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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
18. Employed persons by detailed industry, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[Numbers in thousands]
Industry 2012
Total
employed
Percent of total employed
Women Black or
African
American
Asian Hispanic
or Latino

Total, 16 years and over

142,469 47.0 11.1 5.4 15.4

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting

2,186 25.6 2.8 1.5 22.5

Crop production

955 25.2 2.8 1.8 29.9

Animal production

899 26.2 1.8 1.1 16.8

Forestry, except logging

49 - - - -

Logging

82 8.8 9.9 0.0 2.3

Fishing, hunting, and trapping

42 - - - -

Support activities for agriculture and forestry

160 35.5 3.5 0.6 29.5

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

957 13.2 4.7 1.4 17.5

Oil and gas extraction

92 23.3 4.1 1.3 9.2

Coal mining

97 5.9 1.0 0.0 2.5

Metal ore mining

45 - - - -

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying

88 13.5 1.4 0.5 7.7

Not specified type of mining

15 - - - -

Support activities for mining

620 12.8 6.3 1.8 22.5

Construction

8,964 9.0 5.6 1.9 24.4

Manufacturing

14,686 29.0 8.7 6.2 15.3

Durable goods manufacturing

9,244 25.0 7.6 6.6 12.7

Nonmetallic mineral products manufacturing

403 21.0 5.9 1.3 14.6

Pottery, ceramics, and plumbing fixture manufacturing

32 - - - -

Structural clay product manufacturing

28 - - - -

Glass and glass product manufacturing

150 29.2 5.5 1.2 10.5

Cement, concrete, lime, and gypsum product manufacturing

136 7.1 5.7 1.6 17.8

Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

57 16.7 3.7 0.1 21.5

Primary metals and fabricated metal products manufacturing

1,657 17.7 7.1 3.0 14.7

Iron and steel mills and steel product manufacturing

288 12.8 12.1 1.7 13.9

Aluminum production and processing

67 16.7 5.4 0.7 12.6

Nonferrous metal, except aluminum, production and processing

68 11.8 9.7 10.4 11.3

Foundries

87 13.5 11.6 0.3 11.7

Metal forgings and stampings

49 - - - -

Cutlery and hand tool manufacturing

44 - - - -

Structural metals, and boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing

362 18.6 4.7 4.1 20.4

Machine shops; turned product; screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing

294 10.4 3.5 2.6 9.7

Coating, engraving, heat treating and allied activities

68 22.9 7.3 2.3 23.0

Ordnance

44 - - - -

Miscellaneous fabricated metal products manufacturing

269 25.0 6.1 3.5 11.3

Not specified metal industries

17 - - - -

Machinery manufacturing

1,295 21.4 6.6 4.3 10.0

Agricultural implement manufacturing

125 20.0 5.6 3.7 10.7

Construction, and mining and oil and gas field machinery manufacturing

161 15.6 4.7 3.6 10.2

Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing

86 34.1 5.7 8.3 5.8

Metalworking machinery manufacturing

155 14.7 4.8 4.1 2.7

Engines, turbines, and power transmission equipment manufacturing

73 21.3 9.3 6.7 9.6

Machinery manufacturing, n.e.c.

690 23.1 7.5 3.7 12.1

Not specified machinery manufacturing

6 - - - -

Computers and electronic products manufacturing

1,272 30.9 5.2 18.7 9.9

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

251 34.1 5.1 21.8 7.3

Communications, and audio and video equipment manufacturing

129 23.8 11.8 16.8 8.7

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

224 30.3 6.4 7.4 11.8

Electronic component and product manufacturing, n.e.c.

668 31.3 3.6 21.7 10.5

Electrical equipment and appliances manufacturing

390 31.7 10.9 5.0 14.3

Household appliance manufacturing

70 42.3 24.4 3.6 5.4

Electrical lighting and electrical equipment manufacturing, and other electrical component manufacturing, n.e.c.

321 29.4 8.0 5.2 16.2

Transportation equipment manufacturing

2,061 22.3 10.4 6.1 9.4

Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment manufacturing

1,034 24.2 14.2 4.2 6.9

Aircraft and parts manufacturing

385 21.3 5.6 7.0 12.4

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

427 22.9 4.8 11.7 11.4

Railroad rolling stock manufacturing

29 - - - -

Ship and boat building

150 10.2 16.1 3.1 12.6

Other transportation equipment manufacturing

36 - - - -

Wood products manufacturing

388 14.9 7.3 2.1 17.3

Sawmills and wood preservation

126 10.3 11.1 1.0 8.5

Veneer, plywood, and engineered wood products

32 - - - -

Prefabricated wood buildings and mobile homes

32 - - - -

Miscellaneous wood products

199 16.7 6.6 3.2 25.8

Furniture and fixtures manufacturing

410 24.9 8.5 1.3 19.2

Miscellaneous manufacturing

1,366 38.1 6.6 7.8 16.1

Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing

583 42.4 5.6 11.5 13.2

Sporting and athletic goods, and doll, toy and game manufacturing

108 35.5 3.8 4.3 12.2

Miscellaneous manufacturing, n.e.c.

490 35.6 7.7 4.8 17.3

Not specified manufacturing industries

186 33.1 8.6 6.5 24.7

Nondurable goods manufacturing

5,443 35.7 10.6 5.5 19.7

Food manufacturing

1,706 40.6 11.7 6.3 28.8

Animal food, grain, and oilseed milling

151 26.9 8.8 2.7 16.4

Sugar and confectionery products

72 42.1 10.9 8.0 27.9

Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing

132 37.0 9.4 2.2 30.4

Dairy product manufacturing

150 28.1 5.2 5.5 19.5

Animal slaughtering and processing

480 37.1 16.3 7.8 39.0

Retail bakeries

279 61.9 10.7 8.1 26.8

Bakeries, except retail

183 37.5 11.6 3.8 32.9

Seafood and other miscellaneous foods, n.e.c.

190 43.3 11.8 5.9 20.4

Not specified food industries

70 41.1 9.7 11.3 22.6

Beverage and tobacco products manufacturing

272 26.4 17.2 3.3 14.1

Beverage manufacturing

257 26.2 16.8 3.4 14.1

Tobacco manufacturing

15 - - - -

Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing

597 52.9 8.8 7.2 29.4

Fiber, yarn, and thread mills

9 - - - -

Fabric mills, except knitting mills

103 44.0 13.2 3.3 25.4

Textile and fabric finishing and coating mills

23 - - - -

Carpet and rug mills

50 43.5 8.3 3.1 30.0

Textile product mills, except carpet and rug

93 52.5 6.0 0.8 29.9

Knitting fabric mills, and apparel knitting mills

24 - - - -

Cut and sew apparel manufacturing

223 62.0 7.9 15.2 35.3

Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing

8 - - - -

Footwear manufacturing

35 - - - -

Leather tanning and finishing and other allied products manufacturing

30 - - - -

Paper manufacturing and printing

883 28.2 9.6 2.4 13.4

Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills

189 16.7 17.5 0.8 8.5

Paperboard containers and boxes

94 17.8 14.3 0.0 21.6

Miscellaneous paper and pulp products

85 34.8 6.9 5.0 11.0

Printing and related support activities

515 33.2 6.3 3.0 14.1

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing

207 17.7 7.3 2.9 18.4

Petroleum refining

191 17.6 6.8 2.6 18.2

Miscellaneous petroleum and coal products

16 - - - -

Chemicals manufacturing

1,286 33.4 10.1 7.3 11.6

Resin, synthetic rubber and fibers, and filaments manufacturing

206 30.0 9.2 3.8 17.9

Agricultural chemical manufacturing

31 - - - -

Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing

451 46.6 12.0 13.5 9.3

Paint, coating, and adhesive manufacturing

56 18.5 0.7 5.4 14.3

Soap, cleaning compound, and cosmetics manufacturing

140 53.0 11.1 8.2 17.6

Industrial and miscellaneous chemicals

401 16.6 9.7 2.8 8.9

Plastics and rubber products manufacturing

491 30.2 9.8 3.6 12.7

Plastics product manufacturing

331 32.0 8.7 4.4 13.6

Tire manufacturing

79 25.1 16.4 2.1 10.5

Rubber product, except tire, manufacturing

80 28.0 8.2 1.8 11.0

Wholesale and retail trade

19,876 44.6 10.6 5.1 15.5

Wholesale trade

3,694 28.6 7.1 5.0 16.8

Motor vehicles, parts and supplies, merchant wholesalers

185 23.7 9.1 2.4 15.3

Furniture and home furnishing, merchant wholesalers

65 37.1 4.3 6.6 28.4

Lumber and other construction materials, merchant wholesalers

157 21.4 9.1 1.9 18.2

Professional and commercial equipment and supplies, merchant wholesalers

364 38.0 4.7 5.4 10.3

Metals and minerals, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers

47 - - - -

Electrical and electronic goods, merchant wholesalers

207 26.2 1.4 8.1 14.4

Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies, merchant wholesalers

135 20.1 10.6 1.1 5.1

Machinery, equipment, and supplies, merchant wholesalers

379 25.2 5.3 1.9 7.3

Recyclable material, merchant wholesalers

124 15.8 9.8 2.7 23.8

Miscellaneous durable goods, merchant wholesalers

114 28.7 8.2 7.5 15.6

Paper and paper products, merchant wholesalers

52 29.6 7.4 4.3 12.1

Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products, merchant wholesalers

226 45.1 10.2 6.2 11.8

Apparel, fabrics, and notions, merchant wholesalers

104 49.5 4.5 14.9 24.8

Groceries and related products, merchant wholesalers

839 23.4 8.8 4.3 26.0

Farm product raw materials, merchant wholesalers

64 36.7 2.1 1.7 9.5

Petroleum and petroleum products, merchant wholesalers

149 23.5 5.7 6.9 16.4

Alcoholic beverages, merchant wholesalers

121 19.0 6.9 4.7 9.0

Farm supplies, merchant wholesalers

50 25.0 4.0 0.0 15.8

Miscellaneous nondurable goods, merchant wholesalers

188 40.4 7.6 5.0 18.7

Wholesale electronic markets, agents and brokers

85 39.4 7.3 16.5 24.9

Not specified wholesale trade

38 - - - -

Retail trade

16,182 48.3 11.4 5.1 15.2

Automobile dealers

1,237 19.7 8.6 3.0 15.5

Other motor vehicle dealers

126 17.3 3.8 1.6 8.0

Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores

496 15.9 9.3 3.3 18.4

Furniture and home furnishings stores

501 40.2 8.9 3.5 16.4

Household appliance stores

66 29.8 8.0 1.8 12.9

Radio, TV, and computer stores

578 28.8 10.9 5.6 16.2

Building material and supplies dealers

895 30.1 7.7 1.7 14.1

Hardware stores

245 26.5 6.4 2.3 12.3

Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores

280 29.8 3.7 0.1 7.0

Grocery stores

2,792 49.3 11.5 6.0 17.5

Specialty food stores

293 48.2 7.9 5.6 25.7

Beer, wine, and liquor stores

156 36.9 9.0 10.3 10.6

Pharmacies and drug stores

871 63.6 11.4 8.4 12.6

Health and personal care, except drug, stores

327 67.5 8.5 6.9 16.9

Gasoline stations

484 50.6 11.7 12.5 8.6

Clothing stores

1,008 76.8 13.8 6.5 18.3

Shoe stores

183 50.3 17.6 7.5 23.7

Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores

199 66.3 7.7 11.4 11.9

Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores

461 43.6 6.7 3.4 11.3

Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores

68 78.9 2.7 4.0 9.8

Music stores

59 28.7 5.6 6.2 12.4

Book stores and news dealers

150 52.9 9.4 4.4 10.9

Department stores and discount stores

2,205 60.2 19.0 4.2 15.6

Miscellaneous general merchandise stores

506 58.5 16.6 3.8 17.7

Retail florists

97 76.5 7.5 2.3 12.0

Office supplies and stationery stores

142 38.6 6.5 4.1 14.4

Used merchandise stores

255 62.3 10.3 4.3 13.7

Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops

143 73.7 6.8 6.5 11.6

Miscellaneous retail stores

459 53.7 7.3 3.2 12.1

Electronic shopping

168 41.7 5.9 11.7 7.9

Electronic auctions

23 - - - -

Mail order houses

78 65.3 9.0 1.8 10.2

Vending machine operators

42 - - - -

Fuel dealers

81 22.1 4.9 2.6 9.9

Other direct selling establishments

192 73.7 10.0 3.8 14.2

Not specified retail trade

316 51.7 18.0 9.8 15.5

Transportation and utilities

7,271 23.2 15.9 3.9 16.2

Transportation and warehousing

6,082 23.2 17.2 4.2 17.3

Air transportation

559 36.0 14.0 6.0 13.6

Rail transportation

254 9.6 15.8 2.4 11.3

Water transportation

56 16.8 3.9 6.9 14.0

Truck transportation

1,784 11.7 14.5 1.4 18.7

Bus service and urban transit

472 38.1 29.1 3.9 16.0

Taxi and limousine service

225 11.5 31.9 18.2 15.5

Pipeline transportation

59 26.0 5.6 0.6 9.0

Scenic and sightseeing transportation

37 - - - -

Services incidental to transportation

843 24.3 13.5 4.7 23.3

Postal Service

704 40.2 18.9 7.7 10.7

Couriers and messengers

671 19.6 20.2 2.7 14.4

Warehousing and storage

417 28.2 17.4 3.4 28.0

Utilities

1,190 23.3 9.4 2.1 10.8

Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution

620 23.4 9.7 1.9 9.7

Natural gas distribution

111 29.4 8.7 2.8 11.2

Electric and gas, and other combinations

83 34.8 10.2 5.3 6.1

Water, steam, air-conditioning, and irrigation systems

237 20.9 8.7 1.9 15.0

Sewage treatment facilities

121 13.8 8.7 1.4 11.9

Not specified utilities

17 - - - -

Information

2,971 38.2 11.1 6.2 10.2

Newspaper publishers

283 44.7 7.6 2.6 6.8

Periodical, book, and directory publishers

252 52.3 5.2 6.4 5.6

Software publishers

67 35.0 4.9 23.7 5.6

Motion pictures and video industries

370 30.9 8.0 6.4 11.4

Sound recording industries

33 - - - -

Radio and television broadcasting and cable subscription programming

547 32.4 14.2 2.8 14.9

Internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals

60 36.6 6.1 17.1 4.0

Wired telecommunications carriers

523 27.7 15.0 6.9 10.6

Other telecommunications services

487 33.9 13.3 7.8 11.9

Data processing, hosting, and related services

104 43.0 10.5 7.1 7.6

Libraries and archives

210 76.1 9.0 5.0 5.8

Other information services

35 - - - -

Financial activities

9,590 53.3 9.6 5.8 11.7

Finance and insurance

6,786 56.1 9.7 6.4 10.5

Banking and related activities

2,112 60.6 11.2 7.7 12.7

Savings institutions, including credit unions

239 74.7 6.6 5.9 11.9

Non-depository credit and related activities

875 53.3 10.2 7.0 14.1

Securities, commodities, funds, trusts, and other financial investments

1,122 38.6 5.4 9.2 5.9

Insurance carriers and related activities

2,437 59.4 10.6 3.9 9.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

2,804 46.5 9.4 4.1 14.4

Real estate

2,409 49.6 8.6 4.2 14.1

Rental and leasing services

395 27.4 14.1 3.5 16.4

Automotive equipment rental and leasing

172 27.5 18.3 5.6 12.6

Video tape and disk rental

18 - - - -

Other consumer goods rental

103 29.1 15.2 2.3 25.6

Commercial, industrial, and other intangible assets rental and leasing

101 21.2 6.7 0.7 14.5

Professional and business services

16,539 41.1 9.6 6.9 15.2

Professional and technical services

9,913 43.2 6.4 9.4 7.5

Legal services

1,714 56.5 6.7 5.2 9.1

Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

1,044 60.4 8.0 7.1 8.6

Architectural, engineering, and related services

1,525 25.7 6.0 5.1 6.6

Specialized design services

371 57.9 3.8 6.4 11.0

Computer systems design and related services

2,092 24.5 5.8 20.2 5.1

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

1,415 41.7 7.3 7.4 5.9

Scientific research and development services

510 48.1 6.1 13.1 8.5

Advertising and related services

559 50.2 6.1 7.2 7.7

Veterinary services

311 77.1 5.0 2.5 10.9

Other professional, scientific, and technical services

373 56.1 5.9 6.6 10.9

Management, administrative, and waste services

6,626 38.0 14.3 3.2 26.7

Management of companies and enterprises

187 49.7 6.6 5.3 11.8

Employment services

1,037 52.1 21.2 5.1 19.5

Business support services

793 62.9 15.6 2.3 13.2

Travel arrangements and reservation services

268 61.7 11.5 10.3 11.5

Investigation and security services

782 24.2 22.7 3.6 14.8

Services to buildings and dwellings

1,422 52.4 13.9 2.1 40.6

Landscaping services

1,327 7.4 6.6 1.7 42.7

Other administrative and other support services

293 38.7 9.9 5.5 14.6

Waste management and remediation services

518 14.4 14.0 1.2 20.6

Education and health services

32,350 74.5 14.3 5.3 11.4

Educational services

12,945 68.6 11.0 4.2 10.5

Elementary and secondary schools

8,491 75.8 11.3 2.4 11.7

Colleges and universities, including junior colleges

3,609 53.1 11.2 7.9 8.1

Business, technical, and trade schools and training

121 48.2 7.3 4.1 8.3

Other schools and instruction, and educational support services

723 64.2 8.0 6.3 8.2

Health care and social assistance

19,405 78.4 16.5 6.0 12.0

Hospitals

6,113 76.5 16.0 7.1 9.5

Health services, except hospitals

10,009 77.4 16.1 5.7 11.8

