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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  THURSDAY, NOV. 29, 2012 Census Bureau Releases Equal Employment Opportunity Tabulation that Provides a Profile of America's Workforce The U.S.  Census Bureau released today the 2006-2010 American Community Survey Equal  Employment Opportunity Tabulation. The tabulation consists of 107 tables about the  labor force crossed by sex, race and ethnicity. The U.S. Census Bureau has  produced this tabulation after every decennial census since the 1970s. However,  for the first time, this tabulation uses American Community Survey (2006-2010)  estimates. The  tabulation -- available on American FactFinder (the Census Bureau's online statistics  search tool) -- is produced for the federal agencies responsible for monitoring  employment practices and enforcing civil rights laws for the workforce.  Employers use these estimates to measure their compliance with laws and  regulations. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the  Employment Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of  Justice, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs at the  Department of Labor, and the Office of Personnel Management sponsored this  tabulation. The latest  tabulation provides information about the labor force across several variables,  including detailed occupations, industry, earnings, education, and age by  residence, worksite and commuting flows for the nation, states, metro areas,  counties and places. The estimates include new tables on unemployment status  and citizenship status. The 488 detailed occupations in the tabulation are  based on the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification. "The Equal  Employment Opportunity Tabulation allows us to examine the diversity of the  labor force," said Jennifer Cheeseman Day, assistant division chief for  Employment Characteristics of the Census Bureau's Social, Economic and Housing  Statistics Division. "With it, we can look at the intersection of race,  ethnicity and sex across detailed occupations for many levels of geographies." The  tabulation shows, for example, that women's representation increased in many  health care occupations over the past decade. Women were 50 percent of  veterinarians in 2006-2010, increasing from 40 percent in 2000. About 32  percent of physicians and surgeons were women, increasing from 27 percent in  2000. Dentists also showed an increase in female representation from 18 percent  to 23 percent. However,  more women were employed as secretaries and administrative assistants than in any  other occupation (3.8 million), followed by cashiers (2.8 million) and  elementary and middle school teachers (2.7 million). Since the first Equal  Employment Opportunity Tabulation based on the 1970 Census, secretary has been  the largest occupation category among women. Among men,  the largest occupation category was truck driver (3.2 million), while their representation  grew among tellers, loan interviewers and clerks, and insurance claims and  policy processing clerks.  Women's share of the labor force has  increased since the first Equal Employment Opportunity Tabulation (see figure).  The largest increase was between 1970 and 1980, increasing by 4.6 percentage  points. Between 1980 and 1990, women's share of the labor force increased by  3.1 percentage points. The pace of growth slowed to 1.1 percentage points  between 1990 and 2000 and 0.4 percentage points between 2000 and 2006-2010. Women's  share of the labor force stands at 47.2 percent in the current Equal Employment  Opportunity Tabulation. Among the occupations that most closely approximated  men's and women's share of the labor force were bus drivers (47.5 percent were  women) and food service managers (46.9 percent were women). Compared  with the 2000 Equal Employment Opportunity Tabulation, the size of the Hispanic  labor force grew by 53 percent (from 14.7 million to 22.5 million), the largest  increase for any major race and ethnic group category. In the latest tabulation,  non-Hispanic whites made up 67 percent of the labor force in 2006-2010,  followed by Hispanics at 15 percent, non-Hispanic blacks at 11 percent and  non-Hispanic Asians at 5 percent. Secretary  and administrative assistant was the largest occupation category among  non-Hispanic whites (3.0 million). Nursing, psychiatric and home health aides was  the largest occupation category among non-Hispanic blacks (731,000), while the  largest occupation category for Hispanics was construction laborer (409,000).  The largest occupation category for non-Hispanic Asians was computer software  engineer (247,000). Personal care aide was the fastest-growing occupation among  non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, Hispanics and non-Hispanic Asians.  The number of personal care aides tripled over the last decade. The Equal  Employment Opportunity Tabulation provides a wealth of demographic information  on the labor force for the nation, states, metro areas, counties and places.  Some examples of the questions that the tabulation can answer are: What percent of cashiers in Austin,       Texas, are non-Hispanic Asian? 7.7 percent
  What percent of flight attendants in       Atlanta are 40 to 44 years old? 22.0 percent
  How many workers in Suffolk, Worcester       and Berkshire counties in Massachusetts are 35- to-39-year-old high school       graduates? Suffolk: 9,190, Worcester: 11,875, Berkshire: 1,850
  How many financial analysts work in Los       Angeles County and live in Orange County, Calif.? 110
  What is the demographic composition of       elementary and middle school teachers in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport       News, Va.-N.C., metro area? 84.9 percent are female, 15.1 percent are       male; 3.3 percent are Hispanic, 69.5 percent are non-Hispanic white, 24.0       percent are non-Hispanic black, 0.5 percent are non-Hispanic American       Indian and Alaska Native and 1.3 percent are non-Hispanic Asian.
  How many professional workers in the       Huntsville, Ala., metro area are not U.S. citizens? 640
  What percent of mechanical engineers in       the transportation equipment manufacturing industry in Michigan are       non-Hispanic black? 5.0 percent  A complete list of tables is available on the Census Bureau's Equal Employment Opportunity Tabulation  website.
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