HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

10. Employed persons by occupation, race, and sex

(Percent distribution)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                        Occupation and race                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        1997      1998      1997      1998      1997      1998  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                               TOTAL                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
    Total, 16 years and over (thousands)............................  129,558   131,463    69,685    70,693    59,873    60,771 
    Percent.........................................................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
                                                                                                                                
  Managerial and professional specialty.............................     29.1      29.6      27.6      28.1      30.8      31.4 
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.......................     14.2      14.5      14.7      15.0      13.6      13.9 
    Professional specialty..........................................     14.9      15.1      12.9      13.1      17.1      17.4 
  Technical, sales, and administrative support......................     29.6      29.3      19.7      19.5      41.0      40.7 
    Technicians and related support.................................      3.3       3.2       2.9       2.8       3.7       3.8 
    Sales occupations...............................................     12.1      12.1      11.3      11.1      13.2      13.1 
    Administrative support, including clerical......................     14.2      14.0       5.6       5.6      24.2      23.8 
  Service occupations...............................................     13.5      13.6      10.2      10.2      17.4      17.5 
    Private household...............................................       .6        .6        .1        .1       1.3       1.3 
    Protective service..............................................      1.8       1.8       2.7       2.8        .7        .7 
    Service, except private household and protective................     11.1      11.1       7.5       7.3      15.4      15.4 
  Precision production, craft, and repair...........................     10.9      11.0      18.5      18.7       2.1       2.0 
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers..............................     14.2      13.9      19.9      19.5       7.6       7.4 
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...................      6.1       5.9       7.1       6.9       5.0       4.8 
    Transportation and material moving occupations..................      4.2       4.1       7.0       6.8        .9        .9 
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............      3.9       3.9       5.8       5.8       1.7       1.7 
  Farming, forestry, and fishing....................................      2.7       2.7       4.1       4.0       1.1       1.1 
                                                                                                                                
                               White                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
    Total, 16 years and over (thousands)............................  109,856   110,931    59,998    60,604    49,859    50,327 
    Percent.........................................................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
                                                                                                                                
  Managerial and professional specialty.............................     30.1      30.7      28.5      29.1      32.0      32.6 
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.......................     14.9      15.2      15.5      15.8      14.3      14.6 
    Professional specialty..........................................     15.2      15.5      13.0      13.3      17.8      18.1 
  Technical, sales, and administrative support......................     29.7      29.3      19.8      19.5      41.6      41.1 
    Technicians and related support.................................      3.3       3.2       2.9       2.7       3.7       3.8 
    Sales occupations...............................................     12.5      12.4      11.7      11.5      13.4      13.4 
    Administrative support, including clerical......................     13.9      13.7       5.2       5.2      24.5      24.0 
  Service occupations...............................................     12.4      12.4       9.2       9.2      16.2      16.3 
    Private household...............................................       .6        .6     (1)       (1)         1.2       1.3 
    Protective service..............................................      1.6       1.7       2.5       2.6        .6        .6 
    Service, except private household and protective................     10.2      10.1       6.6       6.5      14.4      14.4 
  Precision production, craft, and repair...........................     11.4      11.5      19.1      19.4       2.0       1.9 
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers..............................     13.5      13.2      19.0      18.5       6.9       6.8 
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...................      5.8       5.5       6.9       6.6       4.4       4.3 
    Transportation and material moving occupations..................      4.0       3.9       6.7       6.5        .8        .8 
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............      3.7       3.7       5.4       5.4       1.6       1.6 
  Farming, forestry, and fishing....................................      3.0       2.9       4.4       4.3       1.3       1.2 
                                                                                                                                
                               Black                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
    Total, 16 years and over (thousands)............................   13,969    14,556     6,607     6,871     7,362     7,685 
    Percent.........................................................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
                                                                                                                                
  Managerial and professional specialty.............................     19.8      20.2      16.8      17.0      22.4      23.2 
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.......................      9.1       9.4       8.5       8.6       9.6      10.1 
    Professional specialty..........................................     10.7      10.8       8.4       8.4      12.8      13.0 
  Technical, sales, and administrative support......................     28.9      29.3      18.1      18.3      38.5      39.1 
    Technicians and related support.................................      2.9       3.0       2.6       2.5       3.2       3.5 
    Sales occupations...............................................      9.1       9.7       6.8       7.8      11.2      11.4 
    Administrative support, including clerical......................     16.8      16.5       8.7       8.0      24.1      24.2 
  Service occupations...............................................     22.1      21.6      18.1      17.8      25.7      25.0 
    Private household...............................................       .9        .8        .1        .1       1.7       1.5 
    Protective service..............................................      3.1       3.2       4.8       4.8       1.5       1.7 
    Service, except private household and protective................     18.1      17.6      13.2      12.9      22.5      21.9 
  Precision production, craft, and repair...........................      8.2       8.0      14.9      14.6       2.2       2.0 
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers..............................     19.9      19.7      29.9      30.1      10.9      10.4 
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...................      8.4       8.2       9.6       9.7       7.4       7.0 
    Transportation and material moving occupations..................      5.9       6.0      11.0      11.1       1.3       1.4 
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............      5.6       5.5       9.4       9.3       2.2       2.0 
  Farming, forestry, and fishing....................................      1.1       1.2       2.1       2.2        .2        .3 

  1 Less than 0.05 percent.
   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in
the household survey.