Table 11.  Major Occupation Group of the Employed Civilian Population 16 Years and Over by Sex: 
           March 2000

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  March 15, 2001

(Numbers in thousands.)
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|Major occupation group                        |               |              Sex              |
|                                              |               |-------------------------------|
|                                              |     Total     |     Male      |    Female     |
|                                              |---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                              |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|----------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                                         |134,338|  100.0| 71,237|  100.0| 63,102|  100.0|
|---------------------------------------       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Managerial and professional                   | 40,493|   30.1| 20,297|   28.5| 20,196|   32.0|
|Technical, sales, and admin. support          | 39,541|   29.4| 14,174|   19.9| 25,367|   40.2|
|Service occupations                           | 18,671|   13.9|  7,459|   10.5| 11,212|   17.8|
|Precision production, craft, and repair       | 14,386|   10.7| 12,975|   18.2|  1,410|    2.2|
|Operators, fabricators, and laborers          | 18,002|   13.4| 13,816|   19.4|  4,187|    6.6|
|Farming, forestry, and fishing                |  3,245|    2.4|  2,515|    3.5|    729|    1.2|
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SOURCE:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Special Populations Branch, 
Population Division.