HOUSEHOLD DATA
  ANNUAL AVERAGES


  17. Employed persons by industry, sex, race, and occupation

  (In thousands)

  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                          |
                          |                                                1997
                          |
                           ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
                          |     |                |                     |              |       |                        |
                          |     | Managerial and |Technical, sales, and|              |       |       Operators,       |
                          |     |  professional  |   administrative    |   Service    |       |      fabricators,      |
                          |     |   specialty    |       support       |              |       |      and laborers      |
                          |     |                |                     |              |Preci- |                        |
                                 ________________ _____________________ ______________         ________________________
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       | sion  |       |       |        |Farmi-
      Industry and sex    |Total|        |       |       |     |Admini-|      |       |produc-|Machine|       |Handle- |  ng,
                          | em- |Executi-|       |       |     |  s-   |      |       | tion, | oper- | Tra-  |  rs,   | fore-
                          |plo- |  ve,   |Profes-|Techni-|     |trative|Priva-|       |craft, |ators, |nspor- |equipme-| stry,
                          | yed |adminis-|sional | cians |     |suppo- |  te  | Other |  and  |assem- |tation |   nt   |  and
                          |     |trative,|specia-|  and  |Sales|  rt,  |house-|servi- |repair |blers, |  and  |cleane- |fishing
                          |     |  and   |  lty  |related|     |inclu- | hold | ce 1/ |       |  and  |materi-|  rs,   |
                          |     | mana-  |       |support|     | ding  |      |       |       |inspec-|  al   |helpers,|
                          |     | gerial |       |       |     |cleri- |      |       |       | tors  |moving |  and   |
                          |     |        |       |       |     |  cal  |      |       |       |       |       |laborers|
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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           TOTAL
  Agriculture.............|3,399|    124 |     83|     48|   19|    160|   -  |     24|     34|     10|     51|     26 |  2,821
  Mining..................|  634|     92 |     51|     25|   10|     66|   -  |      4|    236|     24|    101|     24 |      1
  Construction............|8,302|  1,274 |    158|     45|   72|    425|   -  |     35|  4,731|     97|    558|    884 |     22
  Manufacturing...........|20835|  2,882 |  1,938|    689|  785|  2,029|   -  |    268|  3,887|  6,471|    762|  1,027 |     96
    Durable goods.........|12437|  1,699 |  1,261|    441|  316|  1,133|   -  |    145|  2,753|  3,685|    406|    512 |     87
    Nondurable goods......|8,399|  1,183 |    677|    249|  469|    896|   -  |    123|  1,134|  2,786|    356|    515 |      9
  Transportation and      |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  public                  |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        utilities.........|9,182|  1,230 |    562|    342|  283|  2,297|   -  |    301|  1,257|    133|  2,230|    531 |     16
  Wholesale and retail    |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  trade...................|26777|  2,482 |    537|    202|11231|  2,220|   -  |  5,104|  1,499|    334|  1,092|  1,973 |    101
    Wholesale trade.......|4,907|    589 |    110|     47|1,928|    740|   -  |     56|    326|    133|    520|    393 |     66
    Retail trade..........|21869|  1,893 |    427|    155|9,303|  1,480|   -  |  5,048|  1,173|    202|    572|  1,580 |     36
  Finance, insurance, and |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        real estate.......|8,297|  2,428 |    308|    151|2,092|  2,749|   -  |    307|    175|     12|     11|     28 |     38
  Services................|46393|  6,642 | 14,677|  2,490|1,210|  7,113|   795|  9,055|  2,115|    854|    537|    521 |    384
    Private households....|  921|      4 |      5|      5|  -  |      6|   795|     67|      6|   -   |   -   |      8 |     25
    Other service         |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  industries..............|45472|  6,638 | 14,671|  2,485|1,210|  7,107|   -  |  8,988|  2,109|    853|    537|    514 |    359
      Professional        |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  services................|30935|  4,057 | 12,846|  2,110|  225|  5,177|   -  |  5,432|    420|    207|    279|     89 |     93
  Public administration...|5,738|  1,287 |    932|    221|   32|  1,303|   -  |  1,644|    191|     27|     46|     33 |     23
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
            Men
  Agriculture.............|2,552|     83 |     56|     11|   15|     11|   -  |     13|     33|      9|     48|     21 |  2,252
