HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

10. Employed persons by occupation, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex

(Percent distribution)

Occupation, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total Men Women

2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010

TOTAL

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 139,877 139,064 73,670 73,359 66,208 65,705

 Percent ....................................................................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Management, professional, and related occupations ................................................... 37.3 37.2 34.5 34.2 40.5 40.6

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................. 15.4 15.1 16.7 16.3 13.9 13.7

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................................ 21.9 22.2 17.7 17.9 26.6 26.9

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 17.6 17.7 14.3 14.5 21.3 21.3

Sales and office occupations ........................................................................................ 24.2 24.0 17.0 16.9 32.2 32.0

 Sales and related occupations .................................................................................. 11.2 11.1 10.7 10.5 11.7 11.7

 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................................... 13.0 13.0 6.3 6.4 20.4 20.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................. 9.5 9.4 17.3 17.0 .9 .9

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................................ .7 .7 1.0 1.0 .3 .4

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................................... 5.3 5.2 9.8 9.5 .3 .3

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................................... 3.5 3.5 6.4 6.4 .3 .3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ...................................... 11.4 11.6 17.0 17.4 5.2 5.2

 Production occupations ............................................................................................. 5.5 5.8 7.5 7.9 3.3 3.4

 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................................... 5.9 5.9 9.5 9.5 1.9 1.9

White 

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 114,996 114,168 61,630 61,252 53,366 52,916

 Percent ....................................................................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Management, professional, and related occupations ................................................... 38.0 37.9 35.0 34.8 41.4 41.5

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................. 16.2 15.8 17.7 17.2 14.4 14.2

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................................ 21.8 22.1 17.3 17.6 27.0 27.3

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 16.5 16.6 13.4 13.6 20.1 20.1

Sales and office occupations ........................................................................................ 24.2 24.1 16.8 16.7 32.7 32.6

 Sales and related occupations .................................................................................. 11.4 11.2 10.9 10.7 11.8 11.7

 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................................... 12.8 12.9 5.8 6.0 20.9 20.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................. 10.3 10.2 18.4 18.1 .9 1.0

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................................ .7 .8 1.1 1.1 .3 .4

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................................... 5.8 5.6 10.6 10.3 .3 .3

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................................... 3.7 3.7 6.7 6.7 .3 .3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ...................................... 11.1 11.3 16.5 16.8 4.9 4.9

 Production occupations ............................................................................................. 5.4 5.7 7.4 7.8 3.1 3.2

 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................................... 5.7 5.6 9.1 8.9 1.9 1.8

Black or African American 

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 15,025 15,010 6,817 6,865 8,208 8,145

 Percent ....................................................................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Management, professional, and related occupations ................................................... 29.2 29.1 23.8 23.5 33.7 33.8

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................. 10.1 10.2 9.6 9.8 10.5 10.7

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................................ 19.1 18.8 14.2 13.7 23.2 23.1

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 25.2 25.1 21.2 21.2 28.5 28.3

Sales and office occupations ........................................................................................ 25.2 25.1 18.5 18.3 30.8 30.7

 Sales and related occupations .................................................................................. 10.0 10.0 8.6 8.4 11.1 11.4

 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................................... 15.3 15.1 10.0 9.9 19.7 19.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................. 6.1 5.8 12.4 11.9 .8 .7

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................................ .3 .3 .5 .5 .1 .2

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................................... 3.0 2.9 6.3 6.1 .2 .2

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................................... 2.8 2.6 5.6 5.2 .4 .3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ...................................... 14.3 15.0 24.0 25.1 6.2 6.5

 Production occupations ............................................................................................. 5.9 6.1 8.6 8.8 3.6 3.8

 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................................... 8.5 8.9 15.5 16.3 2.6 2.7

See footnotes at end of table.

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ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

10. Employed persons by occupation, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex—Continued

(Percent distribution)

Occupation, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total Men Women

2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010

Asian 

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 6,635 6,705 3,551 3,588 3,084 3,117

 Percent ....................................................................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Management, professional, and related occupations ................................................... 48.8 47.0 50.1 47.7 47.4 46.1

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................. 15.9 14.9 16.4 15.3 15.2 14.4

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................................ 33.0 32.1 33.7 32.4 32.2 31.7

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 17.0 18.0 13.7 15.1 20.7 21.3

Sales and office occupations ........................................................................................ 21.2 21.1 18.0 17.6 25.0 25.2

 Sales and related occupations .................................................................................. 11.3 11.4 11.6 11.2 11.1 11.7

 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................................... 9.9 9.7 6.4 6.3 13.9 13.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................. 4.0 3.9 7.1 6.7 .4 .6

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................................ .2 .3 .3 .3 .1 .2

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................................... 1.5 1.5 2.7 2.7 .1 .1

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................................... 2.3 2.1 4.1 3.7 .2 .3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ...................................... 8.9 10.0 11.1 12.9 6.4 6.7

 Production occupations ............................................................................................. 5.6 6.6 5.8 7.4 5.5 5.7

 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................................... 3.3 3.5 5.3 5.5 1.0 1.1

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 19,647 19,906 11,640 11,800 8,007 8,106

 Percent ....................................................................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Management, professional, and related occupations ................................................... 19.4 18.9 15.9 15.3 24.6 24.1

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................. 8.4 7.8 7.9 7.3 9.1 8.7

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................................ 11.1 11.0 8.0 8.0 15.5 15.4

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 25.8 26.4 21.2 21.8 32.4 33.2

Sales and office occupations ........................................................................................ 21.3 21.2 14.2 14.1 31.6 31.7

 Sales and related occupations .................................................................................. 9.5 9.1 7.7 7.3 12.1 11.8

 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................................... 11.8 12.1 6.5 6.8 19.5 19.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................. 16.4 16.4 26.6 26.5 1.6 1.7

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................................ 1.9 2.1 2.6 2.7 1.0 1.2

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................................... 10.8 10.5 18.0 17.5 .3 .3

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................................... 3.7 3.9 6.0 6.3 .3 .2

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ...................................... 17.1 17.1 22.2 22.4 9.8 9.3

 Production occupations ............................................................................................. 8.5 8.8 9.9 10.6 6.5 6.2

 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................................... 8.6 8.2 12.3 11.8 3.3 3.1

 NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. 

Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January

data.

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