HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES 10. Employed persons by occupation, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex (Percent distribution) Total Men Women Occupation, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 TOTAL Total, 16 years and over (thousands).............................. 145,362 139,877 77,486 73,670 67,876 66,208 Percent........................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Management, professional, and related occupations................... 36.3 37.3 33.5 34.5 39.5 40.5 Management, business, and financial operations occupations....... 15.2 15.4 16.3 16.7 13.9 13.9 Professional and related occupations............................. 21.1 21.9 17.2 17.7 25.6 26.6 Service occupations................................................. 16.8 17.6 13.5 14.3 20.6 21.3 Sales and office occupations........................................ 24.5 24.2 16.9 17.0 33.1 32.2 Sales and related occupations.................................... 11.2 11.2 10.6 10.7 11.9 11.7 Office and administrative support occupations.................... 13.2 13.0 6.3 6.3 21.2 20.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 10.2 9.5 18.3 17.3 .9 .9 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations....................... .7 .7 1.0 1.0 .3 .3 Construction and extraction occupations.......................... 6.0 5.3 10.9 9.8 .3 .3 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................ 3.5 3.5 6.4 6.4 .3 .3 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 12.2 11.4 17.8 17.0 5.9 5.2 Production occupations........................................... 6.2 5.5 8.1 7.5 3.9 3.3 Transportation and material moving occupations................... 6.1 5.9 9.7 9.5 1.9 1.9 White Total, 16 years and over (thousands).............................. 119,126 114,996 64,624 61,630 54,501 53,366 Percent........................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Management, professional, and related occupations................... 37.0 38.0 34.0 35.0 40.6 41.4 Management, business, and financial operations occupations....... 15.9 16.2 17.2 17.7 14.3 14.4 Professional and related occupations............................. 21.1 21.8 16.8 17.3 26.3 27.0 Service occupations................................................. 15.7 16.5 12.6 13.4 19.3 20.1 Sales and office occupations........................................ 24.5 24.2 16.7 16.8 33.7 32.7 Sales and related occupations.................................... 11.4 11.4 10.9 10.9 12.0 11.8 Office and administrative support occupations.................... 13.1 12.8 5.8 5.8 21.7 20.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 11.0 10.3 19.4 18.4 .9 .9 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations....................... .7 .7 1.1 1.1 .3 .3 Construction and extraction occupations.......................... 6.5 5.8 11.7 10.6 .3 .3 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................ 3.7 3.7 6.6 6.7 .3 .3 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 11.9 11.1 17.3 16.5 5.4 4.9 Production occupations........................................... 6.1 5.4 8.1 7.4 3.6 3.1 Transportation and material moving occupations................... 5.8 5.7 9.2 9.1 1.8 1.9 Black or African American Total, 16 years and over (thousands).............................. 15,953 15,025 7,398 6,817 8,554 8,208 Percent........................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Management, professional, and related occupations................... 27.4 29.2 23.0 23.8 31.3 33.7 Management, business, and financial operations occupations....... 10.0 10.1 9.6 9.6 10.4 10.5 Professional and related occupations............................. 17.4 19.1 13.3 14.2 20.9 23.2 Service occupations................................................. 24.4 25.2 20.1 21.2 28.2 28.5 Sales and office occupations........................................ 25.5 25.2 18.2 18.5 31.9 30.8 Sales and related occupations.................................... 9.9 10.0 8.4 8.6 11.1 11.1 Office and administrative support occupations.................... 15.7 15.3 9.8 10.0 20.7 19.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 6.4 6.1 13.0 12.4 .7 .8 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations....................... .3 .3 .5 .5 .1 .1 Construction and extraction occupations.......................... 3.4 3.0 7.0 6.3 .3 .2 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................ 2.7 2.8 5.6 5.6 .3 .4 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 16.2 14.3 25.7 24.0 7.9 6.2 Production occupations........................................... 6.9 5.9 9.2 8.6 4.8 3.6 Transportation and material moving occupations................... 9.3 8.5 16.5 15.5 3.1 2.6 Asian Total, 16 years and over (thousands).............................. 6,917 6,635 3,692 3,551 3,225 3,084 Percent........................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Management, professional, and related occupations................... 48.2 48.8 50.1 50.1 46.0 47.4 Management, business, and financial operations occupations....... 16.5 15.9 16.6 16.4 16.4 15.2 Professional and related occupations............................. 31.7 33.0 33.5 33.7 29.7 32.2 Service occupations................................................. 16.3 17.0 13.6 13.7 19.4 20.7 Sales and office occupations........................................ 21.5 21.2 17.5 18.0 26.1 25.0 Sales and related occupations.................................... 11.1 11.3 10.9 11.6 11.4 11.1 Office and administrative support occupations.................... 10.4 9.9 6.6 6.4 14.7 13.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 4.1 4.0 7.2 7.1 .6 .4 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations....................... .2 .2 .3 .3 .2 .1 Construction and extraction occupations.......................... 1.8 1.5 3.2 2.7 .1 .1 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................ 2.1 2.3 3.7 4.1 .3 .2 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 9.9 8.9 11.6 11.1 7.8 6.4 Production occupations........................................... 6.7 5.6 6.8 5.8 6.6 5.5 Transportation and material moving occupations................... 3.2 3.3 4.9 5.3 1.2 1.0 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Total, 16 years and over (thousands).............................. 20,346 19,647 12,248 11,640 8,098 8,007 Percent........................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Management, professional, and related occupations................... 18.3 19.4 14.8 15.9 23.5 24.6 Management, business, and financial operations occupations....... 8.1 8.4 7.7 7.9 8.8 9.1 Professional and related occupations............................. 10.2 11.1 7.2 8.0 14.7 15.5 Service occupations................................................. 24.2 25.8 19.6 21.2 31.3 32.4 Sales and office occupations........................................ 21.4 21.3 13.9 14.2 32.9 31.6 Sales and related occupations.................................... 9.3 9.5 7.5 7.7 12.1 12.1 Office and administrative support occupations.................... 12.1 11.8 6.4 6.5 20.7 19.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 18.2 16.4 29.1 26.6 1.7 1.6 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations....................... 1.9 1.9 2.6 2.6 .9 1.0 Construction and extraction occupations.......................... 12.6 10.8 20.7 18.0 .4 .3 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................ 3.7 3.7 5.9 6.0 .4 .3 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 17.8 17.1 22.6 22.2 10.6 9.8 Production occupations........................................... 9.3 8.5 10.6 9.9 7.4 6.5 Transportation and material moving occupations................... 8.5 8.6 12.0 12.3 3.2 3.3 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. 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.