Table 12.  Detailed 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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|Detailed 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|
|---------------------------------------            |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Executive, administrators, and managerial          | 19,764|   14.7| 10,877|   15.3|  8,888|   14.1|
|Professional speciality                            | 20,729|   15.4|  9,420|   13.2| 11,309|   17.9|
|Technical and related support                      |  4,384|    3.3|  2,060|    2.9|  2,324|    3.7|
|Sales                                              | 16,138|   12.0|  8,207|   11.5|  7,931|   12.6|
|Administrative support, including clerical         | 19,020|   14.2|  3,908|    5.5| 15,112|   23.9|
|Precision production, craft, and repair            | 14,386|   10.7| 12,975|   18.2|  1,410|    2.2|
|Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors      |  7,352|    5.5|  4,775|    6.7|  2,576|    4.1|
|Transportation and material moving                 |  5,340|    4.0|  4,786|    6.7|    554|    0.9|
|Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers|  5,310|    4.0|  4,254|    6.0|  1,056|    1.7|
|Service workers, private household                 |    884|    0.7|     40|    0.1|    843|    1.3|
|Service workers, except private household          | 17,787|   13.2|  7,419|   10.4| 10,369|   16.4|
|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.