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

2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009

TOTAL

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 145,362 139,877 77,486 73,670 67,876 66,208

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

Management, professional, and related occupations ................................................... 36.3 37.3 33.5 34.5 39.5 40.5

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................. 15.2 15.4 16.3 16.7 13.9 13.9

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................................ 21.1 21.9 17.2 17.7 25.6 26.6

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 16.8 17.6 13.5 14.3 20.6 21.3

Sales and office occupations ........................................................................................ 24.5 24.2 16.9 17.0 33.1 32.2

 Sales and related occupations .................................................................................. 11.2 11.2 10.6 10.7 11.9 11.7

 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................................... 13.2 13.0 6.3 6.3 21.2 20.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................. 10.2 9.5 18.3 17.3 .9 .9

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

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................................... 6.0 5.3 10.9 9.8 .3 .3

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

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ...................................... 12.2 11.4 17.8 17.0 5.9 5.2

 Production occupations ............................................................................................. 6.2 5.5 8.1 7.5 3.9 3.3

 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................................... 6.1 5.9 9.7 9.5 1.9 1.9

White 

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 119,126 114,996 64,624 61,630 54,501 53,366

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

Management, professional, and related occupations ................................................... 37.0 38.0 34.0 35.0 40.6 41.4

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................. 15.9 16.2 17.2 17.7 14.3 14.4

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................................ 21.1 21.8 16.8 17.3 26.3 27.0

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 15.7 16.5 12.6 13.4 19.3 20.1

Sales and office occupations ........................................................................................ 24.5 24.2 16.7 16.8 33.7 32.7

 Sales and related occupations .................................................................................. 11.4 11.4 10.9 10.9 12.0 11.8

 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................................... 13.1 12.8 5.8 5.8 21.7 20.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................. 11.0 10.3 19.4 18.4 .9 .9

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

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................................... 6.5 5.8 11.7 10.6 .3 .3

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

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ...................................... 11.9 11.1 17.3 16.5 5.4 4.9

 Production occupations ............................................................................................. 6.1 5.4 8.1 7.4 3.6 3.1

 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................................... 5.8 5.7 9.2 9.1 1.8 1.9

Black or African American 

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 15,953 15,025 7,398 6,817 8,554 8,208

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

Management, professional, and related occupations ................................................... 27.4 29.2 23.0 23.8 31.3 33.7

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................. 10.0 10.1 9.6 9.6 10.4 10.5

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................................ 17.4 19.1 13.3 14.2 20.9 23.2

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 24.4 25.2 20.1 21.2 28.2 28.5

Sales and office occupations ........................................................................................ 25.5 25.2 18.2 18.5 31.9 30.8

 Sales and related occupations .................................................................................. 9.9 10.0 8.4 8.6 11.1 11.1

 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................................... 15.7 15.3 9.8 10.0 20.7 19.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................. 6.4 6.1 13.0 12.4 .7 .8

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

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................................... 3.4 3.0 7.0 6.3 .3 .2

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................................... 2.7 2.8 5.6 5.6 .3 .4

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ...................................... 16.2 14.3 25.7 24.0 7.9 6.2

 Production occupations ............................................................................................. 6.9 5.9 9.2 8.6 4.8 3.6

 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................................... 9.3 8.5 16.5 15.5 3.1 2.6

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

2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009

Asian 

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 6,917 6,635 3,692 3,551 3,225 3,084

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

Management, professional, and related occupations ................................................... 48.2 48.8 50.1 50.1 46.0 47.4

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................. 16.5 15.9 16.6 16.4 16.4 15.2

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................................ 31.7 33.0 33.5 33.7 29.7 32.2

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 16.3 17.0 13.6 13.7 19.4 20.7

Sales and office occupations ........................................................................................ 21.5 21.2 17.5 18.0 26.1 25.0

 Sales and related occupations .................................................................................. 11.1 11.3 10.9 11.6 11.4 11.1

 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................................... 10.4 9.9 6.6 6.4 14.7 13.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................. 4.1 4.0 7.2 7.1 .6 .4

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

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................................... 1.8 1.5 3.2 2.7 .1 .1

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................................... 2.1 2.3 3.7 4.1 .3 .2

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ...................................... 9.9 8.9 11.6 11.1 7.8 6.4

 Production occupations ............................................................................................. 6.7 5.6 6.8 5.8 6.6 5.5

 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................................... 3.2 3.3 4.9 5.3 1.2 1.0

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 Total, 16 years and over (thousands) ......................................................................... 20,346 19,647 12,248 11,640 8,098 8,007

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

Management, professional, and related occupations ................................................... 18.3 19.4 14.8 15.9 23.5 24.6

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ................................. 8.1 8.4 7.7 7.9 8.8 9.1

 Professional and related occupations ........................................................................ 10.2 11.1 7.2 8.0 14.7 15.5

Service occupations ..................................................................................................... 24.2 25.8 19.6 21.2 31.3 32.4

Sales and office occupations ........................................................................................ 21.4 21.3 13.9 14.2 32.9 31.6

 Sales and related occupations .................................................................................. 9.3 9.5 7.5 7.7 12.1 12.1

 Office and administrative support occupations .......................................................... 12.1 11.8 6.4 6.5 20.7 19.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................. 18.2 16.4 29.1 26.6 1.7 1.6

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

 Construction and extraction occupations ................................................................... 12.6 10.8 20.7 18.0 .4 .3

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................................... 3.7 3.7 5.9 6.0 .4 .3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ...................................... 17.8 17.1 22.6 22.2 10.6 9.8

 Production occupations ............................................................................................. 9.3 8.5 10.6 9.9 7.4 6.5

 Transportation and material moving occupations ...................................................... 8.5 8.6 12.0 12.3 3.2 3.3

 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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