HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


12.  Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race 

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                              Total             White        Black or African       Asian      
                                                                                                American                       
                       Category                                                                                                
                                                                                                                               
                                                          2003     2004     2003     2004     2003     2004     2003     2004  
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                          SEX                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                               
Total (all civilian workers)........................... 137,736  139,252  114,235  115,239   14,739   14,909    5,756    5,994 
  Men..................................................  73,332   74,524   61,866   62,712    6,820    6,912    3,073    3,243 
  Women................................................  64,404   64,728   52,369   52,527    7,919    7,997    2,683    2,751 
                                                                                                                               
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
Management, professional, and related occupations......  47,929   48,532   40,558   41,027    3,923    3,949    2,601    2,707 
  Management, business, and financial operations                                                                               
   occupations.........................................  19,934   20,235   17,377   17,590    1,368    1,408      845      906 
    Management occupations.............................  14,468   14,555   12,827   12,873      859      864      538      584 
    Business and financial operations occupations......   5,465    5,680    4,550    4,717      509      544      308      322 
  Professional and related occupations.................  27,995   28,297   23,181   23,438    2,555    2,541    1,756    1,801 
    Computer and mathematical occupations..............   3,122    3,140    2,418    2,410      252      236      402      439 
    Architecture and engineering occupations...........   2,727    2,760    2,321    2,343      119      135      236      231 
    Life, physical, and social science occupations.....   1,375    1,365    1,113    1,143       86       76      142      126 
    Community and social services occupations..........   2,184    2,170    1,663    1,650      408      415       70       62 
    Legal occupations..................................   1,508    1,554    1,360    1,380       90      100       37       47 
    Education, training, and library occupations.......   7,768    7,900    6,599    6,741      758      742      255      271 
    Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media                                                                             
     occupations.......................................   2,663    2,687    2,322    2,336      171      164      124      128 
    Healthcare practitioner and technical                                                                                      
     occupations.......................................   6,648    6,721    5,385    5,435      671      673      490      497 
Service occupations....................................  22,086   22,720   17,132   17,544    3,408    3,543      923      972 
  Healthcare support occupations.......................   2,926    2,921    1,996    1,991      738      758      114      102 
  Protective service occupations.......................   2,727    2,847    2,098    2,197      511      510       42       54 
  Food preparation and serving related occupations.....   7,254    7,279    5,797    5,854      842      835      404      377 
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance                                                                                
   occupations.........................................   4,947    5,185    3,920    4,094      740      773      136      159 
  Personal care and service occupations................   4,232    4,488    3,321    3,407      578      667      228      281 
Sales and office occupations...........................  35,496   35,464   29,555   29,399    3,881    3,918    1,297    1,380 
  Sales and related occupations........................  15,960   15,983   13,587   13,557    1,416    1,430      652      676 
  Office and administrative support occupations........  19,536   19,481   15,968   15,842    2,465    2,487      645      705 
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                                               
 occupations...........................................  14,205   14,582   12,600   12,928    1,022    1,012      228      261 
  Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...........   1,050      991      954      885       49       53       19       21 
  Construction and extraction occupations..............   8,114    8,522    7,242    7,642      578      572       84       87 
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations....   5,041    5,069    4,404    4,401      395      387      126      153 
Production, transportation, and material moving                                                                                
 occupations...........................................  18,020   17,954   14,391   14,340    2,504    2,488      706      674 
  Production occupations...............................   9,700    9,462    7,766    7,594    1,204    1,124      510      501 
  Transportation and material moving occupations.......   8,320    8,491    6,625    6,746    1,301    1,364      196      173 
                                                                                                                               
                    CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                            
                                                                                                                               
  Agriculture:                                                                                                                 
    Wage and salary workers............................   1,299    1,242    1,201    1,141       57       47       15       17 
    Self-employed workers..............................     951      964      922      934        6        6        7        6 
    Unpaid family workers..............................      25       27       25       26      -        -        -        -   
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                  
    Wage and salary workers............................ 126,015  127,463  103,849  104,812   14,075   14,253    5,330    5,550 
      Government.......................................  19,634   19,983   15,532   15,793    2,912    2,965      699      722 
      Private industries............................... 106,381  107,480   88,317   89,019   11,162   11,287    4,632    4,828 
        Private households.............................     764      779      639      628       84      103       22       23 
        Other industries............................... 105,616  106,701   87,678   88,391   11,078   11,184    4,610    4,805 
    Self-employed workers..............................   9,344    9,467    8,160    8,252      593      600      390      411 
    Unpaid family workers..............................     101       90       78       74        9        4       13       10 
                                                                                                                               
             FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS (1)                                                                                     
                                                                                                                               
  Full-time workers.................................... 113,324  114,518   93,465   94,166   12,607   12,774    4,850    5,085 
  Part-time workers....................................  24,412   24,734   20,770   21,073    2,132    2,135      906      910 

  1 Employed persons are classified as full- or part-time workers based on their usual weekly hours at all jobs regardless of
the number of hours they are at work during the reference week.  Persons absent from work also are classified according to
their usual status.
  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.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household
survey.  Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria.