Employed persons by detailed industry, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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ANNUAL AVERAGES
18. Employed persons by detailed industry, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[Numbers in thousands]
Industry	2013
	Total employed	Percent of total employed
	Total employed	Women	Black or African American	Asian	Hispanic or Latino
Total, 16 years and over	143,929	47.0	11.2	5.7	15.6

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	2,130	24.4	2.7	1.4	23.2
Crop production	981	24.9	3.2	1.5	29.9
Animal production	780	25.3	1.9	1.4	14.8
Forestry, except logging	47	-	-	-	-
Logging	91	4.2	10.1	0.0	2.3
Fishing, hunting, and trapping	49	-	-	-	-
Support activities for agriculture and forestry	182	30.4	0.4	0.9	41.9

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	1,065	13.1	5.5	1.5	20.1
Oil and gas extraction	115	20.0	8.2	2.3	16.9
Coal mining	85	9.2	1.5	0.0	0.7
Metal ore mining	49	-	-	-	-
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying	107	11.3	8.0	0.7	15.4
Not specified type of mining	9	-	-	-	-
Support activities for mining	700	12.4	5.6	1.8	24.3

Construction	9,271	9.1	5.1	2.1	25.5

Manufacturing	14,869	28.7	9.5	6.8	15.7
Durable goods manufacturing	9,391	24.6	8.4	7.2	13.5
Nonmetallic mineral products manufacturing	412	19.5	8.0	2.5	16.0
Pottery, ceramics, and plumbing fixture manufacturing	27	-	-	-	-
Structural clay product manufacturing	32	-	-	-	-
Glass and glass product manufacturing	149	25.7	8.5	4.6	14.5
Cement, concrete, lime, and gypsum product manufacturing	134	11.4	8.0	0.0	19.0
Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing	70	14.9	5.5	0.2	18.5
Primary metals and fabricated metal products manufacturing	1,589	15.8	5.6	3.4	15.8
Iron and steel mills and steel product manufacturing	301	9.9	5.7	1.4	13.5
Aluminum production and processing	61	18.0	10.6	2.6	18.0
Nonferrous metal, except aluminum, production and processing	56	10.9	9.1	1.6	9.4
Foundries	77	11.4	2.1	1.5	24.2
Metal forgings and stampings	43	-	-	-	-
Cutlery and hand tool manufacturing	49	-	-	-	-
Structural metals, and boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing	308	14.6	4.5	3.0	18.3
Machine shops; turned product; screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing	273	11.3	3.3	5.7	15.3
Coating, engraving, heat treating and allied activities	80	11.4	2.7	2.7	21.2
Ordnance	50	30.4	9.5	1.3	8.7
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products manufacturing	281	24.8	6.8	5.5	13.4
Not specified metal industries	12	-	-	-	-
Machinery manufacturing	1,232	22.2	7.0	4.7	11.3
Agricultural implement manufacturing	120	22.0	9.2	3.3	10.7
Construction, and mining and oil and gas field machinery manufacturing	149	19.8	8.0	9.5	8.0
Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing	79	39.4	3.6	5.2	13.0
Metalworking machinery manufacturing	159	13.7	3.8	4.4	8.3
Engines, turbines, and power transmission equipment manufacturing	69	21.6	10.3	4.7	13.9
Machinery manufacturing, n.e.c.	653	22.9	7.2	3.9	12.5
Not specified machinery manufacturing	3	-	-	-	-
Computers and electronic products manufacturing	1,302	29.6	4.4	18.7	11.7
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing	262	30.0	4.0	24.5	9.9
Communications, and audio and video equipment manufacturing	145	21.9	7.8	18.5	9.1
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing	234	31.0	4.7	7.2	11.6
Electronic component and product manufacturing, n.e.c.	661	30.7	3.8	20.6	13.1
Electrical equipment and appliances manufacturing	411	29.2	13.3	6.6	11.7
Household appliance manufacturing	63	29.7	16.1	6.0	10.3
Electrical lighting and electrical equipment manufacturing, and other electrical component manufacturing, n.e.c.	348	29.1	12.8	6.7	11.9