Offices of physicians

1,502 76.1 6.8 6.1 11.1

Offices of dentists

835 81.6 5.6 5.7 13.9

Offices of chiropractors

134 61.8 1.5 3.1 12.8

Offices of optometrists

122 72.6 6.8 7.0 6.8

Offices of other health practitioners

257 73.2 5.2 7.7 8.2

Outpatient care centers

1,285 74.6 12.2 5.4 13.3

Home health care services

1,040 87.6 28.4 4.9 16.4

Other health care services

2,392 71.9 15.9 7.4 11.6

Nursing care facilities

1,726 84.7 25.5 4.4 9.6

Residential care facilities, without nursing

717 71.2 22.2 4.3 9.9

Social assistance

3,283 84.9 18.8 4.5 17.0

Individual and family services

1,459 78.9 20.1 5.8 17.1

Community food and housing, and emergency services

118 74.3 28.9 1.6 16.7

Vocational rehabilitation services

158 52.7 20.7 3.2 6.3

Child day care services

1,549 94.8 16.6 3.6 18.1

Leisure and hospitality

13,193 50.8 11.3 6.6 21.9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

3,022 45.5 8.8 5.0 12.6

Independent artists, performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries

824 42.6 9.2 4.2 7.8

Museums, art galleries, historical sites, and similar institutions

340 43.7 9.3 2.6 12.3

Bowling centers

44 - - - -

Other amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

1,813 47.1 8.7 6.0 14.9

Accommodation and food services

10,171 52.4 12.0 7.1 24.7

Accommodation

1,426 57.4 15.0 8.7 26.4

Traveler accommodation

1,332 57.6 15.7 9.1 27.7

Recreational vehicle parks and camps, and rooming and boarding houses

94 55.5 4.5 2.9 6.8

Food services and drinking places

8,745 51.6 11.5 6.9 24.4

Restaurants and other food services

8,484 51.5 11.7 7.0 24.9

Drinking places, alcoholic beverages

261 54.1 7.1 3.3 9.4

Other services

7,168 52.0 9.8 7.7 18.0

Other services, except private households

6,430 47.8 10.0 8.1 15.7

Repair and maintenance

2,146 12.1 7.2 4.3 21.9

Automotive repair and maintenance

1,237 10.0 6.3 3.5 21.6

Car washes

171 13.5 12.0 1.8 36.8

Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance

179 12.2 13.4 11.7 11.2

Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance

360 8.6 6.7 2.5 22.5

Personal and household goods repair and maintenance

191 30.6 4.1 8.5 18.3

Footwear and leather goods repair

8 - - - -

Personal and laundry services

2,379 71.8 12.2 15.5 15.9

Barber shops

121 28.7 35.4 2.2 22.8

Beauty salons

987 90.0 13.2 8.4 15.0

Nail salons and other personal care services

466 74.0 4.4 44.0 8.5

Drycleaning and laundry services

337 57.7 12.7 19.1 30.5

Funeral homes, and cemeteries and crematories

124 34.0 11.0 0.2 6.8

Other personal services

344 59.3 11.9 3.9 15.3

Membership associations and organizations

1,904 58.0 10.4 3.1 8.6

Religious organizations

1,059 51.7 9.2 2.7 7.8

Civic, social, advocacy organizations, and grantmaking and giving services

638 69.7 12.6 3.2 9.7

Labor unions

50 32.1 16.4 7.6 16.2

Business, professional, political, and similar organizations

157 61.7 7.6 4.0 7.6

Private households

738 88.9 8.4 4.5 37.2

Public administration

6,717 45.4 15.7 4.1 11.1

Executive offices and legislative bodies

1,031 53.3 14.8 4.3 10.5

Public finance activities

373 65.4 16.5 6.7 8.0

Other general government and support

133 37.7 18.5 3.1 11.5

Justice, public order, and safety activities

2,690 33.3 15.0 2.3 12.5

Administration of human resource programs

940 70.5 21.3 5.8 11.7

Administration of environmental quality and housing programs

298 41.9 9.7 2.5 6.1

Administration of economic programs and space research

561 46.7 13.8 5.7 8.4

National security and international affairs

690 37.3 15.4 6.4 12.0

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: February 5, 2013