HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

13. Employed Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban-origin workers by sex, occupation, class of worker, and full- or
part-time status

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                 
                                            Total Hispanic    Mexican origin     Puerto Rican      Cuban origin  
                                              origin(1)                             origin                       
                Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                 
                                            1997     1998     1997     1998     1997     1998     1997     1998  
                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                 
                   SEX                                                                                           
                                                                                                                 
Total (all civilian workers).............  12,726   13,291    7,884    8,431    1,166    1,145      603      612 
  Men....................................   7,728    8,018    4,941    5,291      654      615      364      371 
  Women..................................   4,999    5,273    2,943    3,140      512      529      239      241 
                                                                                                                 
               OCCUPATION                                                                                        
                                                                                                                 
  Managerial and professional specialty..   1,867    1,933      946      985      206      208      171      159 
    Executive, administrative, and                                                                               
     managerial..........................   1,001    1,028      508      536      103      103      102       89 
    Professional specialty...............     866      905      438      449      103      105       69       70 
                                                                                                                 
  Technical, sales, and administrative                                                                           
   support...............................   3,026    3,186    1,728    1,845      347      365      197      210 
    Technicians and related support......     256      283      140      156       30       30       18       28 
    Sales occupations....................   1,198    1,245      680      729      112      118       88       94 
    Administrative support, including                                                                            
     clerical............................   1,572    1,657      908      961      204      217       91       88 
                                                                                                                 
  Service occupations....................   2,560    2,670    1,524    1,653      231      217       75       85 
    Private household....................     212      262       99      130        5        6        5        3 
    Protective service...................     202      204      106      106       47       39        9       13 
    Service, except private household and                                                                        
     protective..........................   2,146    2,204    1,319    1,417      179      172       62       69 
                                                                                                                 
  Precision production, craft, and repair   1,714    1,793    1,185    1,199      127      119       55       66 
    Mechanics and repairers..............     479      496      303      311       50       38       30       28 
    Construction trades..................     736      785      542      554       42       33       16       23 
    Other precision production, craft,                                                                           
     and repair..........................     499      512      340      334       36       48       10       15 
                                                                                                                 
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers...   2,839    2,917    1,887    2,047      243      223       96       85 
    Machine operators, assemblers, and                                                                           
     inspectors..........................   1,426    1,340      957      955      119      105       33       24 
    Transportation and material moving                                                                           
     occupations.........................     592      640      370      422       64       53       36       38 
    Handlers, equipment cleaners,                                                                                
     helpers, and laborers...............     821      938      561      671       61       64       28       24 
      Construction laborers..............     166      193      121      149        6        9        4        3 
      Other handlers, equipment cleaners,                                                                        
       helpers, and laborers.............     655      745      439      521       55       55       23       21 
                                                                                                                 
  Farming, forestry, and fishing.........     721      792      614      703       12       13        8        7 
                                                                                                                 
             CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                     
                                                                                                                 
  Agriculture:                                                                                                   
    Wage and salary workers..............     583      670      519      605        6        9        2        5 
    Self-employed workers................      76       71       52       56        2        1        2        2 
    Unpaid family workers................       1        2        1        1      -        -        -        -   
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                    
    Wage and salary workers..............  11,458   11,949    6,949    7,410    1,121    1,100      558      574 
      Government.........................   1,331    1,355      821      833      188      180       58       60 
      Private industries.................  10,127   10,594    6,128    6,577      933      920      500      515 
        Private households...............     234      281      109      139        6        7        5        3 
        Other industries.................   9,893   10,312    6,019    6,438      927      913      495      511 
    Self-employed workers................     598      590      356      351       36       34       41       31 
    Unpaid family workers................      11       10        8        8      -          1      -        -   
                                                                                                                 
        FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                
                                                                                                                 
  Full-time workers......................  10,741   11,303    6,672    7,166      958      969      517      531 
  Part-time workers......................   1,985    1,988    1,212    1,265      208      176       86       81 

  1 Includes persons of Central or South American origin and of other Hispanic origin, not shown separately.
   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population
controls used in the household survey.