HOUSEHOLD DATA
                                                                                                                 ANNUAL AVERAGES

10. Employed persons by occupation, race, and sex

(Percent distribution)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                        Occupation and race                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        1998      1999      1998      1999      1998      1999  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                               TOTAL                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
    Total, 16 years and over (thousands)............................  131,463   133,488    70,693    71,446    60,771    62,042 
    Percent.........................................................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
                                                                                                                                
  Managerial and professional specialty.............................     29.6      30.3      28.1      28.6      31.4      32.3 
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.......................     14.5      14.7      15.0      15.0      13.9      14.2 
    Professional specialty..........................................     15.1      15.6      13.1      13.6      17.4      18.0 
  Technical, sales, and administrative support......................     29.3      29.2      19.5      19.7      40.7      40.0 
    Technicians and related support.................................      3.2       3.3       2.8       2.9       3.8       3.6 
    Sales occupations...............................................     12.1      12.1      11.1      11.3      13.1      13.0 
    Administrative support, including clerical......................     14.0      13.8       5.6       5.5      23.8      23.4 
  Service occupations...............................................     13.6      13.4      10.2       9.9      17.5      17.4 
    Private household...............................................       .6        .6        .1        .1       1.3       1.3 
    Protective service..............................................      1.8       1.8       2.8       2.8        .7        .7 
    Service, except private household and protective................     11.1      11.0       7.3       7.1      15.4      15.4 
  Precision production, craft, and repair...........................     11.0      10.9      18.7      18.6       2.0       2.1 
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers..............................     13.9      13.6      19.5      19.3       7.4       7.0 
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...................      5.9       5.5       6.9       6.5       4.8       4.4 
    Transportation and material moving occupations..................      4.1       4.1       6.8       7.0        .9        .9 
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............      3.9       3.9       5.8       5.9       1.7       1.7 
  Farming, forestry, and fishing....................................      2.7       2.6       4.0       3.8       1.1       1.1 
                                                                                                                                
                               White                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
    Total, 16 years and over (thousands)............................  110,931   112,235    60,604    61,139    50,327    51,096 
    Percent.........................................................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
                                                                                                                                
  Managerial and professional specialty.............................     30.7      31.3      29.1      29.5      32.6      33.4 
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.......................     15.2      15.4      15.8      15.9      14.6      14.7 
    Professional specialty..........................................     15.5      15.9      13.3      13.6      18.1      18.7 
  Technical, sales, and administrative support......................     29.3      29.2      19.5      19.7      41.1      40.6 
    Technicians and related support.................................      3.2       3.2       2.7       2.9       3.8       3.6 
    Sales occupations...............................................     12.4      12.4      11.5      11.7      13.4      13.3 
    Administrative support, including clerical......................     13.7      13.5       5.2       5.1      24.0      23.6 
  Service occupations...............................................     12.4      12.2       9.2       8.9      16.3      16.2 
    Private household...............................................       .6        .6        .1     (1)         1.3       1.3 
    Protective service..............................................      1.7       1.7       2.6       2.6        .6        .6 
    Service, except private household and protective................     10.1      10.0       6.5       6.3      14.4      14.3 
  Precision production, craft, and repair...........................     11.5      11.5      19.4      19.4       1.9       2.1 
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers..............................     13.2      13.0      18.5      18.3       6.8       6.5 
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...................      5.5       5.2       6.6       6.2       4.3       4.0 
    Transportation and material moving occupations..................      3.9       4.0       6.5       6.6        .8        .8 
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............      3.7       3.8       5.4       5.5       1.6       1.7 
  Farming, forestry, and fishing....................................      2.9       2.8       4.3       4.1       1.2       1.2 
                                                                                                                                
                               Black                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
    Total, 16 years and over (thousands)............................   14,556    15,056     6,871     7,027     7,685     8,029 
    Percent.........................................................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
                                                                                                                                
  Managerial and professional specialty.............................     20.2      21.5      17.0      18.0      23.2      24.5 
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.......................      9.4       9.9       8.6       8.5      10.1      11.1 
    Professional specialty..........................................     10.8      11.6       8.4       9.5      13.0      13.5 
  Technical, sales, and administrative support......................     29.3      28.9      18.3      18.4      39.1      38.2 
    Technicians and related support.................................      3.0       3.1       2.5       2.7       3.5       3.5 
    Sales occupations...............................................      9.7       9.3       7.8       7.6      11.4      10.8 
    Administrative support, including clerical......................     16.5      16.5       8.0       8.1      24.2      23.9 
  Service occupations...............................................     21.6      21.8      17.8      17.4      25.0      25.6 
    Private household...............................................       .8        .8        .1        .1       1.5       1.5 
    Protective service..............................................      3.2       3.2       4.8       4.9       1.7       1.8 
    Service, except private household and protective................     17.6      17.7      12.9      12.4      21.9      22.4 
  Precision production, craft, and repair...........................      8.0       7.8      14.6      14.3       2.0       2.1 
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers..............................     19.7      18.9      30.1      29.8      10.4       9.4 
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...................      8.2       7.6       9.7       9.3       7.0       6.1 
    Transportation and material moving occupations..................      6.0       5.8      11.1      11.0       1.4       1.3 
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............      5.5       5.5       9.3       9.5       2.0       2.0 
  Farming, forestry, and fishing....................................      1.2       1.1       2.2       2.2        .3        .2 

  1 Less than 0.05 percent.
   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.