Employed persons by detailed industry, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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ANNUAL AVERAGES
18. Employed persons by detailed industry, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[Numbers in thousands]
Industry	2011
	Total employed	Percent of total employed
	Total employed	Women	Black or African American	Asian	Hispanic or Latino
Total, 16 years and over	139,869	46.9	10.8	4.9	14.5

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	2,254	24.7	2.3	1.0	23.2
Crop production	966	25.4	1.9	1.4	31.5
Animal production	907	24.2	1.5	0.4	15.4
Forestry, except logging	42	-	-	-	-
Logging	97	8.5	12.1	0.0	1.9
Fishing, hunting, and trapping	51	12.9	5.8	4.3	7.8
Support activities for agriculture and forestry	191	33.8	2.8	0.8	36.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	817	12.1	4.5	1.6	16.0
Oil and gas extraction	64	19.6	8.4	5.0	7.2
Coal mining	110	4.8	0.2	0.0	4.5
Metal ore mining	40	-	-	-	-
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying	66	7.1	1.4	0.0	10.0
Not specified type of mining	16	-	-	-	-
Support activities for mining	521	13.9	5.8	1.9	20.0

Construction	9,039	9.2	5.5	1.5	24.4

Manufacturing	14,336	28.7	8.7	6.0	15.0
Durable goods manufacturing	9,007	24.8	7.2	6.5	12.7
Nonmetallic mineral products manufacturing	392	18.4	4.0	2.5	17.5
Pottery, ceramics, and plumbing fixture manufacturing	29	-	-	-	-
Structural clay product manufacturing	27	-	-	-	-
Glass and glass product manufacturing	140	21.6	3.5	3.9	17.0
Cement, concrete, lime, and gypsum product manufacturing	143	8.8	4.6	0.1	18.4
Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing	52	21.1	1.4	1.1	21.7
Primary metals and fabricated metal products manufacturing	1,658	15.2	5.9	3.0	15.7
Iron and steel mills and steel product manufacturing	295	8.4	11.5	1.4	15.2
Aluminum production and processing	65	21.2	12.6	0.5	18.4
Nonferrous metal, except aluminum, production and processing	63	14.9	3.8	2.5	15.2
Foundries	87	12.7	4.9	0.5	17.1
Metal forgings and stampings	46	-	-	-	-
Cutlery and hand tool manufacturing	44	-	-	-	-
Structural metals, and boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing	345	15.3	4.4	2.8	18.5
Machine shops; turned product; screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing	307	10.2	1.6	3.1	12.9
Coating, engraving, heat treating and allied activities	81	16.2	9.1	6.6	20.0
Ordnance	41	-	-	-	-
Miscellaneous fabricated metal products manufacturing	258	23.5	4.2	4.6	13.1
Not specified metal industries	26	-	-	-	-
Machinery manufacturing	1,126	21.5	7.8	3.8	8.8
Agricultural implement manufacturing	104	18.1	7.0	1.6	7.0
Construction, and mining and oil and gas field machinery manufacturing	147	18.2	8.4	3.2	9.7
Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing	85	28.3	10.1	8.5	7.4
Metalworking machinery manufacturing	137	14.4	6.1	1.9	2.1
Engines, turbines, and power transmission equipment manufacturing	61	15.6	5.7	0.0	10.8
Machinery manufacturing, n.e.c.	584	23.9	8.1	4.6	10.2
Not specified machinery manufacturing	7	-	-	-	-
Computers and electronic products manufacturing	1,267	33.4	5.0	17.3	9.1
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing	274	31.2	6.5	16.2	6.9
Communications, and audio and video equipment manufacturing	128	31.8	7.6	22.9	8.2
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing	214	35.4	6.0	5.6	9.8
Electronic component and product manufacturing, n.e.c.	650	34.1	3.6	20.6	9.9
Electrical equipment and appliances manufacturing	366	29.6	9.4	4.8	11.6
Household appliance manufacturing	70	40.1	16.1	6.3	6.7
Electrical lighting and electrical equipment manufacturing, and other electrical component manufacturing, n.e.c.	296	27.1	7.8	4.4	12.8
Transportation equipment manufacturing	2,022	23.2	9.8	6.4	9.5
Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment manufacturing	994	25.9	11.5	5.6	8.2
Aircraft and parts manufacturing	390	20.1	6.5	8.1	11.0
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing	438	22.6	6.7	7.9	11.5
Railroad rolling stock manufacturing	19	-	-	-	-
Ship and boat building	147	16.7	18.2	3.2	8.0
Other transportation equipment manufacturing	33	-	-	-	-
Wood products manufacturing	375	14.1	8.0	1.7	16.0
Sawmills and wood preservation	135	11.6	13.8	0.4	12.5
Veneer, plywood, and engineered wood products	20	-	-	-	-
Prefabricated wood buildings and mobile homes	22	-	-	-	-
Miscellaneous wood products	198	15.6	5.3	2.6	19.9
Furniture and fixtures manufacturing	474	24.2	5.8	2.7	18.2
Miscellaneous manufacturing	1,328	37.4	7.3	7.5	16.3
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing	573	42.4	7.3	10.6	13.7
Sporting and athletic goods, and doll, toy and game manufacturing	110	38.9	4.4	5.0	15.8
Miscellaneous manufacturing, n.e.c.	479	33.0	6.8	5.0	16.7
Not specified manufacturing industries	167	31.7	10.7	5.4	24.1
Nondurable goods manufacturing	5,329	35.2	11.1	5.2	18.9
Food manufacturing	1,685	36.9	13.5	6.0	27.4
Animal food, grain, and oilseed milling	161	28.8	10.1	2.1	14.5
Sugar and confectionery products	82	30.8	7.8	3.6	24.3
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing	158	42.3	11.5	4.4	31.6
Dairy product manufacturing	165	29.7	5.6	3.1	17.9
Animal slaughtering and processing	507	32.5	19.7	8.6	35.2
Retail bakeries	191	57.8	13.7	9.6	26.2
Bakeries, except retail	194	33.9	9.6	2.4	28.3
Seafood and other miscellaneous foods, n.e.c.	188	40.8	16.2	7.3	23.2
Not specified food industries	38	-	-	-	-
Beverage and tobacco products manufacturing	260	26.0	13.8	3.5	12.4
Beverage manufacturing	243	25.6	13.1	3.7	12.2
Tobacco manufacturing	18	-	-	-	-
Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing	601	53.4	11.0	5.9	28.4
Fiber, yarn, and thread mills	10	-	-	-	-
Fabric mills, except knitting mills	108	45.4	15.3	1.9	22.3
Textile and fabric finishing and coating mills	21	-	-	-	-
Carpet and rug mills	52	42.6	13.3	0.0	32.6
Textile product mills, except carpet and rug	82	58.7	3.8	2.9	25.5
Knitting fabric mills, and apparel knitting mills	32	-	-	-	-
Cut and sew apparel manufacturing	222	59.3	10.8	12.4	38.0
Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing	7	-	-	-	-
Footwear manufacturing	42	-	-	-	-
Leather tanning and finishing and other allied products manufacturing	25	-	-	-	-
Paper manufacturing and printing	872	27.4	9.1	2.4	10.7
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills	173	18.5	13.6	2.3	7.7
Paperboard containers and boxes	90	16.1	15.2	1.7	12.1
Miscellaneous paper and pulp products	84	30.9	4.8	3.7	7.6
Printing and related support activities	524	31.8	7.3	2.3	11.9
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing	187	19.1	9.5	4.6	14.8
Petroleum refining	167	20.4	9.4	3.9	16.3
Miscellaneous petroleum and coal products	20	-	-	-	-
Chemicals manufacturing	1,267	35.4	9.6	6.6	12.1
Resin, synthetic rubber and fibers, and filaments manufacturing	189	27.1	8.4	2.4	18.7
Agricultural chemical manufacturing	30	-	-	-	-
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing	458	49.0	11.9	10.3	10.4
Paint, coating, and adhesive manufacturing	65	23.2	8.1	2.2	11.9
Soap, cleaning compound, and cosmetics manufacturing	132	49.1	8.2	8.9	18.4
Industrial and miscellaneous chemicals	391	21.7	8.3	4.7	9.0
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing	457	31.6	9.7	3.7	15.8
Plastics product manufacturing	315	32.7	9.0	4.8	19.3
Tire manufacturing	65	16.7	15.3	1.2	6.9
Rubber product, except tire, manufacturing	77	39.5	7.6	1.7	8.7

Wholesale and retail trade	19,726	44.7	10.2	4.5	14.8
Wholesale trade	3,798	28.5	7.5	4.6	15.6
Motor vehicles, parts and supplies, merchant wholesalers	193	24.1	5.9	3.8	17.0
Furniture and home furnishing, merchant wholesalers	70	30.3	5.0	8.2	15.0
Lumber and other construction materials, merchant wholesalers	146	19.8	6.0	2.1	16.5
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies, merchant wholesalers	384	34.2	5.7	4.8	9.8
Metals and minerals, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers	47	-	-	-	-
Electrical and electronic goods, merchant wholesalers	194	24.1	5.3	5.6	15.2
Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies, merchant wholesalers	138	25.7	4.2	1.6	5.5
Machinery, equipment, and supplies, merchant wholesalers	369	26.1	4.5	1.8	8.1
Recyclable material, merchant wholesalers	117	12.5	10.1	1.7	21.2
Miscellaneous durable goods, merchant wholesalers	103	37.4	3.2	5.4	18.0
Paper and paper products, merchant wholesalers	67	33.2	8.2	2.9	10.7
Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products, merchant wholesalers	239	44.2	8.5	6.7	10.7
Apparel, fabrics, and notions, merchant wholesalers	108	52.7	4.7	20.8	19.8
Groceries and related products, merchant wholesalers	843	24.9	11.0	3.8	24.0
Farm product raw materials, merchant wholesalers	63	26.9	4.1	0.0	6.6
Petroleum and petroleum products, merchant wholesalers	167	25.9	10.3	3.5	10.9
Alcoholic beverages, merchant wholesalers	135	13.9	8.8	1.5	11.1
Farm supplies, merchant wholesalers	64	23.2	5.3	0.0	12.3
Miscellaneous nondurable goods, merchant wholesalers	215	36.9	8.2	4.9	23.3
Wholesale electronic markets, agents and brokers	88	33.8	6.7	16.0	14.1
Not specified wholesale trade	47	-	-	-	-
Retail trade	15,927	48.6	10.8	4.5	14.6
Automobile dealers	1,194	18.2	7.6	1.8	12.8
Other motor vehicle dealers	132	23.9	1.9	0.8	4.4
Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores	548	16.9	7.6	1.9	18.1
Furniture and home furnishings stores	518	41.0	8.5	2.0	17.5
Household appliance stores	62	28.4	5.7	3.5	12.3
Radio, TV, and computer stores	536	28.3	10.8	8.0	15.5
Building material and supplies dealers	855	28.9	7.9	1.3	12.1
Hardware stores	252	29.2	9.9	1.0	6.6
Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores	261	29.8	0.5	0.6	8.0
Grocery stores	2,805	50.2	10.7	5.3	17.1
Specialty food stores	271	46.2	8.0	6.9	20.0
Beer, wine, and liquor stores	129	35.6	12.7	5.4	10.3
Pharmacies and drug stores	826	65.0	12.9	6.5	10.5
Health and personal care, except drug, stores	318	64.1	12.1	6.2	10.4
Gasoline stations	454	50.5	10.1	9.9	8.0
Clothing stores	1,012	75.4	15.3	6.4	18.2
Shoe stores	160	58.9	17.2	4.0	24.0
Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores	212	66.2	4.1	9.9	13.4
Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores	453	40.1	5.9	4.5	11.6
Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores	66	72.5	4.0	5.9	11.9
Music stores	84	26.3	9.5	2.0	17.3
Book stores and news dealers	150	60.9	5.0	4.1	7.8
Department stores and discount stores	2,218	61.0	16.3	3.8	16.2
Miscellaneous general merchandise stores	491	60.2	14.6	5.0	18.5
Retail florists	80	76.2	4.7	2.6	16.3
Office supplies and stationery stores	145	40.7	11.6	7.4	9.5
Used merchandise stores	223	62.1	9.8	2.7	12.1
Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops	159	76.3	5.0	7.2	7.2
Miscellaneous retail stores	485	54.6	7.2	2.8	14.9
Electronic shopping	151	44.8	10.8	12.9	11.5
Electronic auctions	20	-	-	-	-
Mail order houses	62	68.2	9.9	2.0	6.4
Vending machine operators	44	-	-	-	-
Fuel dealers	80	27.6	4.8	0.3	3.8
Other direct selling establishments	202	69.4	10.2	2.9	19.0
Not specified retail trade	269	53.0	17.9	6.6	15.5

Transportation and utilities	7,200	22.6	15.6	3.9	15.1
Transportation and warehousing	5,957	22.6	17.0	4.3	16.0
Air transportation	509	35.3	12.8	4.7	12.9
Rail transportation	246	10.5	12.6	2.5	7.4
Water transportation	67	18.8	8.7	6.7	8.6
Truck transportation	1,739	11.8	12.6	1.6	16.4
Bus service and urban transit	505	36.0	30.3	2.7	17.2
Taxi and limousine service	234	11.0	30.3	20.2	16.1
Pipeline transportation	57	18.8	4.3	0.6	10.7
Scenic and sightseeing transportation	34	-	-	-	-
Services incidental to transportation	801	23.9	15.9	5.4	21.8
Postal Service	711	39.7	18.1	7.2	10.8
Couriers and messengers	693	20.0	20.0	3.0	13.6
Warehousing and storage	361	23.5	19.5	3.8	27.9
Utilities	1,243	22.2	9.0	2.1	10.7
Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution	659	21.5	8.4	1.8	9.7
Natural gas distribution	117	27.1	9.7	0.4	9.9
Electric and gas, and other combinations	84	32.0	8.9	5.7	8.2
Water, steam, air-conditioning, and irrigation systems	245	21.7	8.6	1.9	15.2
Sewage treatment facilities	109	11.8	11.5	2.5	8.3
Not specified utilities	29	-	-	-	-

Information	3,150	40.2	10.8	5.6	9.5
Newspaper publishers	281	41.0	7.8	2.7	7.6
Periodical, book, and directory publishers	263	54.8	6.5	4.3	5.7
Software publishers	63	26.8	0.9	16.6	3.0
Motion pictures and video industries	386	35.6	6.9	6.1	11.6
Sound recording industries	40	-	-	-	-
Radio and television broadcasting and cable subscription programming	596	33.5	12.3	3.0	13.2
Internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals	63	35.8	3.0	15.0	7.1
Wired telecommunications carriers	564	32.8	14.6	5.6	10.9
Other telecommunications services	541	35.5	13.0	7.6	9.5
Data processing, hosting, and related services	101	47.2	13.7	9.0	7.9
Libraries and archives	217	81.2	9.4	4.7	5.1
Other information services	34	-	-	-	-

Financial activities	9,386	54.7	9.4	5.5	10.6
Finance and insurance	6,613	57.6	9.3	6.2	9.7
Banking and related activities	2,062	63.3	9.7	7.3	12.7
Savings institutions, including credit unions	263	72.3	9.5	6.0	11.0
Non-depository credit and related activities	747	55.5	10.2	6.3	11.7
Securities, commodities, funds, trusts, and other financial investments	1,127	38.7	5.7	8.1	6.1
Insurance carriers and related activities	2,414	60.7	10.2	4.3	8.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,773	47.6	9.6	4.0	12.8
Real estate	2,384	51.0	9.2	3.7	12.7
Rental and leasing services	389	27.1	12.0	5.6	13.5
Automotive equipment rental and leasing	176	26.5	17.7	8.0	11.4
Video tape and disk rental	23	-	-	-	-
Other consumer goods rental	92	29.6	12.9	3.2	23.0
Commercial, industrial, and other intangible assets rental and leasing	97	19.5	3.5	3.8	7.5

Professional and business services	15,819	41.0	8.7	6.1	14.7
Professional and technical services	9,461	42.5	5.9	8.3	6.9
Legal services	1,665	54.4	6.7	3.9	6.6
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services	1,012	62.6	7.4	6.1	8.6
Architectural, engineering, and related services	1,496	23.0	5.2	4.7	6.6
Specialized design services	379	53.2	3.4	4.2	9.6
Computer systems design and related services	1,935	25.0	5.6	19.4	5.8
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services	1,309	41.1	5.9	7.5	5.6
Scientific research and development services	541	45.4	6.0	10.5	8.0
Advertising and related services	518	51.8	5.9	3.7	5.3
Veterinary services	270	79.5	3.0	2.5	8.8
Other professional, scientific, and technical services	335	56.0	6.8	5.5	11.7
Management, administrative, and waste services	6,358	38.6	12.8	2.9	26.3
Management of companies and enterprises	195	47.1	7.6	3.9	10.7
Employment services	895	51.6	20.5	3.7	21.1
Business support services	830	62.9	14.5	3.1	12.1
Travel arrangements and reservation services	262	57.6	10.1	7.8	10.7
Investigation and security services	800	22.0	22.6	4.1	15.3
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,373	52.4	11.2	2.1	37.2
Landscaping services	1,258	9.7	5.1	1.2	43.7
Other administrative and other support services	275	44.9	10.0	4.6	16.8
Waste management and remediation services	469	18.8	9.7	1.4	21.7

