HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                        HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                      ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                             1998                                                   
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                  Managerial and   Technical, sales, and                                 Operators,                 
                                   professional        administrative         Service                   fabricators,                
                                     specialty            support                                       and laborers                
                                                                                          Preci-                                    
                                                                                           sion                             Farming,
    Industry and sex       Total                                                         produc-  Machine          Handler- forestr-
                            em-  Executi-                        Adminis-                 tion,    oper-  Transpo-    s,       y,   
                          ployed    ve,   Profes- Techni-         trative Priva-          craft,  ators,     r-    equipme-    and  
                                 adminis-  sional  cians         support,   te    Other    and    assem-   tation     nt     fishing
                                 trative, specia-   and    Sales includi- house- servic-  repair  blers,     and   cleaner-         
                                    and     lty   related           ng     hold    e(1)             and   material    s,            
                                   mana-          support        clerical                         inspec-  moving  helpers,         
                                  gerial                                                           tors               and           
                                                                                                                   laborers         
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
          TOTAL                                                                                                                     
  Agriculture............  3,378     110      105      51     23     136     -        21      39      20       42       19    2,814 
  Mining.................    620     101       63      19     11      53     -         8     208      31      105       18        1 
  Construction...........  8,518   1,380      144      47     56     415     -        28   4,889      94      535      910       21 
  Manufacturing.......... 20,733   3,008    2,007     646    764   1,982     -       291   3,956   6,219      765    1,019       76 
    Durable goods........ 12,566   1,796    1,351     430    318   1,127     -       150   2,807   3,594      415      509       71 
    Nondurable goods.....  8,168   1,212      656     217    446     856     -       141   1,150   2,625      350      510        5 
  Transportation and                                                                                                                
     public                                                                                                                         
     utilities...........  9,307   1,307      561     324    273   2,349     -       296   1,285     135    2,243      522       13 
  Wholesale and retail                                                                                                              
     trade............... 27,203   2,538      590     231 11,360   2,194     -     5,182   1,522     367    1,068    2,049      101 
    Wholesale trade......  5,090     622      131      43  2,054     756     -        57     346     137      493      380       71 
    Retail trade......... 22,113   1,916      459     188  9,306   1,438     -     5,125   1,177     230      575    1,670       30 
  Finance, insurance, and                                                                                                           
     real estate.........  8,605   2,489      356     166  2,143   2,860     -       323     177      12       13       17       49 
  Services............... 47,212   6,793   15,090   2,541  1,197   7,118     847   9,117   2,154     887      551      516      399 
    Private households...    967       6        6       1      1       9     847      56       3       1        4        7       26 
    Other service                                                                                                                   
     industries.......... 46,244   6,787   15,084   2,540  1,196   7,109     -     9,061   2,151     887      548      509      374 
      Professional                                                                                                                  
     services............ 31,392   4,164   13,122   2,132    213   5,132     -     5,485     473     195      294       99       85 
  Public administration..  5,887   1,329      968     234     25   1,302     -     1,722     182      27       40       30       27 
                                                                                                                                    
