HOUSEHOLD DATA
   ANNUAL AVERAGES
   
   10.  Employed persons by occupation, race, and sex

   (Percent distribution)
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                 Total                Men                Women       
                            Occupation and race                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                             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