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

       (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                     Total             White        Black or African       Asian      
                                                                                                       American                       
                              Category                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                 2006     2007     2006     2007     2006     2007     2006     2007  
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                 SEX                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                      
       Total, 16 years and over............................... 144,427  146,047  118,833  119,792   15,765   16,051    6,522    6,839 
         Men..................................................  77,502   78,254   64,883   65,289    7,354    7,500    3,511    3,677 
         Women................................................  66,925   67,792   53,950   54,503    8,410    8,551    3,011    3,162 
                                                                                                                                      
                             OCCUPATION                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                      
       Management, professional, and related occupations......  50,420   51,788   42,177   43,235    4,252    4,343    3,088    3,292 
         Management, business, and financial operations                                                                               
          occupations.........................................  21,233   21,577   18,298   18,511    1,547    1,626    1,029    1,077 
           Management occupations.............................  15,249   15,486   13,387   13,549      950      983      657      690 
           Business and financial operations occupations......   5,983    6,091    4,912    4,962      597      643      372      387 
         Professional and related occupations.................  29,187   30,210   23,879   24,724    2,704    2,717    2,058    2,214 
           Computer and mathematical occupations..............   3,209    3,441    2,392    2,523      233      247      519      614 
           Architecture and engineering occupations...........   2,830    2,932    2,368    2,449      158      154      273      284 
           Life, physical, and social science occupations.....   1,434    1,382    1,146    1,094       81       80      174      178 
           Community and social services occupations..........   2,156    2,265    1,631    1,720      402      416       71       73 
           Legal occupations..................................   1,637    1,668    1,455    1,481      107      111       45       47 
           Education, training, and library occupations.......   8,126    8,485    6,900    7,215      795      814      284      312 
           Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media                                                                             
            occupations.......................................   2,735    2,789    2,370    2,453      183      159      115      110 
           Healthcare practitioner and technical                                                                                      
            occupations.......................................   7,060    7,248    5,617    5,788      746      736      578      596 
                                                                                                                                      
       Service occupations....................................  23,811   24,137   18,310   18,588    3,797    3,734    1,028    1,096 
         Healthcare support occupations.......................   3,132    3,138    2,137    2,182      774      753      128      122 
         Protective service occupations.......................   2,939    3,071    2,239    2,347      578      581       51       66 
         Food preparation and serving related occupations.....   7,606    7,699    6,071    6,121      892      888      406      427 
         Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance                                                                                
          occupations.........................................   5,381    5,469    4,264    4,325      840      833      139      154 
         Personal care and service occupations................   4,754    4,760    3,600    3,612      714      678      303      329 
                                                                                                                                      
       Sales and office occupations...........................  36,141   36,212   29,798   29,660    4,051    4,201    1,463    1,499 
         Sales and related occupations........................  16,641   16,698   14,026   13,888    1,503    1,658      767      782 
         Office and administrative support occupations........  19,500   19,513   15,772   15,772    2,548    2,543      696      717 
                                                                                                                                      
       Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                                               
        occupations...........................................  15,830   15,740   14,025   13,880    1,079    1,119      288      298 
         Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...........     961      960      870      859       47       47       15       17 
         Construction and extraction occupations..............   9,507    9,535    8,481    8,504      624      636      114      118 
         Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations....   5,362    5,245    4,674    4,517      408      436      159      163 
                                                                                                                                      
       Production, transportation, and material moving                                                                                
        occupations...........................................  18,224   18,171   14,522   14,429    2,586    2,654      656      654 
         Production occupations...............................   9,378    9,395    7,548    7,566    1,148    1,184      453      448 
         Transportation and material moving occupations.......   8,846    8,776    6,974    6,863    1,438    1,471      203      206 
                                                                                                                                      
                           CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                      
         Agriculture:                                                                                                                 
           Wage and salary workers............................   1,287    1,220    1,178    1,107       54       42       15       23 
           Self-employed workers..............................     901      856      869      827        6       11       10        6 
           Unpaid family workers..............................      18       19       16       19      –        –        –        –   
                                                                                                                                      
         Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                  
           Wage and salary workers............................ 132,449  134,283  108,359  109,485   15,067   15,382    6,003    6,317 
             Government.......................................  20,337   21,003   16,061   16,615    3,025    3,058      740      800 
             Private industries............................... 112,111  113,280   92,298   92,870   12,042   12,324    5,263    5,517 
               Private households.............................     803      813      672      665       89       97       20       27 
               Other industries............................... 111,309  112,467   91,626   92,205   11,954   12,227    5,242    5,490 
           Self-employed workers..............................   9,685    9,557    8,342    8,268      635      614      478      470 
           Unpaid family workers..............................      87      112       69       85        2        2       15       23 
                                                                                                                                      
                    FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS (1)                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                      
         Full-time workers.................................... 119,688  121,091   97,875   98,732   13,530   13,792    5,588    5,847 
         Part-time workers....................................  24,739   24,956   20,957   21,060    2,235    2,259      934      991 

         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 will not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races.  Updated
       population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.  Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet
       publication criteria.