HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 12. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race (Numbers in thousands) Total White Black or African Asian American Category 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 SEX Total, 16 years and over............................... 139,252 141,730 115,239 116,949 14,909 15,313 5,994 6,244 Men.................................................. 74,524 75,973 62,712 63,763 6,912 7,155 3,243 3,359 Women................................................ 64,728 65,757 52,527 53,186 7,997 8,158 2,751 2,885 OCCUPATION Management, professional, and related occupations...... 48,532 49,245 41,027 41,475 3,949 3,985 2,707 2,898 Management, business, and financial operations occupations......................................... 20,235 20,450 17,590 17,668 1,408 1,451 906 983 Management occupations............................. 14,555 14,685 12,873 12,945 864 888 584 611 Business and financial operations occupations...... 5,680 5,765 4,717 4,723 544 564 322 372 Professional and related occupations................. 28,297 28,795 23,438 23,807 2,541 2,533 1,801 1,915 Computer and mathematical occupations.............. 3,140 3,246 2,410 2,481 236 224 439 479 Architecture and engineering occupations........... 2,760 2,793 2,343 2,327 135 143 231 277 Life, physical, and social science occupations..... 1,365 1,406 1,143 1,171 76 71 126 142 Community and social services occupations.......... 2,170 2,138 1,650 1,654 415 365 62 60 Legal occupations.................................. 1,554 1,614 1,380 1,451 100 96 47 41 Education, training, and library occupations....... 7,900 8,114 6,741 6,866 742 804 271 302 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations....................................... 2,687 2,736 2,336 2,402 164 160 128 117 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations....................................... 6,721 6,748 5,435 5,455 673 670 497 496 Service occupations.................................... 22,720 23,133 17,544 17,817 3,543 3,656 972 983 Healthcare support occupations....................... 2,921 3,092 1,991 2,121 758 766 102 127 Protective service occupations....................... 2,847 2,894 2,197 2,195 510 560 54 46 Food preparation and serving related occupations..... 7,279 7,374 5,854 5,888 835 857 377 397 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations......................................... 5,185 5,241 4,094 4,130 773 828 159 142 Personal care and service occupations................ 4,488 4,531 3,407 3,484 667 645 281 271 Sales and office occupations........................... 35,464 35,962 29,399 29,658 3,918 4,033 1,380 1,455 Sales and related occupations........................ 15,983 16,433 13,557 13,881 1,430 1,507 676 721 Office and administrative support occupations........ 19,481 19,529 15,842 15,777 2,487 2,526 705 733 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........................................... 14,582 15,348 12,928 13,582 1,012 1,086 261 277 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........... 991 976 885 882 53 50 21 15 Construction and extraction occupations.............. 8,522 9,145 7,642 8,158 572 643 87 106 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.... 5,069 5,226 4,401 4,542 387 394 153 155 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations........................................... 17,954 18,041 14,340 14,418 2,488 2,552 674 632 Production occupations............................... 9,462 9,378 7,594 7,526 1,124 1,160 501 457 Transportation and material moving occupations....... 8,491 8,664 6,746 6,892 1,364 1,393 173 175 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture: Wage and salary workers............................ 1,242 1,212 1,141 1,126 47 45 17 11 Self-employed workers.............................. 964 955 934 922 6 7 6 9 Unpaid family workers.............................. 27 30 26 29 - - - - Nonagricultural industries: Wage and salary workers............................ 127,463 129,931 104,812 106,549 14,253 14,611 5,550 5,789 Government....................................... 19,983 20,357 15,793 16,109 2,965 2,994 722 711 Private industries............................... 107,480 109,573 89,019 90,440 11,287 11,616 4,828 5,079 Private households............................. 779 812 628 674 103 92 23 23 Other industries............................... 106,701 108,761 88,391 89,766 11,184 11,525 4,805 5,056 Self-employed workers.............................. 9,467 9,509 8,252 8,247 600 648 411 421 Unpaid family workers.............................. 90 93 74 76 4 2 10 13 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS (1) Full-time workers.................................... 114,518 117,016 94,166 95,928 12,774 13,132 5,085 5,328 Part-time workers.................................... 24,734 24,714 21,073 21,021 2,135 2,181 910 916 1 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. 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. Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria.