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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 406,760 53.30% 356,356 46.70%
Management, professional, & related occupations: 127,479 16.71% 132,031 17.30%
Management, business, & financial operations: 51,591 6.76% 40,715 5.34%
Management, except farm managers 35,533 4.66% 23,571 3.09%
Farmers & farm managers 4,538 0.59% 907 0.12%
Business & financial operations: 11,520 1.51% 16,237 2.13%
Business operations specialists 6,025 0.79% 7,395 0.97%
Financial specialists 5,495 0.72% 8,842 1.16%
Professional & related occupations: 75,888 9.94% 91,316 11.97%
Computer & mathematical 9,497 1.24% 4,422 0.58%
Architecture & engineering: 17,128 2.24% 3,203 0.42%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers 11,278 1.48% 1,988 0.26%
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians 5,850 0.77% 1,215 0.16%
Life, physical, & social science 7,791 1.02% 3,310 0.43%
Community & social services 5,130 0.67% 7,304 0.96%
Legal 3,933 0.52% 4,589 0.60%
Education, training, & library 14,303 1.87% 37,004 4.85%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 7,797 1.02% 7,632 1.00%
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations: 10,309 1.35% 23,852 3.13%
Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, & technical operations 7,738 1.01% 16,599 2.18%
Health technologists & technicians 2,571 0.34% 7,253 0.95%
Service occupations: 58,365 7.65% 70,984 9.30%
Healthcare support 2,174 0.28% 11,789 1.54%
Protective services: 15,981 2.09% 3,312 0.43%
Fire fighting, prevention & law enforcement, including supervisors 9,654 1.27% 1,471 0.19%
Other protective service workers, including supervisors 6,327 0.83% 1,841 0.24%
Food preparation & serving related occupations 17,873 2.34% 25,583 3.35%
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance 16,827 2.21% 11,903 1.56%
Personal care & service 5,510 0.72% 18,397 2.41%
Sales & office occupations: 67,026 8.78% 130,554 17.11%
Sales & related occupations 40,935 5.36% 44,689 5.86%
Office & administrative support 26,091 3.42% 85,865 11.25%
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations 6,656 0.87% 938 0.12%
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations: 84,326 11.05% 2,846 0.37%
Construction & extraction: 52,576 6.89% 1,517 0.20%
Supervisors, construction & extraction 7,512 0.98% 155 0.02%
Construction trades 41,506 5.44% 1,292 0.17%
Extraction 3,558 0.47% 70 0.01%
Installation, maintenance, & repair 31,750 4.16% 1,329 0.17%
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations: 62,908 8.24% 19,003 2.49%
Production 27,556 3.61% 12,041 1.58%
Transportation & material moving: 35,352 4.63% 6,962 0.91%
Supervisors, transportation & material moving 1,029 0.13% 346 0.05%
Aircraft & traffic control 908 0.12% 147 0.02%
Motor vehicle operators 19,299 2.53% 3,744 0.49%
Rail, water & other transportation 2,107 0.28% 404 0.05%
Material moving 12,009 1.57% 2,321 0.30%
Industry by Sex, Employed Civilian Population Age 16+, 2000
Percent of Percent of
Male Workforce Female Workforce
Total Employed 406,760 53.30% 356,356 46.70%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, & mining: 26,024 3.41% 4,505 0.59%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting 13,147 1.72% 3,022 0.40%
Mining 12,877 1.69% 1,483 0.19%
Construction 54,277 7.11% 6,325 0.83%
Manufacturing 34,643 4.54% 15,085 1.98%
Wholesale trade 14,567 1.91% 6,180 0.81%
Retail trade 46,753 6.13% 46,013 6.03%
Transportation, warehousing, & utilities: 26,619 3.49% 9,091 1.19%
Transportation & warehousing 19,485 2.55% 7,016 0.92%
Utilities 7,134 0.93% 2,075 0.27%
Information 9,961 1.31% 8,653 1.13%
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental & leasing: 15,984 2.09% 25,665 3.36%
Finance & insurance 7,959 1.04% 18,452 2.42%
Real estate & rental & leasing 8,025 1.05% 7,213 0.95%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste: 41,205 5.40% 30,510 4.00%
Professional, scientific, & technical services 26,587 3.48% 21,102 2.77%
Management of companies & enterprises 33 0.00% 69 0.01%
Administrative & support & waste management services 14,585 1.91% 9,339 1.22%
Educational, health & social services: 46,445 6.09% 119,452 15.65%
Educational services 27,261 3.57% 55,806 7.31%
Health care & social assistance 19,184 2.51% 63,646 8.34%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food: 34,725 4.55% 40,064 5.25%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 9,658 1.27% 8,309 1.09%
Accommodation & food services 25,067 3.28% 31,755 4.16%
Other services (except public administration) 20,780 2.72% 18,208 2.39%
Public administration 34,777 4.56% 26,605 3.49%

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

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