HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
 
  17. Employed persons by industry, sex, race, and occupation
 
  (In thousands)
 
  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                          |
                          |                                                1996
                          |
                           ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
                          |     |                |                     |              |       |                        |
                          |     | Managerial and |Technical, sales, and|              |       |       Operators,       |
                          |     |  professional  |   administrative    |   Service    |       |      fabricators,      |
                          |     |   specialty    |       support       |              |       |      and laborers      |
                          |     |                |                     |              |Preci- |                        |
                                 ________________ _____________________ ______________         ________________________
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       | sion  |       |       |        |Farmi-
      Industry and sex    |Total|        |       |       |     |Admini-|      |       |produc-|Machine|       |Handle- |  ng,
                          | em- |Executi-|       |       |     |  s-   |      |       | tion, | oper- | Tra-  |  rs,   | fore-
                          |plo- |  ve,   |Profes-|Techni-|     |trative|Priva-|       |craft, |ators, |nspor- |equipme-| stry,
                          | yed |adminis-|sional | cians |     |suppo- |  te  | Other |  and  |assem- |tation |   nt   |  and
                          |     |trative,|specia-|  and  |Sales|  rt,  |house-|servi- |repair |blers, |  and  |cleane- |fishing
                          |     |  and   |  lty  |related|     |inclu- | hold | ce1/  |       |  and  |materi-|  rs,   |
                                                                                  _
                          |     | mana-  |       |support|     | ding  |      |       |       |inspec-|  al   |helpers,|
                          |     | gerial |       |       |     |cleri- |      |       |       | tors  |moving |  and   |
                          |     |        |       |       |     |  cal  |      |       |       |       |       |laborers|
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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           TOTAL
  Agriculture.............|3,443|    108 |     88|     40|   19|    174|   -  |     28|     41|     11|     34|     13 |  2,888
  Mining..................|  569|     90 |     44|     21|   10|     47|   -  |      7|    208|     21|    105|     17 |      1
  Construction............|7,943|  1,221 |    165|     45|   65|    452|   -  |     32|  4,442|     96|    513|    890 |     21
  Manufacturing...........|20518|  2,840 |  1,882|    631|  766|  2,033|   -  |    264|  3,814|  6,350|    767|  1,069 |    101
    Durable goods.........|12202|  1,690 |  1,204|    425|  337|  1,131|   -  |    144|  2,677|  3,561|    425|    518 |     90
    Nondurable goods......|8,316|  1,150 |    678|    206|  429|    903|   -  |    120|  1,137|  2,789|    342|    551 |     11
  Transportation and      |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  public                  |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        utilities.........|8,817|  1,159 |    529|    332|  288|  2,319|   -  |    251|  1,185|    132|  2,126|    489 |      7
  Wholesale and retail    |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  trade...................|26497|  2,381 |    509|    175|11060|  2,326|   -  |  5,031|  1,457|    346|  1,128|  1,983 |    102
    Wholesale trade.......|4,956|    563 |    100|     52|2,005|    749|   -  |     48|    320|    142|    515|    400 |     62
    Retail trade..........|21541|  1,818 |    410|    123|9,055|  1,577|   -  |  4,983|  1,137|    204|    614|  1,583 |     39
  Finance, insurance, and |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        real estate.......|8,076|  2,274 |    271|    162|2,052|  2,744|   -  |    298|    165|     15|     13|     28 |     54
  Services................|45043|  6,347 | 14,312|  2,312|1,120|  6,905|   804|  8,876|  2,055|    875|    573|    496 |    367
    Private households....|  936|      4 |     10|      1|    1|      4|   804|     55|      7|      1|      1|     13 |     33
    Other service         |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  industries..............|44107|  6,343 | 14,302|  2,310|1,119|  6,900|   -  |  8,821|  2,048|    875|    572|    484 |    335
      Professional        |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  services................|30085|  3,853 | 12,592|  1,941|  204|  5,090|   -  |  5,340|    417|    190|    301|     88 |     69
  Public administration...|5,802|  1,325 |    951|    208|   25|  1,353|   -  |  1,585|    221|     28|     43|     37 |     25
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
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            Men
