HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

10. Employed persons by occupation, race, and sex

(Percent distribution)

Occupation and race

Total Men Women

2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002

TOTAL

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 136,933 136,485 73,196 72,903 63,737 63,582

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

Managerial and professional specialty ......................................................................... 30.9 31.1 28.9 28.9 33.2 33.7

 Executive, administrative, and managerial ................................................................. 15.0 15.1 15.1 15.2 14.8 14.9

 Professional specialty ................................................................................................. 15.9 16.1 13.8 13.6 18.3 18.9

Technical, sales, and administrative support ................................................................ 28.8 28.5 19.5 19.6 39.5 38.8

 Technicians and related support ................................................................................ 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.8 3.8 3.8

 Sales occupations ...................................................................................................... 11.8 11.9 11.2 11.4 12.6 12.5

 Administrative support, including clerical .................................................................... 13.7 13.3 5.5 5.4 23.1 22.4

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 13.6 14.1 10.1 10.6 17.6 18.1

 Private household ....................................................................................................... .5 .5 1 ( ) .1 1.1 1.1

 Protective service ....................................................................................................... 1.8 1.9 2.7 2.9 .8 .8

 Service, except private household and protective ...................................................... 11.3 11.6 7.4 7.7 15.7 16.2

Precision production, craft, and repair .......................................................................... 11.1 10.7 18.9 18.5 2.1 1.9

Operators, fabricators, and laborers ............................................................................. 13.2 13.0 18.9 18.8 6.6 6.3

 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................................................ 5.0 4.8 6.0 5.8 3.9 3.6

 Transportation and material moving occupations ....................................................... 4.2 4.3 7.0 7.1 .9 .9

 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................................................ 4.0 4.0 5.9 5.9 1.7 1.8

Farming, forestry, and fishing ....................................................................................... 2.4 2.6 3.6 3.8 1.1 1.1

White

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 114,430 114,013 62,212 61,849 52,218 52,164

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

Managerial and professional specialty ......................................................................... 31.7 31.9 29.5 29.5 34.3 34.8

 Executive, administrative, and managerial ................................................................. 15.6 15.7 15.8 16.0 15.4 15.5

 Professional specialty ................................................................................................. 16.0 16.2 13.7 13.6 18.9 19.3

Technical, sales, and administrative support ................................................................ 28.8 28.7 19.5 19.5 39.9 39.5

 Technicians and related support ................................................................................ 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.8 3.8 3.9

 Sales occupations ...................................................................................................... 12.1 12.3 11.6 11.7 12.8 13.0

 Administrative support, including clerical .................................................................... 13.4 13.1 5.1 5.0 23.3 22.7

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 12.5 12.8 9.2 9.6 16.4 16.7

 Private household ....................................................................................................... .5 .5 1 ( ) .1 1.1 1.1

 Protective service ....................................................................................................... 1.7 1.7 2.5 2.6 .7 .7

 Service, except private household and protective ...................................................... 10.3 10.6 6.6 6.9 14.6 15.0

Precision production, craft, and repair .......................................................................... 11.7 11.4 19.8 19.4 2.0 1.8

Operators, fabricators, and laborers ............................................................................. 12.7 12.4 18.1 17.9 6.2 5.8

 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................................................ 4.8 4.5 5.8 5.5 3.6 3.2

 Transportation and material moving occupations ....................................................... 4.1 4.1 6.7 6.8 .9 .9

 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................................................ 3.8 3.8 5.6 5.6 1.7 1.7

Farming, forestry, and fishing ....................................................................................... 2.7 2.8 3.9 4.1 1.2 1.3

Black

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 15,006 14,872 6,938 6,959 8,068 7,914

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

Managerial and professional specialty ......................................................................... 22.6 22.7 18.6 18.6 26.0 26.3

 Executive, administrative, and managerial ................................................................. 10.4 10.4 9.4 9.6 11.3 11.2

 Professional specialty ................................................................................................. 12.2 12.3 9.2 9.0 14.7 15.1

Technical, sales, and administrative support ................................................................ 29.2 28.2 18.7 18.9 38.3 36.4

 Technicians and related support ................................................................................ 3.1 2.9 2.3 2.1 3.7 3.7

 Sales occupations ...................................................................................................... 9.5 9.3 7.9 8.3 10.9 10.1

 Administrative support, including clerical .................................................................... 16.6 16.0 8.4 8.5 23.6 22.6

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 21.6 22.7 17.8 18.3 24.8 26.6

 Private household ....................................................................................................... .6 .6 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1.1 1.1

 Protective service ....................................................................................................... 3.2 3.5 5.0 5.3 1.7 1.9

 Service, except private household and protective ...................................................... 17.8 18.6 12.8 12.9 22.1 23.6

Precision production, craft, and repair .......................................................................... 7.5 7.3 14.3 13.7 1.8 1.6

Operators, fabricators, and laborers ............................................................................. 18.0 17.9 28.5 28.3 8.9 8.8

 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................................................ 6.5 6.5 7.8 7.9 5.3 5.3

 Transportation and material moving occupations ....................................................... 6.1 6.2 11.3 11.5 1.5 1.6

 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................................................ 5.4 5.2 9.4 8.9 2.1 1.9

Farming, forestry, and fishing ....................................................................................... 1.1 1.2 2.0 2.2 .2 .2

1 Less than 0.05 percent