  Mining..................|  543|     72 |     44|     17|    8|     18|   -  |      2|    233|     24|    101|     23 |      1
  Construction............|7,518|  1,072 |    139|     39|   55|     51|   -  |     25|  4,634|     88|    547|    846 |     21
  Manufacturing...........|14152|  1,921 |  1,476|    529|  504|    686|   -  |    197|  3,244|  4,056|    715|    734 |     92
    Durable goods.........|9,086|  1,179 |  1,047|    354|  228|    408|   -  |    113|  2,298|  2,599|    388|    388 |     84
    Nondurable goods......|5,067|    743 |    428|    174|  276|    278|   -  |     84|    947|  1,457|    327|    345 |      7
  Transportation and      |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  public                  |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        utilities.........|6,539|    771 |    419|    285|  156|    951|   -  |    158|  1,183|    108|  2,026|    469 |     15
  Wholesale and retail    |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  trade...................|14118|  1,429 |    255|     88|5,438|    502|   -  |  2,406|  1,286|    179|  1,011|  1,469 |     55
    Wholesale trade.......|3,453|    395 |     71|     29|1,485|    196|   -  |     38|    305|     92|    502|    308 |     31
    Retail trade..........|10665|  1,034 |    184|     59|3,953|    306|   -  |  2,367|    981|     87|    508|  1,161 |     24
  Finance, insurance, and |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        real estate.......|3,449|  1,149 |    168|     71|1,154|    454|   -  |    216|    165|      6|      9|     22 |     35
  Services................|17627|  3,133 |  5,919|    842|  497|    961|    37|  2,734|  1,909|    470|    374|    415 |    337
    Private households....|   84|      1 |      1|   -   |  -  |      1|    37|      9|      5|   -   |   -   |      7 |     23
    Other service         |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  industries..............|17543|  3,132 |  5,918|    841|  497|    960|   -  |  2,725|  1,904|    469|    374|    408 |    314
      Professional        |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  services................|9,477|  1,642 |  4,802|    569|   65|    532|   -  |  1,157|    352|     92|    131|     58 |     78
  Public administration...|3,186|    641 |    504|    146|   13|    258|   -  |  1,334|    181|     22|     40|     26 |     20
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
           Women
  Agriculture.............|  847|     41 |     27|     37|    4|    149|   -  |     10|      1|      1|      2|      5 |    569
  Mining..................|   92|     20 |      7|      8|    2|     48|   -  |      2|      3|   -   |   -   |      1 |   -
  Construction............|  784|    202 |     19|      5|   16|    374|   -  |     10|     97|      9|     11|     38 |      2
  Manufacturing...........|6,683|    961 |    463|    161|  281|  1,344|   -  |     71|    643|  2,414|     47|    294 |      4
    Durable goods.........|3,351|    521 |    214|     86|   88|    726|   -  |     32|    455|  1,086|     18|    124 |      2
    Nondurable goods......|3,332|    441 |    249|     74|  193|    618|   -  |     40|    188|  1,329|     29|    170 |      2
  Transportation and      |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  public                  |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        utilities.........|2,643|    460 |    143|     57|  127|  1,346|   -  |    143|     74|     25|    204|     63 |      1
  Wholesale and retail    |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  trade...................|12659|  1,053 |    282|    114|5,793|  1,717|   -  |  2,698|    213|    156|     82|    504 |     46
    Wholesale trade.......|1,454|    194 |     39|     18|  443|    544|   -  |     17|     21|     41|     18|     85 |     34
    Retail trade..........|11205|    859 |    243|     96|5,350|  1,173|   -  |  2,681|    193|    115|     64|    419 |     12
  Finance, insurance, and |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        real estate.......|4,848|  1,279 |    140|     80|  939|  2,295|   -  |     90|      9|      6|      2|      5 |      3
  Services................|28766|  3,508 |  8,758|  1,648|  713|  6,152|   758|  6,321|    206|    384|    163|    107 |     47
    Private households....|  837|      3 |      4|      5|  -  |      5|   758|     58|      1|   -   |   -   |      1 |      3
    Other service         |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  industries..............|27928|  3,506 |  8,754|  1,644|  713|  6,147|   -  |  6,263|    205|    384|    163|    106 |     45
      Professional        |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  services................|21458|  2,415 |  8,044|  1,541|  160|  4,645|   -  |  4,275|     68|    115|    149|     31 |     15
  Public administration...|2,552|    645 |    428|     75|   18|  1,045|   -  |    311|     10|      5|      6|      6 |      3
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  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  ANNUAL AVERAGES