  Agriculture.............|2,573|     69 |     58|     10|   11|     10|   -  |     17|     39|      9|     32|      9 |  2,308
  Mining..................|  494|     68 |     38|     12|    9|     15|   -  |      5|    204|     21|    104|     17 |   -
  Construction............|7,147|  1,022 |    137|     41|   56|     55|   -  |     21|  4,346|     92|    502|    856 |     21
  Manufacturing...........|13950|  1,937 |  1,442|    476|  499|    645|   -  |    194|  3,201|  3,957|    727|    772 |     99
    Durable goods.........|8,926|  1,180 |  1,006|    340|  247|    383|   -  |    111|  2,252|  2,514|    408|    396 |     88
    Nondurable goods......|5,023|    757 |    437|    136|  252|    262|   -  |     83|    949|  1,442|    320|    376 |     10
  Transportation and      |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  public                  |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        utilities.........|6,293|    741 |    406|    273|  171|    958|   -  |    133|  1,111|    110|  1,942|    441 |      7
  Wholesale and retail    |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  trade...................|13998|  1,306 |    230|     77|5,419|    530|   -  |  2,408|  1,253|    190|  1,042|  1,493 |     52
    Wholesale trade.......|3,478|    353 |     68|     36|1,548|    193|   -  |     35|    298|     93|    500|    329 |     26
    Retail trade..........|10520|    953 |    162|     41|3,872|    336|   -  |  2,373|    955|     97|    542|  1,164 |     26
  Finance, insurance, and |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        real estate.......|3,359|  1,092 |    134|     67|1,164|    446|   -  |    205|    154|     10|     13|     25 |     48
  Services................|17166|  3,078 |  5,786|    775|  445|    886|    41|  2,670|  1,853|    490|    400|    406 |    335
    Private households....|  102|      2 |      1|   -   |  -  |   -   |    41|      7|      6|      1|      1|     12 |     31
    Other service         |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  industries..............|17064|  3,076 |  5,785|    775|  445|    886|   -  |  2,663|  1,847|    489|    399|    394 |    304
      Professional        |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  services................|9,255|  1,601 |  4,748|    497|   57|    506|   -  |  1,136|    352|     92|    144|     63 |     60
  Public administration...|3,228|    666 |    534|    133|    8|    298|   -  |  1,272|    206|     23|     36|     32 |     20
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           Women
  Agriculture.............|  871|     39 |     30|     30|    8|    164|   -  |     11|      1|      1|      2|      3 |    581
  Mining..................|   75|     22 |      6|      8|    1|     31|   -  |      2|      4|   -   |      1|    -   |   -
  Construction............|  796|    199 |     28|      4|   10|    398|   -  |     11|     97|      4|     11|     34 |   -
  Manufacturing...........|6,568|    903 |    440|    155|  267|  1,388|   -  |     70|    613|  2,393|     39|    297 |      2
    Durable goods.........|3,276|    510 |    198|     85|   90|    748|   -  |     33|    425|  1,047|     17|    122 |      2
    Nondurable goods......|3,292|    393 |    242|     70|  177|    640|   -  |     37|    188|  1,346|     23|    175 |      1
  Transportation and      |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  public                  |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        utilities.........|2,525|    419 |    123|     59|  117|  1,362|   -  |    118|     74|     22|    184|     48 |   -
  Wholesale and retail    |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  trade...................|12499|  1,076 |    280|     98|5,641|  1,796|   -  |  2,623|    204|    156|     86|    490 |     50
    Wholesale trade.......|1,478|    211 |     32|     16|  457|    556|   -  |     13|     22|     49|     15|     72 |     36
    Retail trade..........|11021|    865 |    248|     83|5,183|  1,240|   -  |  2,610|    182|    107|     71|    418 |     14
  Finance, insurance, and |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        real estate.......|4,717|  1,182 |    136|     95|  888|  2,298|   -  |     93|     11|      5|   -   |      2 |      6
  Services................|27877|  3,269 |  8,526|  1,537|  674|  6,019|   764|  6,206|    201|    385|    173|     90 |     33
    Private households....|  834|      2 |      9|      1|    1|      4|   764|     48|      1|   -   |   -   |      1 |      2
    Other service         |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  industries..............|27043|  3,267 |  8,516|  1,536|  674|  6,014|   -  |  6,157|    200|    385|    173|     90 |     31
      Professional        |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  services................|20831|  2,252 |  7,845|  1,443|  147|  4,584|   -  |  4,203|     65|     98|    158|     26 |     10
  Public administration...|2,574|    659 |    418|     75|   17|  1,056|   -  |    313|     14|      5|      7|      6 |      5
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