Transportation equipment manufacturing	2,245	23.2	12.2	6.9	9.4
Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment manufacturing	1,186	25.4	15.4	6.0	8.0
Aircraft and parts manufacturing	417	22.0	8.4	7.8	11.9
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing	430	22.3	5.4	8.8	11.3
Railroad rolling stock manufacturing	37	-	-	-	-
Ship and boat building	146	12.7	20.2	3.9	6.8
Other transportation equipment manufacturing	29	-	-	-	-
Wood products manufacturing	408	13.5	10.4	1.7	17.3
Sawmills and wood preservation	109	9.0	7.5	0.0	13.9
Veneer, plywood, and engineered wood products	38	-	-	-	-
Prefabricated wood buildings and mobile homes	36	-	-	-	-
Miscellaneous wood products	224	14.6	12.1	2.2	20.2
Furniture and fixtures manufacturing	427	26.7	9.5	3.1	24.7
Miscellaneous manufacturing	1,365	37.1	8.3	8.0	16.6
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing	527	42.1	6.9	11.6	14.0
Sporting and athletic goods, and doll, toy and game manufacturing	122	35.0	5.6	5.1	12.7
Miscellaneous manufacturing, n.e.c.	465	35.9	8.0	7.1	16.3
Not specified manufacturing industries	251	30.2	13.0	3.7	24.7
Nondurable goods manufacturing	5,478	35.9	11.5	6.2	19.5
Food manufacturing	1,731	40.3	13.1	6.6	26.5
Animal food, grain, and oilseed milling	142	26.5	8.0	0.6	8.3
Sugar and confectionery products	75	36.6	9.9	10.9	29.2
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing	161	38.1	13.5	2.9	32.6
Dairy product manufacturing	153	32.0	9.2	2.6	16.9
Animal slaughtering and processing	503	37.8	20.0	10.6	33.6
Retail bakeries	263	66.0	7.8	7.8	20.7
Bakeries, except retail	198	38.2	11.1	4.9	31.3
Seafood and other miscellaneous foods, n.e.c.	189	37.9	13.3	5.7	23.2
Not specified food industries	47	-	-	-	-
Beverage and tobacco products manufacturing	271	30.4	11.3	3.8	13.6
Beverage manufacturing	246	30.2	10.8	4.2	14.3
Tobacco manufacturing	25	-	-	-	-
Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing	571	51.8	11.3	10.1	29.3
Fiber, yarn, and thread mills	10	-	-	-	-
Fabric mills, except knitting mills	102	35.2	16.2	5.3	15.0
Textile and fabric finishing and coating mills	12	-	-	-	-
Carpet and rug mills	55	32.5	4.5	1.8	38.7
Textile product mills, except carpet and rug	68	60.6	9.9	5.2	26.6
Knitting fabric mills, and apparel knitting mills	16	-	-	-	-
Cut and sew apparel manufacturing	253	58.1	11.0	16.5	38.6
Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing	7	-	-	-	-
Footwear manufacturing	24	-	-	-	-
Leather tanning and finishing and other allied products manufacturing	23	-	-	-	-
Paper manufacturing and printing	944	31.0	9.8	4.7	15.1
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills	179	16.5	16.8	0.9	6.4
Paperboard containers and boxes	112	16.2	19.3	1.3	20.4
Miscellaneous paper and pulp products	89	38.0	6.1	8.7	18.6
Printing and related support activities	564	37.4	6.3	5.9	16.2
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing	193	16.0	10.3	2.1	18.0
Petroleum refining	178	16.0	10.0	1.9	19.4
Miscellaneous petroleum and coal products	15	-	-	-	-
Chemicals manufacturing	1,240	34.5	10.8	6.8	12.5
Resin, synthetic rubber and fibers, and filaments manufacturing	181	30.0	12.8	3.7	20.9
Agricultural chemical manufacturing	27	-	-	-	-
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing	448	43.9	11.8	12.3	9.6
Paint, coating, and adhesive manufacturing	61	20.1	4.2	6.4	13.6
Soap, cleaning compound, and cosmetics manufacturing	132	49.2	9.8	4.7	20.0
Industrial and miscellaneous chemicals	391	23.9	10.2	2.8	9.8
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing	528	26.2	11.6	4.7	14.0
Plastics product manufacturing	354	25.7	9.6	4.3	15.7
Tire manufacturing	95	23.1	18.9	6.9	7.7
Rubber product, except tire, manufacturing	80	32.2	11.8	4.2	13.7

