HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


12. Employed white, black, and Hispanic-origin workers by sex, occupation, class of worker, and full- or part-time status

(In thousands)

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                                                            |      Total      |      White      |      Black      | Hispanic origin
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                                                            |  1996  |  1997  |  1996  |  1997  |  1996  |  1997  |  1996  |  1997
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                            SEX
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Total (all civilian workers)................................| 126,708| 129,558| 107,808| 109,856|  13,542|  13,969|  11,642|  12,726
  Men.......................................................|  68,207|  69,685|  58,888|  59,998|   6,456|   6,607|   7,039|   7,728
  Women.....................................................|  58,501|  59,873|  48,920|  49,859|   7,086|   7,362|   4,602|   4,999
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                         OCCUPATION
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  Managerial and professional specialty.....................|  36,497|  37,686|  32,116|  33,089|   2,706|   2,764|   1,654|   1,867
    Executive, administrative, and managerial...............|  17,746|  18,440|  15,807|  16,420|   1,218|   1,267|     854|   1,001
    Professional specialty..................................|  18,752|  19,245|  16,309|  16,669|   1,488|   1,497|     799|     866
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  Technical, sales, and administrative support..............|  37,683|  38,309|  32,177|  32,624|   3,877|   4,032|   2,849|   3,026
    Technicians and related support.........................|   3,926|   4,214|   3,334|   3,571|     368|     410|     248|     256
    Sales occupations.......................................|  15,404|  15,734|  13,519|  13,730|   1,218|   1,271|   1,085|   1,198
    Administrative support, including clerical..............|  18,353|  18,361|  15,323|  15,323|   2,291|   2,352|   1,516|   1,572
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  Service occupations.......................................|  17,177|  17,537|  13,447|  13,604|   2,962|   3,092|   2,349|   2,560
    Private household.......................................|     804|     795|     637|     642|     139|     129|     211|     212
    Protective service......................................|   2,187|   2,300|   1,748|   1,800|     389|     430|     175|     202
    Service, except private household and protective........|  14,186|  14,442|  11,062|  11,162|   2,435|   2,533|   1,963|   2,146
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  Precision production, craft, and repair...................|  13,587|  14,124|  12,020|  12,472|   1,069|   1,144|   1,498|   1,714
    Mechanics and repairers.................................|   4,521|   4,675|   4,034|   4,146|     335|     370|     433|     479
    Construction trades.....................................|   5,108|   5,378|   4,596|   4,859|     381|     381|     600|     736
    Other precision production, craft, and repair...........|   3,959|   4,071|   3,390|   3,467|     354|     393|     465|     499
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  Operators, fabricators, and laborers......................|  18,197|  18,399|  14,697|  14,813|   2,789|   2,781|   2,607|   2,839
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...........|   7,874|   7,962|   6,270|   6,322|   1,193|   1,178|   1,295|   1,426
    Transportation and material moving occupations..........|   5,302|   5,389|   4,412|   4,435|     772|     819|     548|     592
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.....|   5,021|   5,048|   4,016|   4,057|     824|     784|     764|     821
      Construction laborers.................................|     809|     811|     674|     681|     115|     105|     157|     166
      Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and      |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
         laborers...........................................|   4,212|   4,237|   3,342|   3,376|     709|     679|     607|     655
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  Farming, forestry, and fishing............................|   3,566|   3,503|   3,350|   3,254|     139|     156|     685|     721
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                      CLASS OF WORKER
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  Agriculture:                                              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.................................|   1,869|   1,890|   1,752|   1,761|      73|      81|     523|     583
    Self-employed workers...................................|   1,518|   1,457|   1,471|   1,397|      25|      36|      83|      76
    Unpaid family workers...................................|      56|      51|      53|      50|    -   |    -   |       2|       1
  Nonagricultural industries:                               |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.................................| 114,171| 116,983|  96,324|  98,395|  12,961|  13,380|  10,458|  11,458
      Government............................................|  18,217|  18,131|  14,636|  14,514|   2,869|   2,860|   1,322|   1,331
      Private industries....................................|  95,954|  98,852|  81,688|  83,880|  10,092|  10,520|   9,137|  10,127
        Private households..................................|     928|     915|     728|     724|     165|     161|     235|     234
        Other industries....................................|  95,025|  97,937|  80,960|  83,156|   9,927|  10,359|   8,901|   9,893
    Self-employed workers...................................|   8,971|   9,056|   8,106|   8,153|     481|     471|     561|     598
    Unpaid family workers...................................|     122|     120|     102|     101|       1|       1|      13|      11
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                 FULL- or PART-TIME STATUS
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  Full-time workers.........................................| 103,537| 106,334|  87,584|  89,605|  11,499|  11,920|   9,807|  10,741
  Part-time workers.........................................|  23,170|  23,224|  20,224|  20,252|   2,043|   2,049|   1,835|   1,985
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   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are
not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  Beginning in January 1997, data reflect
revised population controls used in the household survey.