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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
12. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race
[In thousands]
Category	Total		White		Black or African American		Asian
Category	2010	2011	2010	2011	2010	2011	2010	2011
Total, 16 years and over	139,064	139,869	114,168	114,690	15,010	15,051	6,705	6,867
Men	73,359	74,290	61,252	61,920	6,865	6,953	3,588	3,703
Women	65,705	65,579	52,916	52,770	8,145	8,098	3,117	3,165

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	51,743	52,547	43,268	43,923	4,363	4,398	3,149	3,223
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	20,938	21,589	18,043	18,495	1,537	1,579	999	1,111
Management occupations	15,001	15,250	13,137	13,308	954	959	662	696
Business and financial operations occupations	5,937	6,339	4,906	5,187	583	620	336	416
Professional and related occupations	30,805	30,957	25,225	25,428	2,826	2,819	2,150	2,112
Computer and mathematical occupations	3,531	3,608	2,663	2,695	237	250	568	599
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,619	2,785	2,205	2,353	135	145	236	245
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,409	1,303	1,139	1,059	88	96	152	128
Community and social service occupations	2,337	2,352	1,750	1,794	451	427	77	65
Legal occupations	1,716	1,770	1,510	1,540	111	129	58	68
Education, training, and library occupations	8,628	8,619	7,325	7,319	810	834	330	304
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2,759	2,779	2,430	2,442	152	166	117	101
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	7,805	7,740	6,204	6,227	842	773	612	600
Service occupations	24,634	24,787	18,938	19,027	3,763	3,816	1,205	1,216
Healthcare support occupations	3,332	3,359	2,252	2,290	849	826	137	146
Protective service occupations	3,289	3,210	2,530	2,478	585	560	79	69
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,660	7,747	6,110	6,086	866	973	431	455
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,328	5,492	4,290	4,423	722	755	166	168
Personal care and service occupations	5,024	4,979	3,756	3,750	741	702	392	378
Sales and office occupations	33,433	33,066	27,470	27,079	3,762	3,742	1,416	1,466
Sales and related occupations	15,386	15,330	12,785	12,751	1,503	1,503	766	745
Office and administrative support occupations	18,047	17,736	14,685	14,328	2,259	2,239	649	721
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	13,073	13,009	11,619	11,571	876	847	261	261
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	987	1,001	889	919	51	43	19	14
Construction and extraction occupations	7,175	7,125	6,449	6,419	441	417	102	106
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,911	4,883	4,281	4,233	384	387	140	140
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	16,180	16,461	12,873	13,090	2,247	2,248	674	702
Production occupations	7,998	8,142	6,468	6,580	908	892	441	477
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,182	8,318	6,405	6,510	1,339	1,356	232	225

CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture
Wage and salary workers(1)	1,353	1,380	1,246	1,295	53	43	19	14
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	821	846	792	812	7	10	6	8
Unpaid family workers	33	28	32	28	0	0	0	0
Nonagricultural industries
Wage and salary workers(1)	127,914	128,934	104,352	105,042	14,377	14,434	6,244	6,433
Government	21,003	20,536	16,679	16,264	2,972	2,901	766	770
Private industries	106,911	108,398	87,673	88,778	11,405	11,533	5,479	5,663
Private households	667	722	570	614	58	61	22	27
Other industries	106,244	107,676	87,103	88,163	11,347	11,472	5,457	5,636
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	8,860	8,603	7,686	7,458	568	561	418	398
Unpaid family workers	84	78	59	56	6	4	17	15

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(2)
Full-time workers	111,714	112,556	91,243	91,880	12,380	12,342	5,617	5,784
Part-time workers	27,350	27,313	22,925	22,811	2,630	2,708	1,088	1,084
Footnotes (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated. (2) Employed persons are classified as full- or part-time workers based on their usual weekly hours at all jobs regardless of the number of hours they are at work during the reference week. Persons absent from work also are classified according to their usual status. Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2011 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2010 Census occupational classification system into the Current Population Survey, or household survey. This classification system is derived from the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Occupational data for 2011 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2012