Wholesale and retail trade	19,653	44.6	10.7	5.3	15.6
Wholesale trade	3,646	28.4	8.1	4.8	15.9
Motor vehicles, parts and supplies, merchant wholesalers	175	23.1	11.5	3.0	17.5
Furniture and home furnishing, merchant wholesalers	61	31.4	11.0	6.0	21.8
Lumber and other construction materials, merchant wholesalers	161	22.8	5.3	2.2	12.0
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies, merchant wholesalers	347	36.0	6.9	6.1	10.5
Metals and minerals, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers	51	20.2	4.7	1.6	7.1
Electrical and electronic goods, merchant wholesalers	204	27.3	3.9	3.9	10.5
Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies, merchant wholesalers	141	19.0	4.4	3.9	9.8
Machinery, equipment, and supplies, merchant wholesalers	393	26.1	2.7	3.4	10.4
Recyclable material, merchant wholesalers	114	12.0	8.0	3.7	22.8
Miscellaneous durable goods, merchant wholesalers	109	39.8	12.7	3.8	12.8
Paper and paper products, merchant wholesalers	61	27.8	14.2	3.8	29.0
Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products, merchant wholesalers	219	44.0	10.0	5.9	10.6
Apparel, fabrics, and notions, merchant wholesalers	90	49.3	4.1	11.8	23.7
Groceries and related products, merchant wholesalers	835	22.9	11.1	4.0	23.6
Farm product raw materials, merchant wholesalers	59	28.7	2.8	2.3	5.5
Petroleum and petroleum products, merchant wholesalers	135	23.5	10.9	2.9	8.5
Alcoholic beverages, merchant wholesalers	125	20.6	7.0	5.5	13.4
Farm supplies, merchant wholesalers	47	-	-	-	-
Miscellaneous nondurable goods, merchant wholesalers	182	37.3	11.4	6.2	18.6
Wholesale electronic markets, agents and brokers	88	45.9	6.8	19.4	24.8
Not specified wholesale trade	49	-	-	-	-
Retail trade	16,007	48.3	11.3	5.4	15.5
Automobile dealers	1,273	21.4	7.4	3.2	15.0
Other motor vehicle dealers	117	19.4	5.0	1.5	6.7
Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores	518	18.1	11.8	3.1	22.5
Furniture and home furnishings stores	482	44.0	9.0	4.1	15.3
Household appliance stores	69	17.7	11.4	1.9	11.8
Radio, TV, and computer stores	570	28.6	10.9	7.4	15.2
Building material and supplies dealers	910	29.6	8.4	2.5	14.0
Hardware stores	223	27.9	7.4	2.8	11.0
Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores	278	30.8	2.4	0.0	8.3
Grocery stores	2,815	49.4	11.1	6.7	16.9
Specialty food stores	231	47.8	7.2	6.0	27.8
Beer, wine, and liquor stores	150	31.6	8.2	15.2	13.9
Pharmacies and drug stores	842	64.1	13.5	9.9	11.9
Health and personal care, except drug, stores	342	68.5	8.4	7.4	17.2
Gasoline stations	504	51.6	11.3	10.6	10.1
Clothing stores	988	75.6	14.5	6.5	22.1
Shoe stores	161	52.8	16.6	4.6	27.2
Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores	201	64.6	8.1	11.3	11.1
Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores	471	42.3	5.4	2.5	10.1
Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores	61	71.2	1.5	3.9	5.1
Music stores	49	-	-	-	-
Book stores and news dealers	118	59.8	8.1	2.8	11.8
Department stores and discount stores	2,110	59.7	18.9	4.1	16.8
Miscellaneous general merchandise stores	513	55.9	19.1	2.9	17.5
Retail florists	107	69.5	5.8	2.1	16.8
Office supplies and stationery stores	159	37.6	9.1	2.6	13.1
Used merchandise stores	238	60.1	10.7	3.5	14.7
Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops	137	78.8	3.2	6.2	12.7
Miscellaneous retail stores	440	54.9	8.9	3.5	12.1
Electronic shopping	179	50.4	7.5	12.5	6.9
Electronic auctions	21	-	-	-	-
Mail order houses	61	51.9	9.5	6.4	3.8
Vending machine operators	34	-	-	-	-
Fuel dealers	89	20.2	3.5	4.5	7.3
Other direct selling establishments	203	72.1	9.9	2.3	16.4
Not specified retail trade	343	54.1	12.8	10.1	16.1

