Table 7. Employed persons by industry, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2008 annual averages : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity, 2008

Table 7. Employed persons by industry, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2008 annual averages
Industry and sex	Total	White	Black or African American	Asian	Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total, 16 years and over (thousands)	145,362	119,126	15,953	6,917	20,346
Percent	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing	1.5	1.7	0.3	0.4	2.2
Mining	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.6
Construction	7.5	8.3	3.8	2.6	13.3
Manufacturing	10.9	11.0	9.5	13.5	11.4
Durable goods	7.1	7.2	5.4	9.2	6.2
Nondurable goods	3.9	3.8	4.1	4.3	5.2
Wholesale and retail trade	14.2	14.4	12.9	13.0	13.9
Wholesale trade	2.8	2.9	2.1	2.5	2.9
Retail trade	11.4	11.5	10.8	10.5	11.0
Transportation and utilities	5.3	5.1	7.7	3.9	5.7
Information	2.4	2.4	2.6	2.5	1.6
Financial activities	7.0	7.1	6.3	7.5	5.3
Professional and business services	10.7	10.7	9.1	13.7	10.5
Education and health services	21.6	20.8	27.9	21.8	14.9
Leisure and hospitality	8.8	8.5	8.8	11.4	11.6
Other services	4.8	4.8	4.3	6.0	5.9
Other services, except private households	4.3	4.3	3.8	5.6	4.4
Private households	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	1.5
Public administration	4.7	4.4	6.5	3.5	3.1

Men, 16 years and over (thousands)	77,486	64,624	7,398	3,692	12,248
Percent	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing	2.1	2.4	0.7	0.4	3.0
Mining	0.9	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.0
Construction	12.8	13.8	7.3	4.2	21.2
Manufacturing	14.5	14.6	13.5	16.0	13.2
Durable goods	9.9	10.0	8.2	11.8	7.6
Nondurable goods	4.6	4.6	5.4	4.2	5.6
Wholesale and retail trade	14.6	14.7	14.5	13.3	13.4
Wholesale trade	3.7	3.8	3.3	2.8	3.5
Retail trade	10.9	10.9	11.2	10.5	9.9
Transportation and utilities	7.7	7.3	12.2	5.6	7.5
Information	2.6	2.6	2.9	3.0	1.7
Financial activities	6.0	6.0	5.1	6.9	4.1
Professional and business services	11.6	11.4	10.2	16.7	10.9
Education and health services	10.1	9.5	13.4	13.8	5.8
Leisure and hospitality	8.0	7.6	9.2	11.7	10.6
Other services	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.9
Other services, except private households	4.3	4.3	4.5	4.5	4.8
Private households	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
Public administration	4.8	4.7	5.9	3.5	2.8

Women, 16 years and over (thousands)	67,876	54,501	8,554	3,225	8,098
Percent	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing	0.8	0.9	0.1	0.3	1.0
Mining	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Construction	1.6	1.7	0.8	0.7	1.3
Manufacturing	6.9	6.8	6.0	10.7	8.8
Durable goods	3.9	3.9	3.0	6.2	4.1
Nondurable goods	3.0	2.9	3.0	4.4	4.7
Wholesale and retail trade	13.6	14.0	11.5	12.7	14.7
Wholesale trade	1.8	1.9	1.1	2.1	2.0
Retail trade	11.9	12.1	10.4	10.5	12.6
Transportation and utilities	2.6	2.5	3.8	2.1	2.9
Information	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.0	1.4
Financial activities	8.3	8.4	7.3	8.1	7.2
Professional and business services	9.7	9.9	8.1	10.4	10.0
Education and health services	34.8	34.3	40.5	30.9	28.7
Leisure and hospitality	9.7	9.6	8.4	11.1	13.0
Other services	5.3	5.4	4.1	7.5	7.3
Other services, except private households	4.2	4.3	3.3	6.9	3.9
Private households	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.7	3.5
Public administration	4.5	4.1	7.0	3.5	3.6
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presentedfor all races.Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last Modified Date: December 4, 2009