Mining 103 0.01% 23 0.00%
Construction 35,332 4.15% 3,964 0.47%
Manufacturing 135,782 15.95% 50,074 5.88%
Wholesale trade 18,246 2.14% 8,658 1.02%
Retail trade 41,669 4.90% 49,236 5.78%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 34,937 4.10% 19,450 2.29%
Transportation & warehousing 28,527 3.35% 16,463 1.93%
Utilities 6,410 0.75% 2,987 0.35%
Information 9,924 1.17% 11,307 1.33%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 16,919 1.99% 33,672 3.96%
Finance & insurance 9,528 1.12% 26,697 3.14%
Real estate & rental & leasing 7,391 0.87% 6,975 0.82%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 40,423 4.75% 37,467 4.40%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 21,629 2.54% 21,005 2.47%
Management of companies & enterprises 208 0.02% 209 0.02%
Administrative & support & waste management services 18,586 2.18% 16,253 1.91%
Educational, health & social services: 33,999 3.99% 124,343 14.61%
Educational services 15,982 1.88% 42,800 5.03%
Health care & social assistance 18,017 2.12% 81,543 9.58%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 30,912 3.63% 37,114 4.36%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 7,078 0.83% 7,704 0.91%
Accommodation & food services 23,834 2.80% 29,410 3.46%
Other services (except public administration) 22,253 2.61% 20,113 2.36%
Public administration 16,463 1.93% 17,809 2.09%

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

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