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Table 3. Distribution of employment from the 1990 to the 2002 Census Industrial Classification by major industry group

Table 3. Distribution of employment from the
1990 to the 2002 Census Industrial Classification by major industry group
(Percent distribution)
2002 Industry Group	1990 Industry Group
2002 Industry Group	Agriculture	Mining	Construction	Manufacturing	Transportation and public utilities	Wholesale and retail trade	Finance, insurance, and real estate	Services	Public administration
Total for industry (in thousands)	3,318	534	9,682	19,245	9,799	28,096	8,949	51,006	6,141
Percent	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	58.8	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.3	(1)	0.3	0.2
Mining	(1)	80.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	(1)	(1)	(1)
Construction	0.9	2.1	92.4	1.2	1.2	0.9	1.0	0.6	0.8
Manufacturing	0.7	6.0	1.3	86.2	1.0	3.5	0.3	1.0	0.4
Wholesale and retail trade	1.9	4.7	1.2	2.7	1.4	65.2	0.5	1.2	0.4
Transportation and utilities	0.3	2.3	0.9	0.5	67.1	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.8
Information	(1)	0.1	0.4	4.6	19.0	0.5	0.2	1.9	0.2
Financial activities	0.1	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.5	93.2	1.6	0.7
Professional and business services	33.8	2.5	1.4	2.1	6.4	1.5	2.3	21.3	1.6
Education and health services	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.6	0.6	0.9	51.2	3.9
Leisure and hospitality	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	25.5	0.3	7.8	0.5
Other services	2.3	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7	11.7	0.5
Public administration	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.2	0.7	0.1	0.4	0.9	89.8
Footnotes: (1) Value less than 0.05 NOTE: Estimates are based on three-year average employment (2000-2002). SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.

Last Modified Date: January 27, 2005