  17. Employed persons by industry, sex, race, and occupation-Continued

  (In thousands)

  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                          |
                          |                                                1997
                          |
                           ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
                          |     |                |                     |              |       |                        |
                          |     | Managerial and |Technical, sales, and|              |       |       Operators,       |
                          |     |  professional  |   administrative    |   Service    |       |      fabricators,      |
                          |     |   specialty    |       support       |              |       |      and laborers      |
                          |     |                |                     |              |Preci- |                        |
                                 ________________ _____________________ ______________         ________________________
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       | sion  |       |       |        |Farmi-
      Industry and sex    |Total|        |       |       |     |Admini-|      |       |produc-|Machine|       |Handle- |  ng,
                          | em- |Executi-|       |       |     |  s-   |      |       | tion, | oper- | Tra-  |  rs,   | fore-
                          |plo- |  ve,   |Profes-|Techni-|     |trative|Priva-|       |craft, |ators, |nspor- |equipme-| stry,
                          | yed |adminis-|sional | cians |     |suppo- |  te  | Other |  and  |assem- |tation |   nt   |  and
                          |     |trative,|specia-|  and  |Sales|  rt,  |house-|servi- |repair |blers, |  and  |cleane- |fishing
                          |     |  and   |  lty  |related|     |inclu- | hold | ce 1/ |       |  and  |materi-|  rs,   |
                          |     | mana-  |       |support|     | ding  |      |       |       |inspec-|  al   |helpers,|
                          |     | gerial |       |       |     |cleri- |      |       |       | tors  |moving |  and   |
                          |     |        |       |       |     |  cal  |      |       |       |       |       |laborers|
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
           White
  Agriculture.............|3,208|    120 |     78|     45|   18|    155|   -  |     21|     33|      9|     46|     25 |  2,658
  Mining..................|  599|     89 |     48|     23|   10|     64|   -  |      4|    221|     23|     94|     23 |      1
  Construction............|7,538|  1,210 |    142|     39|   67|    398|   -  |     29|  4,302|     83|    501|    749 |     19
  Manufacturing...........|17601|  2,643 |  1,704|    582|  726|  1,764|   -  |    213|  3,353|  5,115|    614|    799 |     87
    Durable goods.........|10694|  1,573 |  1,085|    373|  302|  1,013|   -  |    122|  2,402|  3,004|    327|    415 |     78
    Nondurable goods......|6,907|  1,070 |    619|    209|  425|    751|   -  |     91|    951|  2,111|    287|    385 |      9
  Transportation and      |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  public                  |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        utilities.........|7,462|  1,085 |    475|    304|  246|  1,768|   -  |    221|  1,086|    106|  1,787|    369 |     15
  Wholesale and retail    |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  trade...................|23047|  2,169 |    482|    179|9,727|  1,958|   -  |  4,249|  1,340|    278|    930|  1,645 |     88
    Wholesale trade.......|4,407|    537 |     97|     42|1,803|    664|   -  |     47|    292|    103|    448|    320 |     54
    Retail trade..........|18639|  1,632 |    385|    137|7,925|  1,293|   -  |  4,202|  1,048|   -   |   -   |  1,326 |     34
  Finance, insurance, and |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        real estate.......|7,163|  2,159 |    249|    126|1,903|  2,274|   -  |    236|    147|      8|      8|     20 |     34
  Services................|38692|  5,894 | 12,733|  2,082|1,011|  5,976|   642|  6,688|  1,830|    677|    422|    402 |    337
    Private households....|  728|      3 |      3|      4|  -  |      5|   642|     39|      4|   -   |   -   |      7 |     20
    Other service         |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  industries..............|37963|  5,891 | 12,730|  2,078|1,011|  5,971|   -  |  6,649|   -   |    676|    422|    -   |    316
      Professional        |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  services................|25831|  3,594 | 11,136|  1,756|  -  |  4,338|   -  |   -   |    350|    163|    219|     70 |     76
  Public administration...|4,547|  1,051 |    757|    190|   22|    967|   -  |  1,300|    161|     24|     34|     24 |     16
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
           Black
  Agriculture.............|  117|      3 |      2|      1|  -  |      4|   -  |      2|   -   |      1|      4|    -   |    100
  Mining..................|   26|      2 |      1|      2|  -  |      1|   -  |   -   |     13|      1|      5|      1 |   -
  Construction............|  563|     38 |      5|      5|    3|     15|   -  |      5|    315|     12|     52|    109 |      3
  Manufacturing...........|2,162|    121 |     69|     55|   38|    200|   -  |     44|    353|    968|    131|    175 |      7
    Durable goods.........|1,096|     56 |     47|     28|    8|     87|   -  |     18|    213|    484|     73|     74 |      7
    Nondurable goods......|1,066|     66 |     22|     27|   30|    113|   -  |     26|    140|    484|     59|    101 |   -
  Transportation and      |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  public                  |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        utilities.........|1,368|     96 |     52|     27|   29|    413|   -  |     63|    137|     22|    386|    142 |   -
  Wholesale and retail    |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  trade...................|2,372|    162 |     22|     12|  928|    190|   -  |    544|     93|     38|    132|    245 |      7
    Wholesale trade.......|  307|     19 |      4|      1|   50|     54|   -  |      7|     24|     20|     63|     59 |      6
    Retail trade..........|2,065|    143 |     19|     11|  877|    136|   -  |    536|     70|     18|     68|    186 |   -
  Finance, insurance, and |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        real estate.......|  802|    173 |     35|     13|  128|    360|   -  |     58|     24|      3|      2|      5 |      2
  Services................|5,611|    499 |  1,183|    272|  139|    895|   129|  1,951|    187|    130|     95|    102 |     30
    Private households....|  163|    -   |      2|      1|  -  |   -   |   129|     25|   -   |   -   |   -   |      1 |      5
    Other service         |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  industries..............|5,449|    499 |  1,182|    272|  139|    894|   -  |  1,926|    186|    130|     95|    101 |     25
      Professional        |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  services................|3,813|    320 |  1,069|    248|   24|    668|   -  |  1,314|     51|     38|     54|     15 |     12
  Public administration...|  948|    174 |    129|     23|    5|    272|   -  |    296|     22|      3|     12|      6 |      6
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

     1/  Includes protective service, not shown separately.
     NOTE:  Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.