HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


13. Employed Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban-origin workers by sex, occupation, class of worker, and full- or part-time
status

(In thousands)

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                                                            | Total Hispanic  | Mexican origin  |  Puerto Rican   |  Cuban origin
                                                            |    origin 1/    |                 |     origin      |
                          Category                          |                 |                 |                 |
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                                                            |  1996  |  1997  |  1996  |  1997  |  1996  |  1997  |  1996  |  1997
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                            SEX
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Total (all civilian workers)................................| 11,642 | 12,726 |  7,209 |  7,884 |  1,057 |  1,166 |    591 |    603
  Men.......................................................|  7,039 |  7,728 |  4,530 |  4,941 |    585 |    654 |    354 |    364
  Women.....................................................|  4,602 |  4,999 |  2,680 |  2,943 |    472 |    512 |    237 |    239
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                         OCCUPATION
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  Managerial and professional specialty.....................|  1,654 |  1,867 |    870 |    946 |    201 |    206 |    128 |    171
    Executive, administrative, and managerial...............|    854 |  1,001 |    450 |    508 |     99 |    103 |     72 |    102
    Professional specialty..................................|    799 |    866 |    420 |    438 |    102 |    103 |     56 |     69
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  Technical, sales, and administrative support..............|  2,849 |  3,026 |  1,578 |  1,728 |    339 |    347 |    193 |    197
    Technicians and related support.........................|    248 |    256 |    125 |    140 |     30 |     30 |     22 |     18
    Sales occupations.......................................|  1,085 |  1,198 |    597 |    680 |    109 |    112 |     76 |     88
    Administrative support, including clerical..............|  1,516 |  1,572 |    856 |    908 |    200 |    204 |     95 |     91
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  Service occupations.......................................|  2,349 |  2,560 |  1,388 |  1,524 |    209 |    231 |     86 |     75
    Private household.......................................|    211 |    212 |    100 |     99 |     10 |      5 |      1 |      5
    Protective service......................................|    175 |    202 |     98 |    106 |     35 |     47 |     14 |      9
    Service, except private household and protective........|  1,963 |  2,146 |  1,190 |  1,319 |    164 |    179 |     71 |     62
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  Precision production, craft, and repair...................|  1,498 |  1,714 |  1,008 |  1,185 |     99 |    127 |     75 |     55
    Mechanics and repairers.................................|    433 |    479 |    264 |    303 |     36 |     50 |     28 |     30
    Construction trades.....................................|    600 |    736 |    431 |    542 |     25 |     42 |     24 |     16
    Other precision production, craft, and repair...........|    465 |    499 |    313 |    340 |     38 |     36 |     22 |     10
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  Operators, fabricators, and laborers......................|  2,607 |  2,839 |  1,764 |  1,887 |    197 |    243 |    103 |     96
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...........|  1,295 |  1,426 |    872 |    957 |     99 |    119 |     44 |     33
    Transportation and material moving occupations..........|    548 |    592 |    358 |    370 |     50 |     64 |     29 |     36
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.....|    764 |    821 |    534 |    561 |     47 |     61 |     30 |     28
      Construction laborers.................................|    157 |    166 |    119 |    121 |      4 |      6 |      7 |      4
      Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
laborers....................................................|    607 |    655 |    415 |    439 |     43 |     55 |     22 |     23
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  Farming, forestry, and fishing............................|    685 |    721 |    602 |    614 |     13 |     12 |      7 |      8
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                      CLASS OF WORKER
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  Agriculture:                                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.................................|    523 |    583 |    471 |    519 |      8 |      6 |      2 |      2
    Self-employed workers...................................|     83 |     76 |     69 |     52 |    -   |      2 |      2 |      2
    Unpaid family workers...................................|      2 |      1 |      2 |      1 |    -   |    -   |    -   |    -
  Nonagricultural industries:                               |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.................................| 10,458 | 11,458 |  6,330 |  6,949 |  1,012 |  1,121 |    548 |    558
      Government............................................|  1,322 |  1,331 |    827 |    821 |    178 |    188 |     63 |     58
      Private industries....................................|  9,137 | 10,127 |  5,503 |  6,128 |    833 |    933 |    486 |    500
        Private households..................................|    235 |    234 |    115 |    109 |     11 |      6 |      2 |      5
        Other industries....................................|  8,901 |  9,893 |  5,388 |  6,019 |    823 |    927 |    483 |    495
    Self-employed workers...................................|    561 |    598 |    330 |    356 |     37 |     36 |     38 |     41
    Unpaid family workers...................................|     13 |     11 |      8 |      8 |    -   |    -   |    -   |    -
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                 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
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  Full-time workers.........................................|  9,807 | 10,741 |  6,087 |  6,672 |    880 |    958 |    498 |    517
  Part-time workers.........................................|  1,835 |  1,985 |  1,123 |  1,212 |    178 |    208 |     93 |     86
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   1/  Includes persons of Central or South American origin and of other Hispanic origin, not shown separately.
   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.