TABLE 3A.  VOCATIONAL FIELD BY SEX, RACE AND ETHNICITY, AND AGE, 1996

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001

People age 15 and over with highest education = vocational certificate
Numbers in thousands.

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|Field                   |        |                 |        Race and ethnicity         |           Age            |
|                        |        |                 |-----------------------------------+--------------------------|
|                        |        |       Sex       |        | White  |        |        |18 to 29|30 to 49|50 years|
|                        |--------+-----------------|        |Non-His-|        |  His-  | years  | years  | old &  |
|                        | TOTAL  |  Men   | Women  | White  | panic  | Black  | panic* |  old   |  old   |  over  |
|------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
|Total                   |   8,175|   3,272|   4,903|   6,994|   6,499|     834|     584|   1,458|   4,091|   2,627|
|Agriculture             |      75|      58|      17|      63|      52|       6|      14|       7|      44|      23|
|Auto mechanics          |     343|     334|       8|     302|     275|      24|      27|      88|     200|      55|
|Aviation                |     142|     117|      25|     116|     106|      12|      13|      17|      80|      45|
|Business, office        |   1,523|     191|   1,332|   1,314|   1,191|     147|     124|     161|     628|     734|
|Computer                |     337|     136|     201|     262|     237|      55|      36|      84|     191|      62|
|Construction trades     |     266|     250|      16|     234|     216|      26|      17|      38|     184|      44|
|Cosmetology             |     761|      49|     713|     677|     644|      62|      43|     147|     365|     250|
|Drafting                |      92|      71|      21|      80|      76|      12|       4|      20|      49|      24|
|Electronics             |     473|     437|      35|     400|     370|      48|      46|      65|     281|     127|
|Food service            |      92|      63|      29|      71|      71|      14|       -|      16|      49|      27|
|Health care             |   1,545|     140|   1,404|   1,340|   1,274|     145|      69|     310|     712|     522|
|Home Economics          |      29|       -|      29|      20|      18|       9|       3|       -|      17|      12|
|Hotel, Restaurant       |      54|      25|      30|      25|      20|      17|      11|      15|      30|      10|
|Marketing               |      41|      16|      25|      30|      30|      11|       -|       8|      24|       9|
|Metal working           |     182|     177|       5|     169|     162|       8|       7|      29|     109|      45|
|Police and protective   |      82|      76|       6|      66|      57|      11|       8|      42|      33|       7|
|Refrigeration, heating  |     177|     170|       7|     166|     154|       9|      14|      37|     118|      22|
|Transportation          |      89|      71|      18|      60|      60|      26|       -|      22|      55|      12|
|Other                   |   1,872|     891|     981|   1,600|   1,484|     193|     148|     353|     922|     597|
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- Indicates value of zero
* Hispanics may be of any race
Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel