HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES 12. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race (In thousands) Total White Black or African Asian American Category 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 SEX Total, 16 years and over............................... 145,362 139,877 119,126 114,996 15,953 15,025 6,917 6,635 Men.................................................. 77,486 73,670 64,624 61,630 7,398 6,817 3,692 3,551 Women................................................ 67,876 66,208 54,501 53,366 8,554 8,208 3,225 3,084 OCCUPATION Management, professional, and related occupations...... 52,761 52,219 44,090 43,649 4,374 4,388 3,332 3,240 Management, business, and financial operations occupations......................................... 22,059 21,529 18,938 18,582 1,599 1,516 1,140 1,052 Management occupations............................. 15,852 15,447 13,841 13,565 1,013 950 734 678 Business and financial operations occupations...... 6,207 6,082 5,097 5,018 586 565 406 374 Professional and related occupations................. 30,702 30,690 25,152 25,067 2,774 2,873 2,193 2,188 Computer and mathematical occupations.............. 3,676 3,481 2,730 2,633 267 233 613 546 Architecture and engineering occupations........... 2,931 2,740 2,446 2,276 148 151 282 271 Life, physical, and social science occupations..... 1,307 1,328 1,030 1,052 93 80 157 169 Community and social services occupations.......... 2,293 2,341 1,741 1,764 436 463 57 64 Legal occupations.................................. 1,671 1,710 1,481 1,510 116 110 47 61 Education, training, and library occupations....... 8,605 8,627 7,337 7,343 792 797 331 337 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations....................................... 2,820 2,724 2,466 2,387 172 183 116 99 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations.. 7,399 7,738 5,920 6,101 751 855 590 640 Service occupations.................................... 24,451 24,598 18,681 18,961 3,897 3,784 1,130 1,127 Healthcare support occupations....................... 3,212 3,309 2,156 2,258 827 836 136 130 Protective service occupations....................... 3,047 3,164 2,330 2,411 582 594 54 57 Food preparation and serving related occupations..... 7,824 7,733 6,199 6,184 946 884 424 414 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations......................................... 5,445 5,349 4,295 4,304 818 737 153 153 Personal care and service occupations................ 4,923 5,043 3,701 3,804 722 733 363 372 Sales and office occupations........................... 35,544 33,787 29,160 27,777 4,075 3,793 1,488 1,409 Sales and related occupations........................ 16,295 15,641 13,597 13,062 1,576 1,495 770 753 Office and administrative support occupations........ 19,249 18,146 15,563 14,715 2,499 2,298 718 656 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ ................................. 14,806 13,323 13,076 11,802 1,027 911 285 265 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........... 988 926 878 834 45 46 17 13 Construction and extraction occupations.............. 8,667 7,439 7,747 6,682 545 447 123 101 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.... 5,152 4,957 4,451 4,286 437 418 145 151 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations.... ..................................... 17,800 15,951 14,119 12,808 2,580 2,149 682 593 Production occupations............................... 8,973 7,654 7,210 6,221 1,093 880 463 374 Transportation and material moving occupations....... 8,827 8,297 6,909 6,587 1,487 1,270 219 219 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture: Wage and salary workers............................ 1,279 1,242 1,159 1,136 45 53 19 18 Self-employed workers.............................. 860 836 836 809 10 13 6 6 Unpaid family workers.............................. 28 25 27 24 - - - - Nonagricultural industries: Wage and salary workers............................ 133,882 128,713 109,055 105,248 15,280 14,296 6,438 6,174 Government....................................... 21,258 21,178 16,771 16,819 3,111 2,998 831 803 Private industries............................... 112,624 107,535 92,284 88,429 12,168 11,297 5,608 5,371 Private households............................. 805 783 680 678 78 55 25 27 Other industries............................... 111,819 106,752 91,604 87,751 12,090 11,242 5,583 5,344 Self-employed workers.............................. 9,219 8,995 7,972 7,730 615 658 442 429 Unpaid family workers.............................. 93 66 78 51 3 6 11 7 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS (1) Full-time workers.................................... 120,030 112,634 97,724 91,962 13,653 12,538 5,923 5,606 Part-time workers.................................... 25,332 27,244 21,401 23,034 2,299 2,488 994 1,029 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 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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria.