SIC	Industry Description (1972)	Total # Employees (Male & Female)	Total # Female Employees
13	OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION	29,880
15	GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS	61,833	757
16	HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS	28,450	95
17	SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS	205,193	801
20	FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS	18,866	3,027
21	TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS	8
22	TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS	11,715	2,768
23	APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS	3,663	818
24	LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS	36,842	12,285
25	FURNITURE AND FIXTURES	65,039	24,686
26	PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS	25,644	5,064
27	PRINTING AND PUBLISHING	33,295	9,945
28	CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS	44,703	10,026
29	PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS	11,679	417
30	RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS	85,285	28,615
31	LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS	16,197	11,109
32	STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS	13,744	3,069
33	PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES	20,612	1,461
34	FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS	77,258	26,091
35	MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL	126,425	17,898
36	ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT	62,278	29,709
37	TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT	109,387	12,748
38	INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS	32,764	10,355
39	MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	21,744	6,401
40	RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION	1,268
41	LOCAL AND INTERURBAN PASSENGER TRANSIT	4,702
42	TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING	6,015	66
44	WATER TRANSPORTATION	2,753
45	TRANSPORTATION BY AIR	34,878	500
48	COMMUNICATION	12,081	572
49	ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES	56,542	658
50	WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS	29,488	5,699
51	WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS	8,310	431
55	AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS	11,848	427
72	PERSONAL SERVICES	8,145	5,736
73	BUSINESS SERVICES	28,134	6,593
75	AUTO REPAIR, SERVICES, AND GARAGES	67,900	471
76	MISCELLANEOUS REPAIR SERVICES	13,530	672
80	HEALTH SERVICES	17,553	5,242
84	MUSEUMS, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS	1,735	164
TOTAL		1,447,456	245,372