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QT-P28. Occupation by Sex - Percent Distribution: 2000

Occupation Both sexes Male Female
       
Employed civilian population 16 years and over 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Management, professional, and related occupations 25.1% 21.6% 29.5%
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations 11.6% 13.6% 9.1%
        Management occupations, except farmers and farm managers 5.7% 7.0% 4.0%
        Farmers and farm managers 3.6% 5.8% 0.8%
        Business and financial operations occupations 2.3% 0.8% 4.2%
            Business operations specialists 1.1% 0.4% 2.1%
            Financial specialists 1.2% 0.5% 2.2%
    Professional and related occupations 13.4% 8.0% 20.4%
        Computer and mathematical occupations 0.2% 0.0% 0.5%
        Architecture and engineering occupations 1.0% 1.9% 0.0%
            Architects, surveyors, cartographers, and engineers 0.6% 1.1% 0.0%
            Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians 0.4% 0.8% 0.0%
        Life, physical, and social science occupations 0.3% 0.3% 0.2%
        Community and social services occupations 1.4% 0.9% 2.0%
        Legal occupations 0.4% 0.2% 0.7%
        Education, training, and library occupations 4.8% 2.0% 8.4%
        Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1.0% 1.2% 0.8%
        Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 4.3% 1.5% 7.9%
            Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations 2.6% 0.8% 4.9%
            Health technologists and technicians 1.7% 0.6% 3.0%
       
Service occupations 14.5% 10.2% 19.9%
    Healthcare support occupations 3.1% 0.4% 6.5%
    Protective service occupations 1.7% 2.5% 0.8%
        Fire Fighting, prevention, and law enforcement workers, including supervisors 1.2% 2.0% 0.3%
        Other protective service occupations, including supervisors 0.5% 0.5% 0.5%
    Food prepartion and serving related occupations 3.9% 2.4% 5.8%
    Building and grounds cleaning and maintenace occupations 3.3% 4.0% 2.4%
    Personal care and service occupations 2.5% 0.9% 4.4%
       
Sales and office occupations 18.2% 12.2% 25.8%
    Sales and related occupations 9.4% 8.2% 10.9%
    Office and administrative support occupations 8.8% 4.0% 14.9%
       
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 2.5% 4.4% 0.2%
Construction, extraction, and maintenace occupations 12.9% 22.0% 1.4%
    Construction and extraction occupations 9.7% 16.5% 1.1%
        Supervisors, construction and extraction workers 1.0% 1.7% 0.3%
        Construction trades workers 8.6% 14.8% 0.8%
        Extraction workers 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 3.2% 5.5% 0.4%
       
Production, transportaion, and material moving occupations 26.7% 29.5% 23.2%
    Production occupations 18.6% 17.2% 20.5%
    Transportation and material moving occupations 8.1% 12.4% 2.7%
        Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers 0.2% 0.4% 0.0%
        Aircraft and traffic control occupations 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
        Motor vehicle operators 5.2% 7.8% 1.8%
        Rail, water and other transportaion occupations 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
        Material moving workers 2.7% 4.1% 0.9%

 

Date: October 2, 2002

[Data based on a sample]
(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P50.
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