Transportation and utilities	7,415	23.7	16.9	4.3	16.0
Transportation and warehousing	6,228	23.9	18.1	4.5	17.1
Air transportation	577	38.5	12.4	9.3	12.1
Rail transportation	261	10.0	15.8	0.9	10.9
Water transportation	68	23.2	7.6	4.7	12.0
Truck transportation	1,772	10.7	16.0	2.4	15.8
Bus service and urban transit	503	39.0	29.0	2.7	16.7
Taxi and limousine service	261	12.0	26.7	14.9	13.8
Pipeline transportation	48	-	-	-	-
Scenic and sightseeing transportation	32	-	-	-	-
Services incidental to transportation	855	25.8	14.4	4.7	24.7
Postal Service	677	41.3	19.7	7.4	12.4
Couriers and messengers	715	21.9	20.7	2.9	16.0
Warehousing and storage	457	30.3	22.0	3.3	30.3
Utilities	1,187	22.6	10.8	3.2	10.2
Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution	595	22.1	10.7	2.8	8.9
Natural gas distribution	120	26.1	13.2	1.3	9.2
Electric and gas, and other combinations	106	27.5	10.8	5.3	7.5
Water, steam, air-conditioning, and irrigation systems	238	21.5	8.8	4.6	12.6
Sewage treatment facilities	105	14.0	12.7	2.5	15.2
Not specified utilities	23	-	-	-	-

Information	2,960	39.2	11.2	6.0	10.7
Newspaper publishers	274	47.5	7.5	3.4	10.0
Periodical, book, and directory publishers	254	54.0	4.1	4.7	6.6
Software publishers	77	37.0	4.5	9.2	7.5
Motion pictures and video industries	404	32.3	7.4	5.3	13.0
Sound recording industries	38	-	-	-	-
Radio and television broadcasting and cable subscription programming	561	28.7	15.5	4.3	12.7
Internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals	81	34.3	8.4	11.6	2.4
Wired telecommunications carriers	556	33.6	14.3	7.4	10.5
Other telecommunications services	389	36.6	13.3	8.9	13.5
Data processing, hosting, and related services	89	53.2	10.6	7.4	6.6
Libraries and archives	204	74.3	10.6	4.3	9.4
Other information services	32	-	-	-	-

Financial activities	9,849	52.9	9.7	6.2	11.6
Finance and insurance	6,984	55.7	9.9	7.2	10.2
Banking and related activities	2,080	61.0	10.8	7.6	12.6
Savings institutions, including credit unions	254	74.8	6.8	4.0	12.9
Non-depository credit and related activities	861	50.8	11.5	7.1	13.0
Securities, commodities, funds, trusts, and other financial investments	1,150	36.9	6.3	10.2	4.9
Insurance carriers and related activities	2,639	59.4	10.5	5.8	9.5
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,865	46.2	9.1	3.8	14.9
Real estate	2,483	49.3	8.5	3.9	14.7
Rental and leasing services	382	25.8	13.1	3.7	16.4
Automotive equipment rental and leasing	167	25.4	18.2	5.2	11.4
Video tape and disk rental	8	-	-	-	-
Other consumer goods rental	106	31.2	12.0	0.2	27.4
Commercial, industrial, and other intangible assets rental and leasing	100	19.6	6.9	5.2	12.5

Professional and business services	16,793	41.9	9.4	7.2	15.7
Professional and technical services	10,110	43.7	6.2	9.7	8.2
Legal services	1,630	55.4	5.7	5.1	10.4
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services	1,056	60.0	7.8	7.5	8.2
Architectural, engineering, and related services	1,495	26.4	4.8	5.9	6.6
Specialized design services	391	52.7	4.6	6.5	12.1
Computer systems design and related services	2,310	26.7	6.7	19.9	5.1
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services	1,384	44.0	7.9	6.7	7.6
Scientific research and development services	532	47.3	6.4	14.0	10.3
Advertising and related services	580	53.0	5.6	8.6	10.0
Veterinary services	320	80.3	2.8	0.5	10.6
Other professional, scientific, and technical services	412	57.0	7.0	6.6	12.4
Management, administrative, and waste services	6,682	39.2	14.2	3.5	27.2
Management of companies and enterprises	183	49.5	7.3	5.4	8.3
Employment services	1,032	53.9	20.2	5.1	20.0
Business support services	760	65.4	15.1	4.2	13.6
Travel arrangements and reservation services	257	59.1	7.8	9.6	12.8
Investigation and security services	759	22.2	22.3	3.9	16.7
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,511	54.8	14.5	2.9	39.9
Landscaping services	1,353	7.9	7.1	1.5	43.2
Other administrative and other support services	292	42.2	14.4	5.1	12.9
Waste management and remediation services	535	18.2	12.7	1.7	20.3