Education and health services	31,867	74.4	13.8	4.8	10.5
Educational services	12,965	68.4	10.7	3.7	9.6
Elementary and secondary schools	8,524	75.5	11.0	2.1	10.8
Colleges and universities, including junior colleges	3,607	53.5	10.7	7.2	7.2
Business, technical, and trade schools and training	123	53.3	13.4	6.5	9.0
Other schools and instruction, and educational support services	711	62.5	5.9	5.2	6.9
Health care and social assistance	18,902	78.5	16.0	5.5	11.1
Hospitals	6,315	75.8	15.3	7.2	8.7
Health services, except hospitals	9,367	78.1	15.9	5.1	11.2
Offices of physicians	1,512	77.4	7.3	5.8	11.4
Offices of dentists	866	81.2	3.9	5.9	12.0
Offices of chiropractors	129	61.3	1.9	4.5	9.9
Offices of optometrists	123	77.4	2.2	3.2	11.9
Offices of other health practitioners	279	76.0	4.9	5.8	9.1
Outpatient care centers	1,214	78.3	12.7	5.0	11.5
Home health care services	968	88.6	25.5	4.3	16.1
Other health care services	1,738	70.6	15.2	6.9	10.6
Nursing care facilities	1,778	83.8	26.2	4.1	9.1
Residential care facilities, without nursing	760	69.9	25.3	2.1	10.4
Social assistance	3,221	85.0	17.7	3.5	15.7
Individual and family services	1,481	79.1	17.6	4.3	16.0
Community food and housing, and emergency services	99	67.6	21.1	4.4	15.7
Vocational rehabilitation services	156	55.0	17.3	2.2	6.9
Child day care services	1,485	95.2	17.5	2.7	16.3

Leisure and hospitality	12,697	50.4	11.2	6.4	19.6
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	2,922	45.3	8.6	5.1	11.1
Independent artists, performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries	798	40.3	9.4	2.8	8.6
Museums, art galleries, historical sites, and similar institutions	371	47.3	14.0	4.0	10.2
Bowling centers	51	41.9	2.5	1.1	9.6
Other amusement, gambling, and recreation industries	1,702	47.3	7.3	6.5	12.6
Accommodation and food services	9,775	51.9	12.0	6.8	22.1
Accommodation	1,407	53.5	14.4	8.6	23.6
Traveler accommodation	1,301	53.7	15.1	9.0	25.0
Recreational vehicle parks and camps, and rooming and boarding houses	106	52.2	5.1	3.8	5.6
Food services and drinking places	8,368	51.6	11.6	6.5	21.9
Restaurants and other food services	8,148	51.5	11.8	6.6	22.1
Drinking places, alcoholic beverages	220	56.2	5.9	2.2	12.8

Other services	6,724	52.0	9.1	6.6	16.6
Other services, except private households	6,002	47.5	9.2	6.9	14.3
Repair and maintenance	1,984	10.7	6.4	4.0	20.3
Automotive repair and maintenance	1,132	8.4	6.1	3.2	20.4
Car washes	165	11.8	10.3	4.8	38.4
Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance	182	11.0	11.3	7.7	15.4
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance	308	8.5	3.7	2.6	15.7
Personal and household goods repair and maintenance	192	26.7	5.0	6.8	16.8
Footwear and leather goods repair	4	-	-	-	-
Personal and laundry services	2,218	74.6	11.1	12.7	14.4
Barber shops	97	23.4	22.5	3.1	18.0
Beauty salons	961	91.5	11.8	5.7	13.1
Nail salons and other personal care services	377	78.1	3.8	40.3	4.2
Drycleaning and laundry services	327	58.5	15.1	18.6	29.2
Funeral homes, and cemeteries and crematories	106	38.6	10.7	2.8	9.7
Other personal services	350	64.6	10.2	1.8	15.7
Membership associations and organizations	1,800	54.6	10.1	3.0	7.6
Religious organizations	1,025	48.4	9.9	3.1	6.8
Civic, social, advocacy organizations, and grantmaking and giving services	579	67.0	11.1	3.0	9.2
Labor unions	76	37.3	9.9	3.1	11.1
Business, professional, political, and similar organizations	121	58.8	6.6	2.2	4.5
Private households	722	89.3	8.4	3.7	35.2

Public administration	6,853	44.7	15.3	3.2	10.1
Executive offices and legislative bodies	884	53.7	13.7	2.7	11.5
Public finance activities	346	62.3	17.6	4.7	6.8
Other general government and support	138	37.3	13.1	3.3	9.0
Justice, public order, and safety activities	2,820	33.6	14.3	2.1	10.8
Administration of human resource programs	976	72.4	21.2	3.9	11.6
Administration of environmental quality and housing programs	299	41.6	8.0	3.6	4.6
Administration of economic programs and space research	594	43.7	13.9	3.8	7.1
National security and international affairs	795	35.2	17.0	5.1	10.3
n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not shown 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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2012