           Men                                                                                                                      
  Agriculture............  2,553      62       71      10     15       7     -        12      38      17       40       16    2,266 
  Mining.................    535      76       59      16      6      14     -         6     205      30      103       18        1 
  Construction...........  7,721   1,131      124      39     47      46     -        19   4,809      91      522      871       21 
  Manufacturing.......... 14,138   2,024    1,520     483    501     676     -       213   3,319   3,897      702      731       72 
    Durable goods........  9,140   1,257    1,117     348    232     396     -       111   2,348   2,493      380      389       68 
    Nondurable goods.....  4,998     767      403     135    269     280     -       102     970   1,405      322      342        3 
  Transportation and                                                                                                                
     public                                                                                                                         
     utilities...........  6,598     843      405     270    147     969     -       137   1,214     110    2,037      454       12 
  Wholesale and retail                                                                                                              
     trade............... 14,367   1,459      276      94  5,452     522     -     2,460   1,323     215      990    1,529       47 
    Wholesale trade......  3,564     402       86      35  1,546     212     -        43     327     100      474      309       29 
    Retail trade......... 10,803   1,057      190      58  3,906     309     -     2,417     996     115      517    1,220       18 
  Finance, insurance, and                                                                                                           
     real estate.........  3,552   1,146      191      69  1,188     489     -       226     167       6       12       14       46 
  Services............... 17,906   3,167    6,085     856    507     948      46   2,700   1,963     495      377      411      351 
    Private households...     90       3     -       -       -         1      46       3       3     -          3        7       24 
    Other service                                                                                                                   
     industries.......... 17,816   3,164    6,084     856    507     947     -     2,697   1,960     495      375      404      327 
      Professional                                                                                                                  
     services............  9,568   1,637    4,894     549     65     499     -     1,155     411      87      139       64       69 
  Public administration..  3,323     677      551     139     12     271     -     1,402     170      20       36       25       20 
                                                                                                                                    
          Women                                                                                                                     
  Agriculture............    825      47       34      41      8     129     -         9    -          3        2        3      548 
  Mining.................     85      25        4       4      5      40     -         2       2     -          3      -        -   
  Construction...........    798     249       19       8      8     369     -         9      80       2       13       39        1 
  Manufacturing..........  6,595     984      486     163    263   1,307     -        78     638   2,321       63      288        4 
    Durable goods........  3,426     539      233      82     86     731     -        39     458   1,101       35      120        3 
    Nondurable goods.....  3,169     445      253      81    177     576     -        39     180   1,220       28      168        2 
  Transportation and                                                                                                                
     public                                                                                                                         
     utilities...........  2,709     464      156      54    126   1,379     -       159      71      25      206       68        1 
  Wholesale and retail                                                                                                              
     trade............... 12,836   1,079      314     137  5,908   1,672     -     2,722     199     151       78      520       55 
    Wholesale trade......  1,526     220       45       8    508     544     -        14      18      37       19       71       43 
    Retail trade......... 11,310     859      269     130  5,400   1,129     -     2,708     181     114       59      450       12 
  Finance, insurance, and                                                                                                           
     real estate.........  5,053   1,344      165      97    955   2,371     -        97      10       6        1        3        3 
  Services............... 29,306   3,626    9,006   1,685    689   6,170     801   6,417     191     393      174      105       48 
    Private households...    877       3        6       1      1       8     801      54    -        -          1        1        1 
    Other service                                                                                                                   
     industries.......... 28,428   3,623    9,000   1,683    688   6,162     -     6,364     191     392      173      105       47 
      Professional                                                                                                                  
     services............ 21,824   2,527    8,228   1,583    148   4,632     -     4,330      62     108      155       34       16 
  Public administration..  2,564     652      417      96     13   1,032     -       320      12       7        4        6        7 

See footnotes at end of table.
 





HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                        HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                      ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                             1998                                                   
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                  Managerial and   Technical, sales, and                                 Operators,                 
                                   professional        administrative         Service                   fabricators,                
                                     specialty            support                                       and laborers                
                                                                                          Preci-                                    
                                                                                           sion                             Farming,
    Industry and sex       Total                                                         produc-  Machine          Handler- forestr-
                            em-  Executi-                        Adminis-                 tion,    oper-  Transpo-    s,       y,   
                          ployed    ve,   Profes- Techni-         trative Priva-          craft,  ators,     r-    equipme-    and  
                                 adminis-  sional  cians         support,   te    Other    and    assem-   tation     nt     fishing
                                 trative, specia-   and    Sales includi- house- servic-  repair  blers,     and   cleaner-         
                                    and     lty   related           ng     hold    e(1)             and   material    s,            
                                   mana-          support        clerical                         inspec-  moving  helpers,         
                                  gerial                                                           tors               and           
                                                                                                                   laborers         
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
          White                                                                                                                     
  Agriculture............  3,160     101      102      51     23     132     -        14      35      19       37       17    2,629 
  Mining.................    579      96       60      19     11      50     -         8     194      29       96       15        1 
  Construction...........  7,761   1,305      129      41     52     387     -        23   4,462      83      470      793       17 
  Manufacturing.......... 17,496   2,794    1,742     536    702   1,744     -       227   3,414   4,878      593      800       66 
    Durable goods........ 10,788   1,683    1,151     359    299   1,004     -       126   2,450   2,904      322      430       61 
    Nondurable goods.....  6,708   1,111      591     178    403     740     -       101     964   1,975      271      370        4 
  Transportation and                                                                                                                
     public                                                                                                                         
     utilities...........  7,516   1,142      476     286    229   1,798     -       223   1,093     107    1,776      374       11 
  Wholesale and retail                                                                                                              
     trade............... 23,189   2,189      541     191  9,734   1,888     -     4,312   1,362     306      896    1,682       88 
    Wholesale trade......  4,501     546      122      34  1,895     658     -        43     311     110      412      312       60 
    Retail trade......... 18,687   1,644      419     157  7,839   1,230     -     4,269   1,051     196      484    1,370       28 
  Finance, insurance, and                                                                                                           
     real estate.........  7,346   2,178      291     143  1,933   2,335     -       253     142       9       10       12       40 
  Services............... 39,200   6,021   13,025   2,097  1,002   5,895     704   6,685   1,876     697      447      392      359 
    Private households...    790       4        5       1      1       7     704      34       3     -          4        6       22 
    Other service                                                                                                                   
     industries.......... 38,410   6,016   13,020   2,096  1,001   5,888     -     6,651   1,873     697      443      387      338 
      Professional                                                                                                                  
     services............ 26,094   3,671   11,333   1,752    178   4,295     -     3,916     409     158      234       73       75 
  Public administration..  4,683   1,077      795     193     18   1,000     -     1,357     151      17       28       25       21 
                                                                                                                                    
          Black                                                                                                                     
  Agriculture............    138       4        2    -       -         1     -         5    -        -          3        2      122 
  Mining.................     28       2        2       1    -         3     -      -         10       1        7        2      -   
  Construction...........    546      46        4       2      2      21     -         5     303       7       55       98        4 
  Manufacturing..........  2,185     103       94      57     38     165     -        56     359     981      148      175        9 
    Durable goods........  1,139      51       65      31     10      77     -        21     216     511       81       68        8 
    Nondurable goods.....  1,046      52       30      25     28      88     -        35     143     470       67      107      -   
  Transportation and                                                                                                                
     public                                                                                                                         
     utilities...........  1,406     112       45      25     38     406     -        57     158      22      408      133        1 
  Wholesale and retail                                                                                                              
     trade...............  2,616     193       21      21  1,053     217     -       535     103      44      145      279        5 
    Wholesale trade......    379      46        2       6     79      68     -        11      23      21       70       48        4 
    Retail trade.........  2,237     147       18      15    974     149     -       524      81      22       75      231      -   
  Finance, insurance, and                                                                                                           
     real estate.........    899     200       38      12    145     402     -        60      30       1        2        4        6 
  Services...............  5,767     520    1,242     295    134     953     116   1,991     170     135       91       98       22 
    Private households...    146       2     -       -       -         1     116      20    -        -        -          1        4 
    Other service                                                                                                                   
     industries..........  5,621     518    1,241     295    134     952     -     1,971     170     135       91       97       18 
      Professional                                                                                                                  
     services............            348    1,114     265     25     666     -     1,351      44      30       55       21        5 
  Public administration..    970     189      132      29      6     239     -       324      24       8       12        4        5 

  1 Includes protective service, not shown separately.
   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the
household survey.