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)

Category

Total White Black Hispanic origin

1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999

SEX

Total (all civilian workers) ................................................................... 131,463 133,488 110,931 112,235 14,556 15,056 13,291 13,720

 Men ................................................................................................... 70,693 71,446 60,604 61,139 6,871 7,027 8,018 8,067

 Women ............................................................................................. 60,771 62,042 50,327 51,096 7,685 8,029 5,273 5,653

OCCUPATION

 Managerial and professional specialty ............................................. 38,937 40,467 34,063 35,125 2,947 3,233 1,933 2,040

 Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................................... 19,054 19,584 16,903 17,235 1,368 1,484 1,028 1,097

 Professional specialty ..................................................................... 19,883 20,883 17,160 17,890 1,579 1,749 905 943

 Technical, sales, and administrative support .................................... 38,521 38,921 32,490 32,779 4,264 4,356 3,186 3,286

 Technicians and related support .................................................... 4,261 4,355 3,557 3,622 441 467 283 279

 Sales occupations .......................................................................... 15,850 16,118 13,704 13,956 1,415 1,405 1,245 1,267

 Administrative support, including clerical ........................................ 18,410 18,448 15,229 15,201 2,408 2,484 1,657 1,740

 Service occupations ......................................................................... 17,836 17,915 13,807 13,725 3,148 3,275 2,670 2,716

 Private household ........................................................................... 847 831 704 670 116 126 262 244

 Protective service ........................................................................... 2,417 2,440 1,892 1,886 463 484 204 200

 Service, except private household and protective .......................... 14,572 14,644 11,211 11,168 2,569 2,666 2,204 2,271

 Precision production, craft, and repair .............................................. 14,411 14,593 12,729 12,908 1,158 1,174 1,793 1,871

 Mechanics and repairers ................................................................ 4,786 4,868 4,233 4,284 379 397 496 485

 Construction trades ........................................................................ 5,594 5,801 5,054 5,275 398 405 785 869

 Other precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 4,031 3,923 3,441 3,348 381 371 512 517

 Operators, fabricators, and laborers ................................................. 18,256 18,167 14,609 14,535 2,866 2,847 2,917 3,014

 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ............................ 7,791 7,386 6,146 5,824 1,200 1,143 1,340 1,364

 Transportation and material moving occupations ........................... 5,363 5,516 4,351 4,488 872 879 640 659

 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .................... 5,102 5,265 4,112 4,223 795 825 938 992

 Construction laborers ................................................................... 821 920 705 787 97 103 193 233

 Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 4,282 4,346 3,407 3,436 698 722 745 759

 Farming, forestry, and fishing ........................................................... 3,502 3,426 3,233 3,165 172 172 792 793

CLASS OF WORKER

 Agriculture:

 Wage and salary workers ............................................................... 2,000 1,944 1,843 1,802 102 87 670 654

 Self-employed workers ................................................................... 1,341 1,297 1,280 1,243 36 30 71 79

 Unpaid family workers .................................................................... 38 40 37 38 – – 2 1

 Nonagricultural industries:

 Wage and salary workers ............................................................... 119,019 121,323 99,657 101,229 13,917 14,416 11,949 12,327

 Government .................................................................................... 18,383 18,903 14,686 15,141 2,877 2,937 1,355 1,426

 Private industries ............................................................................ 100,637 102,420 84,970 86,088 11,040 11,479 10,594 10,901

 Private households ....................................................................... 962 933 785 741 146 149 281 257

 Other industries ............................................................................ 99,674 101,487 84,185 85,347 10,894 11,330 10,312 10,644

 Self-employed workers ..................................................................... 8,962 8,790 8,030 7,846 497 520 590 651

 Unpaid family workers ...................................................................... 103 95 84 77 4 3 10 7

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

 Full-time workers .............................................................................. 108,202 110,302 90,759 92,173 12,429 12,904 11,303 11,767

 Part-time workers ............................................................................. 23,261 23,186 20,172 20,062 2,126 2,152 1,988 1,953

 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 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in

the household survey.

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