HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

10. Employed persons by occupation, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex

(Percent distribution)

Occupation, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total Men Women

2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008

TOTAL

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 146,047 145,362 78,254 77,486 67,792 67,876

 Percent ....................................................................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Management, professional, and related occupations ................................................... 35.5 36.3 32.7 33.5 38.6 39.5

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................. 14.8 15.2 15.8 16.3 13.6 13.9

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................................ 20.7 21.1 16.9 17.2 25.1 25.6

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 16.5 16.8 13.2 13.5 20.4 20.6

Sales and office occupations ........................................................................................ 24.8 24.5 16.9 16.9 33.8 33.1

 Sales and related occupations .................................................................................. 11.4 11.2 10.8 10.6 12.2 11.9

 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................................... 13.4 13.2 6.2 6.3 21.6 21.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................. 10.8 10.2 19.3 18.3 1.0 .9

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................................ .7 .7 1.0 1.0 .3 .3

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................................... 6.5 6.0 11.9 10.9 .4 .3

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................................... 3.6 3.5 6.4 6.4 .3 .3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ...................................... 12.4 12.2 17.9 17.8 6.2 5.9

 Production occupations ............................................................................................. 6.4 6.2 8.4 8.1 4.2 3.9

 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................................... 6.0 6.1 9.5 9.7 2.0 1.9

White 

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 119,792 119,126 65,289 64,624 54,503 54,501

 Percent ....................................................................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Management, professional, and related occupations ................................................... 36.1 37.0 33.2 34.0 39.5 40.6

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................. 15.5 15.9 16.7 17.2 13.9 14.3

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................................ 20.6 21.1 16.5 16.8 25.6 26.3

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 15.5 15.7 12.4 12.6 19.3 19.3

Sales and office occupations ........................................................................................ 24.8 24.5 16.7 16.7 34.4 33.7

 Sales and related occupations .................................................................................. 11.6 11.4 11.0 10.9 12.3 12.0

 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................................... 13.2 13.1 5.7 5.8 22.1 21.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................. 11.6 11.0 20.4 19.4 1.0 .9

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................................ .7 .7 1.1 1.1 .3 .3

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................................... 7.1 6.5 12.7 11.7 .4 .3

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................................... 3.8 3.7 6.7 6.6 .3 .3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ...................................... 12.0 11.9 17.3 17.3 5.7 5.4

 Production occupations ............................................................................................. 6.3 6.1 8.4 8.1 3.9 3.6

 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................................... 5.7 5.8 9.0 9.2 1.9 1.8

Black or African American 

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 16,051 15,953 7,500 7,398 8,551 8,554

 Percent ....................................................................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Management, professional, and related occupations ................................................... 27.1 27.4 22.3 23.0 31.2 31.3

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................. 10.1 10.0 9.2 9.6 11.0 10.4

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................................ 16.9 17.4 13.1 13.3 20.3 20.9

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 23.3 24.4 19.2 20.1 26.8 28.2

Sales and office occupations ........................................................................................ 26.2 25.5 18.7 18.2 32.7 31.9

 Sales and related occupations .................................................................................. 10.3 9.9 8.8 8.4 11.7 11.1

 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................................... 15.8 15.7 10.0 9.8 21.0 20.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................. 7.0 6.4 14.0 13.0 .8 .7

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................................ .3 .3 .4 .5 .2 .1

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................................... 4.0 3.4 8.1 7.0 .3 .3

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................................... 2.7 2.7 5.5 5.6 .3 .3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ...................................... 16.5 16.2 25.7 25.7 8.5 7.9

 Production occupations ............................................................................................. 7.4 6.9 9.6 9.2 5.4 4.8

 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................................... 9.2 9.3 16.1 16.5 3.1 3.1

See footnotes at end of table.

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10. Employed persons by occupation, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex—Continued

(Percent distribution)

Occupation, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total Men Women

2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008

Asian 

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 6,839 6,917 3,677 3,692 3,162 3,225

 Percent ....................................................................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Management, professional, and related occupations ................................................... 48.1 48.2 49.3 50.1 46.8 46.0

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................. 15.8 16.5 15.8 16.6 15.7 16.4

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................................ 32.4 31.7 33.5 33.5 31.1 29.7

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 16.0 16.3 13.5 13.6 18.9 19.4

Sales and office occupations ........................................................................................ 21.9 21.5 18.4 17.5 26.0 26.1

 Sales and related occupations .................................................................................. 11.4 11.1 11.5 10.9 11.4 11.4

 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................................... 10.5 10.4 6.9 6.6 14.7 14.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................. 4.4 4.1 7.4 7.2 .9 .6

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................................ .2 .2 .2 .3 .3 .2

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................................... 1.7 1.8 3.1 3.2 .1 .1

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................................... 2.4 2.1 4.1 3.7 .5 .3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ...................................... 9.6 9.9 11.4 11.6 7.4 7.8

 Production occupations ............................................................................................. 6.5 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.3 6.6

 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................................... 3.0 3.2 4.7 4.9 1.0 1.2

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 20,382 20,346 12,310 12,248 8,072 8,098

 Percent ....................................................................................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Management, professional, and related occupations ................................................... 17.8 18.3 14.3 14.8 23.1 23.5

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................. 7.7 8.1 7.2 7.7 8.6 8.8

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................................ 10.0 10.2 7.1 7.2 14.5 14.7

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 24.1 24.2 19.7 19.6 30.7 31.3

Sales and office occupations ........................................................................................ 21.1 21.4 13.2 13.9 33.1 32.9

 Sales and related occupations .................................................................................. 9.3 9.3 7.2 7.5 12.4 12.1

 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................................... 11.8 12.1 6.0 6.4 20.7 20.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................. 19.4 18.2 31.0 29.1 1.8 1.7

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................................ 1.9 1.9 2.5 2.6 1.0 .9

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................................... 14.0 12.6 22.8 20.7 .6 .4

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................................... 3.6 3.7 5.7 5.9 .2 .4

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ...................................... 17.6 17.8 21.7 22.6 11.3 10.6

 Production occupations ............................................................................................. 9.4 9.3 10.4 10.6 8.0 7.4

 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................................... 8.2 8.5 11.3 12.0 3.3 3.2

 NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. 

Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January

data.

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