HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 10. Employed persons by occupation, race, and sex (Percent distribution) Total Men Women Occupation and race 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 TOTAL Total, 16 years and over (thousands).............................. 136,933 136,485 73,196 72,903 63,737 63,582 Percent........................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Managerial and professional specialty............................... 30.9 31.1 28.9 28.9 33.2 33.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 15.0 15.1 15.1 15.2 14.8 14.9 Professional specialty............................................ 15.9 16.1 13.8 13.6 18.3 18.9 Technical, sales, and administrative support........................ 28.8 28.5 19.5 19.6 39.5 38.8 Technicians and related support................................... 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.8 3.8 3.8 Sales occupations................................................. 11.8 11.9 11.2 11.4 12.6 12.5 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.7 13.3 5.5 5.4 23.1 22.4 Service occupations................................................. 13.6 14.1 10.1 10.6 17.6 18.1 Private household................................................. .5 .5 (1) .1 1.1 1.1 Protective service................................................ 1.8 1.9 2.7 2.9 .8 .8 Service, except private household and protective.................. 11.3 11.6 7.4 7.7 15.7 16.2 Precision production, craft, and repair............................. 11.1 10.7 18.9 18.5 2.1 1.9 Operators, fabricators, and laborers................................ 13.2 13.0 18.9 18.8 6.6 6.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.0 4.8 6.0 5.8 3.9 3.6 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 4.2 4.3 7.0 7.1 .9 .9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.0 4.0 5.9 5.9 1.7 1.8 Farming, forestry, and fishing...................................... 2.4 2.6 3.6 3.8 1.1 1.1 White Total, 16 years and over (thousands).............................. 114,430 114,013 62,212 61,849 52,218 52,164 Percent........................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Managerial and professional specialty............................... 31.7 31.9 29.5 29.5 34.3 34.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 15.6 15.7 15.8 16.0 15.4 15.5 Professional specialty............................................ 16.0 16.2 13.7 13.6 18.9 19.3 Technical, sales, and administrative support........................ 28.8 28.7 19.5 19.5 39.9 39.5 Technicians and related support................................... 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.8 3.8 3.9 Sales occupations................................................. 12.1 12.3 11.6 11.7 12.8 13.0 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.4 13.1 5.1 5.0 23.3 22.7 Service occupations................................................. 12.5 12.8 9.2 9.6 16.4 16.7 Private household................................................. .5 .5 (1) .1 1.1 1.1 Protective service................................................ 1.7 1.7 2.5 2.6 .7 .7 Service, except private household and protective.................. 10.3 10.6 6.6 6.9 14.6 15.0 Precision production, craft, and repair............................. 11.7 11.4 19.8 19.4 2.0 1.8 Operators, fabricators, and laborers................................ 12.7 12.4 18.1 17.9 6.2 5.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.8 4.5 5.8 5.5 3.6 3.2 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 4.1 4.1 6.7 6.8 .9 .9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.8 3.8 5.6 5.6 1.7 1.7 Farming, forestry, and fishing...................................... 2.7 2.8 3.9 4.1 1.2 1.3 Black Total, 16 years and over (thousands).............................. 15,006 14,872 6,938 6,959 8,068 7,914 Percent........................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Managerial and professional specialty............................... 22.6 22.7 18.6 18.6 26.0 26.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.4 10.4 9.4 9.6 11.3 11.2 Professional specialty............................................ 12.2 12.3 9.2 9.0 14.7 15.1 Technical, sales, and administrative support........................ 29.2 28.2 18.7 18.9 38.3 36.4 Technicians and related support................................... 3.1 2.9 2.3 2.1 3.7 3.7 Sales occupations................................................. 9.5 9.3 7.9 8.3 10.9 10.1 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.6 16.0 8.4 8.5 23.6 22.6 Service occupations................................................. 21.6 22.7 17.8 18.3 24.8 26.6 Private household................................................. .6 .6 (1) (1) 1.1 1.1 Protective service................................................ 3.2 3.5 5.0 5.3 1.7 1.9 Service, except private household and protective.................. 17.8 18.6 12.8 12.9 22.1 23.6 Precision production, craft, and repair............................. 7.5 7.3 14.3 13.7 1.8 1.6 Operators, fabricators, and laborers................................ 18.0 17.9 28.5 28.3 8.9 8.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.5 6.5 7.8 7.9 5.3 5.3 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 6.1 6.2 11.3 11.5 1.5 1.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.4 5.2 9.4 8.9 2.1 1.9 Farming, forestry, and fishing...................................... 1.1 1.2 2.0 2.2 .2 .2 1 Less than 0.05 percent