Education and health services	32,535	74.6	14.0	5.6	11.3
Educational services	12,974	68.9	10.6	4.6	10.0
Elementary and secondary schools	8,655	75.2	11.2	2.5	11.3
Colleges and universities, including junior colleges	3,498	54.2	9.7	9.3	7.6
Business, technical, and trade schools and training	119	53.7	11.1	5.0	11.2
Other schools and instruction, and educational support services	702	66.2	6.8	7.0	5.7
Health care and social assistance	19,562	78.4	16.3	6.3	12.2
Hospitals	6,274	76.1	14.9	7.8	9.9
Health services, except hospitals	10,215	78.0	16.6	6.0	12.1
Offices of physicians	1,531	77.0	6.6	7.3	11.1
Offices of dentists	862	81.5	4.3	6.3	15.2
Offices of chiropractors	137	61.0	0.9	4.0	8.2
Offices of optometrists	135	70.2	9.5	12.5	7.7
Offices of other health practitioners	294	76.2	6.9	6.1	7.7
Outpatient care centers	1,487	75.5	11.6	4.9	12.9
Home health care services	1,235	88.2	29.6	4.9	16.1
Other health care services	1,941	71.3	15.4	7.5	12.1
Nursing care facilities	1,799	84.3	28.6	5.2	9.9
Residential care facilities, without nursing	794	72.2	21.6	4.1	10.5
Social assistance	3,072	84.5	18.4	4.1	17.4
Individual and family services	1,369	77.2	20.3	4.7	16.6
Community food and housing, and emergency services	113	64.8	26.2	3.8	11.8
Vocational rehabilitation services	149	58.9	20.3	2.6	10.1
Child day care services	1,442	95.7	15.8	3.7	19.4

Leisure and hospitality	13,554	51.0	11.3	6.7	21.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	3,205	45.9	8.4	5.2	12.9
Independent artists, performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries	853	42.4	7.6	3.0	8.2
Museums, art galleries, historical sites, and similar institutions	346	45.6	10.0	2.6	12.5
Bowling centers	44	-	-	-	-
Other amusement, gambling, and recreation industries	1,962	47.6	8.4	6.8	15.2
Accommodation and food services	10,349	52.6	12.2	7.2	24.5
Accommodation	1,460	57.5	14.9	10.3	25.0
Traveler accommodation	1,366	57.6	15.3	10.7	26.3
Recreational vehicle parks and camps, and rooming and boarding houses	94	56.0	9.5	4.3	6.7
Food services and drinking places	8,890	51.8	11.7	6.6	24.4
Restaurants and other food services	8,651	51.8	11.8	6.8	24.8
Drinking places, alcoholic beverages	239	53.0	9.4	1.9	12.8

Other services	7,127	52.1	10.0	7.0	18.4
Other services, except private households	6,404	47.7	10.2	7.4	16.4
Repair and maintenance	2,109	12.1	7.2	3.7	24.1
Automotive repair and maintenance	1,255	9.3	6.4	3.0	25.2
Car washes	180	17.5	15.7	2.1	36.4
Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance	157	15.0	9.7	8.7	6.9
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance	316	8.2	5.4	1.9	22.3
Personal and household goods repair and maintenance	188	29.3	5.5	9.2	20.2
Footwear and leather goods repair	13	-	-	-	-
Personal and laundry services	2,415	72.6	12.0	13.7	16.3
Barber shops	133	19.8	37.1	3.9	28.8
Beauty salons	982	92.7	11.6	7.1	15.5
Nail salons and other personal care services	491	77.4	5.4	41.7	6.8
Drycleaning and laundry services	303	55.7	14.9	11.4	33.7
Funeral homes, and cemeteries and crematories	140	37.5	8.1	0.2	12.7
Other personal services	366	59.1	11.6	4.4	13.6
Membership associations and organizations	1,880	55.4	11.3	3.4	7.8
Religious organizations	1,057	49.0	9.6	3.5	7.2
Civic, social, advocacy organizations, and grantmaking and giving services	640	65.6	13.9	3.3	9.0
Labor unions	54	46.1	21.6	3.8	13.9
Business, professional, political, and similar organizations	129	61.1	7.8	3.9	4.4
Private households	723	91.4	8.5	3.5	36.9

Public administration	6,708	44.3	16.4	4.2	11.8
Executive offices and legislative bodies	961	51.8	14.8	4.8	11.2
Public finance activities	353	66.0	18.1	8.4	7.7
Other general government and support	138	37.7	23.1	3.6	10.5
Justice, public order, and safety activities	2,789	34.1	15.9	2.3	12.8
Administration of human resource programs	919	69.3	21.3	4.4	12.7
Administration of environmental quality and housing programs	265	38.4	7.8	5.0	5.7
Administration of economic programs and space research	516	44.5	13.2	5.3	8.9
National security and international affairs	766	35.1	17.5	7.2	14.5
n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not shown 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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

Last Modified Date: February 26, 2014