 
  17. Employed persons by industry, sex, race, and occupation-Continued
 
  (In thousands)
 
  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                          |
                          |                                                1996
                          |
                           ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
                          |     |                |                     |              |       |                        |
                          |     | Managerial and |Technical, sales, and|              |       |       Operators,       |
                          |     |  professional  |   administrative    |   Service    |       |      fabricators,      |
                          |     |   specialty    |       support       |              |       |      and laborers      |
                          |     |                |                     |              |Preci- |                        |
                                 ________________ _____________________ ______________         ________________________
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       | sion  |       |       |        |Farmi-
      Industry and sex    |Total|        |       |       |     |Admini-|      |       |produc-|Machine|       |Handle- |  ng,
                          | em- |Executi-|       |       |     |  s-   |      |       | tion, | oper- | Tra-  |  rs,   | fore-
                          |plo- |  ve,   |Profes-|Techni-|     |trative|Priva-|       |craft, |ators, |nspor- |equipme-| stry,
                          | yed |adminis-|sional | cians |     |suppo- |  te  | Other |  and  |assem- |tation |   nt   |  and
                          |     |trative,|specia-|  and  |Sales|  rt,  |house-|servi- |repair |blers, |  and  |cleane- |fishing
                          |     |  and   |  lty  |related|     |inclu- | hold | ce1/  |       |  and  |materi-|  rs,   |
                                                                                  _
                          |     | mana-  |       |support|     | ding  |      |       |       |inspec-|  al   |helpers,|
                          |     | gerial |       |       |     |cleri- |      |       |       | tors  |moving |  and   |
                          |     |        |       |       |     |  cal  |      |       |       |       |       |laborers|
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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           White
  Agriculture.............|3,276|    102 |     84|     37|   18|    168|   -  |     26|     37|     10|     30|     11 |  2,753
  Mining..................|  534|     88 |     43|     18|    9|     42|   -  |      6|    196|     20|     95|     14 |      1
  Construction............|7,222|  1,164 |    146|     40|   61|    428|   -  |     27|  4,044|     85|    461|    750 |     16
  Manufacturing...........|17389|  2,660 |  1,661|    531|  718|  1,754|   -  |    192|  3,301|  5,026|    631|    824 |     92
    Durable goods.........|10510|  1,594 |  1,065|    359|  322|    989|   -  |    111|  2,325|  2,891|    350|    420 |     83
    Nondurable goods......|6,879|  1,065 |    596|    172|  396|    764|   -  |     81|    976|  2,135|    281|    404 |     10
  Transportation and      |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  public                  |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        utilities.........|7,206|  1,026 |    453|    304|  235|  1,803|   -  |    183|  1,029|    104|  1,711|    352 |      6
  Wholesale and retail    |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  trade...................|22885|  2,064 |    457|    152|9,623|  2,059|   -  |  4,237|  1,305|    293|    975|  1,628 |     91
    Wholesale trade.......|4,404|    504 |     88|     43|1,859|    667|   -  |     39|    278|    115|    439|    316 |     56
    Retail trade..........|18481|  1,559 |    368|    109|7,764|  1,392|   -  |  4,198|  1,027|    178|    537|  1,312 |     35
  Finance, insurance, and |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        real estate.......|7,010|  2,015 |    234|    141|1,890|  2,262|   -  |    238|    138|     13|     12|     19 |     48
  Services................|37682|  5,617 | 12,454|  1,938|  948|  5,805|   637|  6,628|  1,785|    697|    464|    388 |    322
    Private households....|  734|      4 |      7|   -   |  -  |      4|   637|     32|      6|   -   |      1|     11 |     30
    Other service         |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  industries..............|36948|  5,613 | 12,447|  1,937|  947|  5,801|   -  |  6,596|  1,779|    696|    463|    377 |    292
      Professional        |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  services................|25214|  3,390 | 10,967|  1,632|  176|  4,265|   -  |  3,905|    357|    153|    241|     73 |     56
  Public administration...|4,603|  1,071 |    778|    173|   16|  1,002|   -  |  1,273|    185|     23|     33|     29 |     21
                          |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
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           Black
  Agriculture.............|   98|      3 |      2|      2|  -  |      4|   -  |      1|      1|      1|      3|    -   |     80
  Mining..................|   26|      1 |   -   |   -   |    1|      4|   -  |      1|      8|      1|      9|      2 |   -
  Construction............|  527|     24 |     10|      4|    3|     14|   -  |      4|    292|      9|     43|    119 |      5
  Manufacturing...........|2,145|     86 |     74|     49|   32|    201|   -  |     54|    339|    983|    119|    201 |      7
    Durable goods.........|1,088|     42 |     34|     23|    7|     94|   -  |     27|    212|    499|     67|     77 |      5
    Nondurable goods......|1,057|     44 |     40|     26|   25|    107|   -  |     27|    127|    484|     52|    124 |      1
  Transportation and      |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  public                  |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        utilities.........|1,287|     87 |     45|     16|   40|    411|   -  |     53|    122|     24|    373|    117 |   -
  Wholesale and retail    |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  trade...................|2,335|    166 |     21|     13|  913|    180|   -  |    510|     88|     41|    124|    272 |      6
    Wholesale trade.......|  335|     23 |      5|      5|   65|     48|   -  |      6|     25|     21|     64|     71 |      4
    Retail trade..........|1,999|    143 |     17|      9|  848|    133|   -  |    504|     63|     20|     60|    201 |      2
  Finance, insurance, and |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
        real estate.......|  738|    165 |     19|     13|  105|    345|   -  |     53|     21|      2|      1|      8 |      6
  Services................|5,430|    494 |  1,188|    248|  119|    847|   139|  1,875|    171|    127|     90|     99 |     33
    Private households....|  166|    -   |   -   |      1|  -  |   -   |   139|     21|   -   |   -   |   -   |      2 |      2
    Other service         |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  industries..............|5,263|    494 |  1,188|    248|  119|    847|   -  |  1,854|    170|    127|     90|     97 |     31
      Professional        |     |        |       |       |     |       |      |       |       |       |       |        |
  services................|3,703|    334 |  1,070|    216|   19|    644|   -  |  1,264|     46|     31|     53|     14 |     12
  Public administration...|  957|    193 |    130|     23|    6|    285|   -  |    272|     26|      5|      9|      6 |      2
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     1/  Includes protective service, not shown separately.