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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
13. Employed Hispanic or Latino workers by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and detailed ethnic group
[In thousands]
Category Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total(1) Mexican Puerto Rican Cuban
2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012

Total, 16 years and over

 20,269 21,878 12,697 13,552 1,627 1,830 867 994

Men

 12,049 12,643 7,850 8,137 822 926 484 525

Women

 8,220 9,235 4,848 5,414 805 904 383 469

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations

 3,952 4,516 2,058 2,361 449 538 296 338

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 1,662 1,940 884 1,037 172 202 129 154

Management occupations

 1,169 1,410 628 747 103 141 93 122

Business and financial operations occupations

 493 530 255 290 69 61 35 32

Professional and related occupations

 2,291 2,576 1,175 1,324 277 336 167 185

Computer and mathematical occupations

 205 234 95 106 30 34 12 12

Architecture and engineering occupations

 178 212 96 116 15 16 14 16

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 77 88 33 45 8 9 3 3

Community and social service occupations

 251 251 134 135 40 47 7 6

Legal occupations

 95 133 47 59 8 20 11 17

Education, training, and library occupations

 713 829 375 446 82 97 61 72

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 252 250 125 123 23 23 13 11

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations

 518 579 270 295 71 89 47 48

Service occupations

 5,201 5,754 3,318 3,583 374 412 151 186

Healthcare support occupations

 466 536 252 293 60 68 17 32

Protective service occupations

 404 425 224 241 73 69 22 26

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 1,692 1,911 1,168 1,315 90 104 42 37

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 1,909 2,020 1,254 1,244 83 95 43 63

Personal care and service occupations

 730 862 419 489 68 75 27 28

Sales and office occupations

 4,370 4,650 2,571 2,763 482 515 229 237

Sales and related occupations

 1,935 2,091 1,102 1,260 196 202 115 108

Office and administrative support occupations

 2,435 2,559 1,469 1,503 286 312 114 129

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 3,296 3,268 2,403 2,352 117 126 85 96

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 430 440 392 388 3 4 1 3

Construction and extraction occupations

 2,095 2,027 1,531 1,455 57 60 46 53

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 771 801 480 509 57 62 38 39

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 3,450 3,690 2,348 2,493 205 239 106 136

Production occupations

 1,761 1,838 1,248 1,305 92 97 42 59

Transportation and material moving occupations

 1,689 1,852 1,099 1,187 113 142 65 77

CLASS OF WORKER(2)

Agriculture

Wage and salary workers(3)

 501 468 457 423 2 2 3 5

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 21 21 13 13 1 1 1 2

Nonagricultural industries

Wage and salary workers(3)

 18,572 20,044 11,478 12,250 1,579 1,773 813 930

Government

 2,105 2,262 1,251 1,306 276 294 107 110

Private industries

 16,467 17,782 10,227 10,944 1,303 1,479 706 819

Private households

 254 275 129 137 4 10 3 7

Other industries

 16,213 17,508 10,098 10,807 1,299 1,469 704 813

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 1,162 1,334 738 859 45 54 49 58

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(4)

Full-time workers

 16,446 17,663 10,236 10,931 1,341 1,465 734 841

Part-time workers

 3,823 4,214 2,462 2,621 286 365 133 153

Footnotes
 (1) Includes persons of Central or South American origin and of other Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, not shown separately.
(2) Unpaid family workers are included in total employed, but are not shown separately.
(3) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
(4) 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. Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours.

NOTE: 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.

Last Modified Date: February 5, 2013