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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
12. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race
[In thousands]
Category	Total		White		Black or African American		Asian
Category	2012	2013	2012	2013	2012	2013	2012	2013
Total, 16 years and over	142,469	143,929	114,769	115,379	15,856	16,151	7,705	8,136
Men	75,555	76,353	61,990	62,322	7,302	7,497	4,085	4,294
Women	66,914	67,577	52,779	53,057	8,553	8,654	3,620	3,842

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	54,043	54,712	44,375	44,744	4,678	4,641	3,735	4,039
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	22,678	22,794	19,095	19,218	1,766	1,683	1,305	1,383
Management occupations	16,042	16,037	13,741	13,775	1,114	1,047	814	860
Business and financial operations occupations	6,636	6,757	5,353	5,443	651	636	491	523
Professional and related occupations	31,365	31,917	25,280	25,526	2,912	2,959	2,431	2,656
Computer and mathematical occupations	3,816	3,980	2,773	2,821	284	329	666	735
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,846	2,806	2,339	2,280	159	153	308	317
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,316	1,307	1,077	1,040	85	74	130	154
Community and social service occupations	2,265	2,332	1,711	1,758	425	433	71	69
Legal occupations	1,786	1,809	1,552	1,571	127	111	70	89
Education, training, and library occupations	8,543	8,623	7,161	7,221	814	810	368	390
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	2,814	2,879	2,395	2,451	170	186	145	143
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	7,977	8,182	6,273	6,385	847	863	671	760
Service occupations	25,459	25,929	19,001	19,365	4,039	4,133	1,415	1,392
Healthcare support occupations	3,496	3,537	2,294	2,300	925	935	156	168
Protective service occupations	3,096	3,130	2,350	2,338	532	584	83	76
Food preparation and serving related occupations	8,018	8,209	6,209	6,370	968	1,002	495	470
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5,591	5,661	4,365	4,435	839	827	184	194
Personal care and service occupations	5,258	5,392	3,783	3,921	774	786	497	484
Sales and office occupations	33,152	33,246	26,733	26,719	3,907	3,932	1,564	1,623
Sales and related occupations	15,457	15,444	12,563	12,542	1,627	1,599	815	862
Office and administrative support occupations	17,695	17,802	14,169	14,177	2,280	2,333	749	761
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	12,821	13,058	11,272	11,420	892	917	274	289
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	994	964	889	854	53	54	18	18
Construction and extraction occupations	7,005	7,130	6,253	6,307	434	439	110	111
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,821	4,964	4,130	4,259	405	424	146	161
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	16,994	16,984	13,389	13,132	2,341	2,528	716	792
Production occupations	8,455	8,275	6,702	6,474	985	1,016	488	523
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,540	8,709	6,686	6,658	1,356	1,512	229	269

CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture
Wage and salary workers(1)	1,377	1,310	1,264	1,194	54	53	20	20
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	780	789	742	752	7	5	12	10
Unpaid family workers	29	31	28	30	0	0	0	0
Nonagricultural industries
Wage and salary workers(1)	131,452	133,111	105,236	106,079	15,178	15,463	7,208	7,633
Government	20,360	20,247	15,826	15,674	2,978	2,991	856	885
Private industries	111,093	112,864	89,411	90,406	12,200	12,472	6,352	6,748
Private households	738	723	618	610	62	62	33	25
Other industries	110,355	112,141	88,793	89,796	12,138	12,410	6,319	6,722
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	8,749	8,619	7,436	7,271	614	629	452	465
Unpaid family workers	81	70	63	53	3	2	13	7

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(2)
Full-time workers	114,809	116,314	92,219	92,892	12,935	13,199	6,436	6,846
Part-time workers	27,661	27,615	22,550	22,487	2,921	2,952	1,269	1,290
Footnotes (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated. (2) 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: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 26, 2014