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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 22.8% 16.0% 31.4%
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations 7.3% 6.4% 8.4%
        Management occupations, except farmers and farm managers 4.9% 4.3% 5.7%
        Farmers and farm managers 1.1% 1.5% 0.6%
        Business and financial operations occupations 1.2% 0.6% 2.0%
            Business operations specialists 0.5% 0.3% 0.8%
            Financial specialists 0.7% 0.3% 1.3%
    Professional and related occupations 15.5% 9.6% 23.0%
        Computer and mathematical occupations 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
        Architecture and engineering occupations 1.6% 2.5% 0.4%
            Architects, surveyors, cartographers, and engineers 0.4% 0.8% 0.0%
            Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians 1.1% 1.7% 0.4%
        Life, physical, and social science occupations 0.9% 0.8% 1.1%
        Community and social services occupations 1.7% 1.1% 2.6%
        Legal occupations 0.6% 0.5% 0.9%
        Education, training, and library occupations 6.0% 1.5% 11.6%
        Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 0.7% 0.9% 0.3%
        Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 3.9% 2.2% 6.0%
            Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations 2.4% 1.5% 3.5%
            Health technologists and technicians 1.4% 0.6% 2.5%
       
Service occupations 16.6% 11.9% 22.5%
    Healthcare support occupations 3.6% 0.2% 8.0%
    Protective service occupations 2.0% 3.2% 0.4%
        Fire Fighting, prevention, and law enforcement workers, including supervisors 1.3% 2.2% 0.1%
        Other protective service occupations, including supervisors 0.7% 1.1% 0.2%
    Food prepartion and serving related occupations 3.5% 1.9% 5.6%
    Building and grounds cleaning and maintenace occupations 4.5% 5.5% 3.2%
    Personal care and service occupations 2.9% 1.0% 5.4%
       
Sales and office occupations 17.0% 11.9% 23.5%
    Sales and related occupations 8.3% 7.3% 9.4%
    Office and administrative support occupations 8.8% 4.6% 14.1%
       
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 2.3% 3.8% 0.4%
Construction, extraction, and maintenace occupations 14.0% 24.0% 1.3%
    Construction and extraction occupations 7.8% 13.4% 0.6%
        Supervisors, construction and extraction workers 0.6% 1.1% 0.0%
        Construction trades workers 6.9% 12.0% 0.4%
        Extraction workers 0.3% 0.3% 0.2%
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 6.2% 10.5% 0.7%
       
Production, transportaion, and material moving occupations 27.4% 32.4% 20.9%
    Production occupations 19.5% 20.6% 18.1%
    Transportation and material moving occupations 7.9% 11.8% 2.8%
        Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers 0.3% 0.3% 0.2%
        Aircraft and traffic control occupations 0.2% 0.3% 0.0%
        Motor vehicle operators 4.1% 6.7% 0.9%
        Rail, water and other transportaion occupations 0.4% 0.5% 0.3%
        Material moving workers 2.9% 4.1% 1.5%

 

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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