HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
 
10. Employed persons by occupation, race, and sex
 
(Percent distribution)
 
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                                                              |        Total        |         Men         |        Women
                     Occupation and race                      |                     |                     |
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                                                              |   1995   |   1996   |   1995   |   1996   |   1995   |   1996
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                            TOTAL
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  Total, 16 years and over (thousands)........................| 124,900  | 126,708  |  67,377  |  68,207  |  57,523  |  58,501
  Percent.....................................................|   100.0  |   100.0  |   100.0  |   100.0  |   100.0  |   100.0
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Managerial and professional specialty.........................|    28.3  |    28.8  |    27.3  |    27.5  |    29.4  |    30.3
  Executive, administrative, and managerial...................|    13.8  |    14.0  |    14.6  |    14.6  |    12.8  |    13.3
  Professional specialty......................................|    14.5  |    14.8  |    12.7  |    12.8  |    16.7  |    17.1
Technical, sales, and administrative support..................|    30.0  |    29.7  |    19.8  |    19.8  |    41.9  |    41.4
  Technicians and related support.............................|     3.1  |     3.1  |     2.8  |     2.7  |     3.5  |     3.5
  Sales occupations...........................................|    12.1  |    12.2  |    11.3  |    11.4  |    13.0  |    13.0
  Administrative support, including clerical..................|    14.7  |    14.5  |     5.6  |     5.6  |    25.4  |    24.8
Service occupations...........................................|    13.6  |    13.6  |    10.1  |    10.2  |    17.7  |    17.5
  Private household...........................................|      .7  |      .6  |      .1  |      .1  |     1.4  |     1.3
  Protective service..........................................|     1.8  |     1.7  |     2.8  |     2.7  |      .6  |      .6
  Service, except private household and protective............|    11.1  |    11.2  |     7.2  |     7.5  |    15.7  |    15.5
Precision production, craft, and repair.......................|    10.8  |    10.7  |    18.3  |    18.1  |     2.1  |     2.1
Operators, fabricators, and laborers..........................|    14.5  |    14.4  |    20.3  |    20.2  |     7.6  |     7.6
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...............|     6.3  |     6.2  |     7.4  |     7.2  |     5.1  |     5.1
  Transportation and material moving occupations..............|     4.1  |     4.2  |     6.9  |     7.0  |      .9  |      .9
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.........|     4.0  |     4.0  |     6.0  |     5.9  |     1.7  |     1.7
Farming, forestry, and fishing................................|     2.9  |     2.8  |     4.3  |     4.2  |     1.3  |     1.2
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                            White
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  Total, 16 years and over (thousands)........................| 106,490  | 107,808  |  58,146  |  58,888  |  48,344  |  48,920
  Percent.....................................................|   100.0  |   100.0  |   100.0  |   100.0  |   100.0  |   100.0
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Managerial and professional specialty.........................|    29.4  |    29.8  |    28.4  |    28.4  |    30.6  |    31.5
  Executive, administrative, and managerial...................|    14.5  |    14.7  |    15.4  |    15.3  |    13.3  |    13.9
  Professional specialty......................................|    15.0  |    15.1  |    13.0  |    13.0  |    17.3  |    17.6
Technical, sales, and administrative support..................|    30.2  |    29.8  |    20.0  |    19.8  |    42.5  |    41.9
  Technicians and related support.............................|     3.2  |     3.1  |     2.9  |     2.7  |     3.5  |     3.5
  Sales occupations...........................................|    12.6  |    12.5  |    11.9  |    11.9  |    13.4  |    13.3
  Administrative support, including clerical..................|    14.5  |    14.2  |     5.2  |     5.2  |    25.7  |    25.0
Service occupations...........................................|    12.4  |    12.5  |     9.0  |     9.3  |    16.5  |    16.3
  Private household...........................................|      .6  |      .6  |    (1)   |      .1  |     1.3  |     1.2
  Protective service..........................................|     1.7  |     1.6  |     2.6  |     2.5  |      .5  |      .5
  Service, except private household and protective............|    10.1  |    10.3  |     6.3  |     6.7  |    14.7  |    14.6
Precision production, craft, and repair.......................|    11.2  |    11.1  |    18.9  |    18.8  |     2.0  |     2.0
Operators, fabricators, and laborers..........................|    13.6  |    13.6  |    19.2  |    19.2  |     6.9  |     6.9
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...............|     5.8  |     5.8  |     6.9  |     6.9  |     4.5  |     4.5
  Transportation and material moving occupations..............|     4.0  |     4.1  |     6.6  |     6.8  |      .8  |      .8
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.........|     3.8  |     3.7  |     5.6  |     5.5  |     1.6  |     1.6
Farming, forestry, and fishing................................|     3.1  |     3.1  |     4.6  |     4.6  |     1.4  |     1.3
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                            Black
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  Total, 16 years and over (thousands)........................|  13,279  |  13,542  |   6,422  |   6,456  |   6,857  |   7,086
  Percent.....................................................|   100.0  |   100.0  |   100.0  |   100.0  |   100.0  |   100.0
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Managerial and professional specialty.........................|    20.0  |    20.0  |    17.7  |    16.9  |    22.1  |    22.8
  Executive, administrative, and managerial...................|     9.3  |     9.0  |     9.2  |     8.3  |     9.4  |     9.6
  Professional specialty......................................|    10.7  |    11.0  |     8.6  |     8.6  |    12.7  |    13.1
Technical, sales, and administrative support..................|    28.7  |    28.6  |    17.7  |    17.9  |    39.0  |    38.4
  Technicians and related support.............................|     2.8  |     2.7  |     2.3  |     2.2  |     3.4  |     3.2
  Sales occupations...........................................|     8.9  |     9.0  |     7.0  |     7.2  |    10.7  |    10.6
  Administrative support, including clerical..................|    16.9  |    16.9  |     8.4  |     8.5  |    25.0  |    24.6
Service occupations...........................................|    21.7  |    21.9  |    17.8  |    18.0  |    25.4  |    25.4
  Private household...........................................|     1.0  |     1.0  |      .1  |      .1  |     1.9  |     1.9
  Protective service..........................................|     3.1  |     2.9  |     4.7  |     4.4  |     1.5  |     1.5
  Service, except private household and protective............|    17.6  |    18.0  |    12.9  |    13.5  |    22.0  |    22.1
Precision production, craft, and repair.......................|     8.1  |     7.9  |    14.3  |    14.2  |     2.3  |     2.2
Operators, fabricators, and laborers..........................|    20.4  |    20.6  |    30.3  |    31.1  |    11.1  |    11.0
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...............|     9.2  |     8.8  |    10.4  |    10.1  |     8.0  |     7.7
  Transportation and material moving occupations..............|     5.7  |     5.7  |    10.5  |    10.6  |     1.2  |     1.2
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.........|     5.5  |     6.1  |     9.4  |    10.4  |     1.9  |     2.1
Farming, forestry, and fishing................................|     1.2  |     1.0  |     2.2  |     2.0  |      .2  |      .2
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   1/  Less than 0.05 percent.