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 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 TOTAL Total, 16 years and over (thousands).............................. 146,047 145,362 78,254 77,486 67,792 67,876 Percent........................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Management, professional, and related occupations................... 35.5 36.3 32.7 33.5 38.6 39.5 Management, business, and financial operations occupations....... 14.8 15.2 15.8 16.3 13.6 13.9 Professional and related occupations............................. 20.7 21.1 16.9 17.2 25.1 25.6 Service occupations................................................. 16.5 16.8 13.2 13.5 20.4 20.6 Sales and office occupations........................................ 24.8 24.5 16.9 16.9 33.8 33.1 Sales and related occupations.................................... 11.4 11.2 10.8 10.6 12.2 11.9 Office and administrative support occupations.................... 13.4 13.2 6.2 6.3 21.6 21.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 10.8 10.2 19.3 18.3 1.0 .9 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations....................... .7 .7 1.0 1.0 .3 .3 Construction and extraction occupations.......................... 6.5 6.0 11.9 10.9 .4 .3 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................ 3.6 3.5 6.4 6.4 .3 .3 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 12.4 12.2 17.9 17.8 6.2 5.9 Production occupations........................................... 6.4 6.2 8.4 8.1 4.2 3.9 Transportation and material moving occupations................... 6.0 6.1 9.5 9.7 2.0 1.9 White Total, 16 years and over (thousands).............................. 119,792 119,126 65,289 64,624 54,503 54,501 Percent........................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Management, professional, and related occupations................... 36.1 37.0 33.2 34.0 39.5 40.6 Management, business, and financial operations occupations....... 15.5 15.9 16.7 17.2 13.9 14.3 Professional and related occupations............................. 20.6 21.1 16.5 16.8 25.6 26.3 Service occupations................................................. 15.5 15.7 12.4 12.6 19.3 19.3 Sales and office occupations........................................ 24.8 24.5 16.7 16.7 34.4 33.7 Sales and related occupations.................................... 11.6 11.4 11.0 10.9 12.3 12.0 Office and administrative support occupations.................... 13.2 13.1 5.7 5.8 22.1 21.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 11.6 11.0 20.4 19.4 1.0 .9 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations....................... .7 .7 1.1 1.1 .3 .3 Construction and extraction occupations.......................... 7.1 6.5 12.7 11.7 .4 .3 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................ 3.8 3.7 6.7 6.6 .3 .3 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 12.0 11.9 17.3 17.3 5.7 5.4 Production occupations........................................... 6.3 6.1 8.4 8.1 3.9 3.6 Transportation and material moving occupations................... 5.7 5.8 9.0 9.2 1.9 1.8 Black or African American Total, 16 years and over (thousands).............................. 16,051 15,953 7,500 7,398 8,551 8,554 Percent........................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Management, professional, and related occupations................... 27.1 27.4 22.3 23.0 31.2 31.3 Management, business, and financial operations occupations....... 10.1 10.0 9.2 9.6 11.0 10.4 Professional and related occupations............................. 16.9 17.4 13.1 13.3 20.3 20.9 Service occupations................................................. 23.3 24.4 19.2 20.1 26.8 28.2 Sales and office occupations........................................ 26.2 25.5 18.7 18.2 32.7 31.9 Sales and related occupations.................................... 10.3 9.9 8.8 8.4 11.7 11.1 Office and administrative support occupations.................... 15.8 15.7 10.0 9.8 21.0 20.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 7.0 6.4 14.0 13.0 .8 .7 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations....................... .3 .3 .4 .5 .2 .1 Construction and extraction occupations.......................... 4.0 3.4 8.1 7.0 .3 .3 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................ 2.7 2.7 5.5 5.6 .3 .3 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 16.5 16.2 25.7 25.7 8.5 7.9 Production occupations........................................... 7.4 6.9 9.6 9.2 5.4 4.8 Transportation and material moving occupations................... 9.2 9.3 16.1 16.5 3.1 3.1 Asian Total, 16 years and over (thousands).............................. 6,839 6,917 3,677 3,692 3,162 3,225 Percent........................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Management, professional, and related occupations................... 48.1 48.2 49.3 50.1 46.8 46.0 Management, business, and financial operations occupations....... 15.8 16.5 15.8 16.6 15.7 16.4 Professional and related occupations............................. 32.4 31.7 33.5 33.5 31.1 29.7 Service occupations................................................. 16.0 16.3 13.5 13.6 18.9 19.4 Sales and office occupations........................................ 21.9 21.5 18.4 17.5 26.0 26.1 Sales and related occupations.................................... 11.4 11.1 11.5 10.9 11.4 11.4 Office and administrative support occupations.................... 10.5 10.4 6.9 6.6 14.7 14.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 4.4 4.1 7.4 7.2 .9 .6 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations....................... .2 .2 .2 .3 .3 .2 Construction and extraction occupations.......................... 1.7 1.8 3.1 3.2 .1 .1 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................ 2.4 2.1 4.1 3.7 .5 .3 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 9.6 9.9 11.4 11.6 7.4 7.8 Production occupations........................................... 6.5 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.3 6.6 Transportation and material moving occupations................... 3.0 3.2 4.7 4.9 1.0 1.2 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Total, 16 years and over (thousands).............................. 20,382 20,346 12,310 12,248 8,072 8,098 Percent........................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Management, professional, and related occupations................... 17.8 18.3 14.3 14.8 23.1 23.5 Management, business, and financial operations occupations....... 7.7 8.1 7.2 7.7 8.6 8.8 Professional and related occupations............................. 10.0 10.2 7.1 7.2 14.5 14.7 Service occupations................................................. 24.1 24.2 19.7 19.6 30.7 31.3 Sales and office occupations........................................ 21.1 21.4 13.2 13.9 33.1 32.9 Sales and related occupations.................................... 9.3 9.3 7.2 7.5 12.4 12.1 Office and administrative support occupations.................... 11.8 12.1 6.0 6.4 20.7 20.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 19.4 18.2 31.0 29.1 1.8 1.7 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations....................... 1.9 1.9 2.5 2.6 1.0 .9 Construction and extraction occupations.......................... 14.0 12.6 22.8 20.7 .6 .4 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................ 3.6 3.7 5.7 5.9 .2 .4 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 17.6 17.8 21.7 22.6 11.3 10.6 Production occupations........................................... 9.4 9.3 10.4 10.6 8.0 7.4 Transportation and material moving occupations................... 8.2 8.5 11.3 12.0 3.3 3.2 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.