The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
| Number Employed | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Racial/Ethnic Group and Sex | Total Employment | Officials & Managers | Professionals | Technicians | Sales Workers | Office & Clerical Workers | Craft Workers | Operatives | Laborers | Service Workers |
| ALL EMPLOYEES | 998,970 | 128,141 | 181,036 | 52,495 | 154,500 | 129,363 | 55,465 | 99,139 | 73,881 | 124,950 |
| Men | 533,146 | 84,348 | 91,371 | 30,822 | 77,200 | 27,580 | 48,889 | 75,516 | 50,118 | 47,302 |
| Women | 465,824 | 43,793 | 89,665 | 21,673 | 77,300 | 101,783 | 6,576 | 23,623 | 23,763 | 77,648 |
| WHITE | 545,963 | 98,312 | 124,512 | 29,429 | 86,192 | 62,487 | 34,127 | 39,215 | 19,849 | 51,840 |
| Men | 311,071 | 67,593 | 68,855 | 19,427 | 48,017 | 13,833 | 31,372 | 31,455 | 14,259 | 16,260 |
| Women | 234,892 | 30,719 | 55,657 | 10,002 | 38,175 | 48,654 | 2,755 | 7,760 | 5,590 | 35,580 |
| MINORITY | 453,007 | 29,829 | 56,524 | 23,066 | 68,308 | 66,876 | 21,338 | 59,924 | 54,032 | 73,110 |
| Men | 222,075 | 16,755 | 22,516 | 11,395 | 29,183 | 13,747 | 17,517 | 44,061 | 35,859 | 31,042 |
| Women | 230,932 | 13,074 | 34,008 | 11,671 | 39,125 | 53,129 | 3,821 | 15,863 | 18,173 | 42,068 |
| BLACK | 338,015 | 22,172 | 38,649 | 18,407 | 47,047 | 58,816 | 14,625 | 45,381 | 35,602 | 57,316 |
| Men | 153,708 | 11,437 | 12,255 | 8,372 | 18,886 | 11,571 | 11,564 | 33,254 | 23,534 | 22,835 |
| Women | 184,307 | 10,735 | 26,394 | 10,035 | 28,161 | 47,245 | 3,061 | 12,127 | 12,068 | 34,481 |
| HISPANIC | 68,385 | 3,776 | 4,773 | 2,158 | 9,559 | 4,768 | 5,136 | 10,605 | 15,221 | 12,389 |
| Men | 42,994 | 2,647 | 2,725 | 1,402 | 4,650 | 1,282 | 4,711 | 8,267 | 10,538 | 6,772 |
| Women | 25,391 | 1,129 | 2,048 | 756 | 4,909 | 3,486 | 425 | 2,338 | 4,683 | 5,617 |
| ASIAN AMERICAN | 43,415 | 3,521 | 12,623 | 2,326 | 11,000 | 2,965 | 1,388 | 3,675 | 3,020 | 2,897 |
| Men | 23,594 | 2,436 | 7,274 | 1,501 | 5,301 | 824 | 1,078 | 2,326 | 1,661 | 1,193 |
| Women | 19,821 | 1,085 | 5,349 | 825 | 5,699 | 2,141 | 310 | 1,349 | 1,359 | 1,704 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN | 3,192 | 360 | 479 | 175 | 702 | 327 | 189 | 263 | 189 | 508 |
| Men | 1,779 | 235 | 262 | 120 | 346 | 70 | 164 | 214 | 126 | 242 |
| Women | 1,413 | 125 | 217 | 55 | 356 | 257 | 25 | 49 | 63 | 266 |
| PARTICIPATION RATE | ||||||||||
| ALL EMPLOYEES | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Men | 53.4 | 65.8 | 50.5 | 58.7 | 50.0 | 21.3 | 88.1 | 76.2 | 67.8 | 37.9 |
| Women | 46.6 | 34.2 | 49.5 | 41.3 | 50.0 | 78.7 | 11.9 | 23.8 | 32.2 | 62.1 |
| WHITE | 54.7 | 76.7 | 68.8 | 56.1 | 55.8 | 48.3 | 61.5 | 39.6 | 26.9 | 41.5 |
| Men | 31.1 | 52.7 | 38.0 | 37.0 | 31.1 | 10.7 | 56.6 | 31.7 | 19.3 | 13.0 |
| Women | 23.5 | 24.0 | 30.7 | 19.1 | 24.7 | 37.6 | 5.0 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 28.5 |
| MINORITY | 45.3 | 23.3 | 31.2 | 43.9 | 44.2 | 51.7 | 38.5 | 60.4 | 73.1 | 58.5 |
| Men | 22.2 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 21.7 | 18.9 | 10.6 | 31.6 | 44.4 | 48.5 | 24.8 |
| Women | 23.1 | 10.2 | 18.8 | 22.2 | 25.3 | 41.1 | 6.9 | 16.0 | 24.6 | 33.7 |
| BLACK | 33.8 | 17.3 | 21.3 | 35.1 | 30.5 | 45.5 | 26.4 | 45.8 | 48.2 | 45.9 |
| Men | 15.4 | 8.9 | 6.8 | 15.9 | 12.2 | 8.9 | 20.8 | 33.5 | 31.9 | 18.3 |
| Women | 18.4 | 8.4 | 14.6 | 19.1 | 18.2 | 36.5 | 5.5 | 12.2 | 16.3 | 27.6 |
| HISPANIC | 6.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 3.7 | 9.3 | 10.7 | 20.6 | 9.9 |
| Men | 4.3 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 14.3 | 5.4 |
| Women | 2.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| ASIAN AMERICAN | 4.3 | 2.7 | 7.0 | 4.4 | 7.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 2.3 |
| Men | 2.4 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.0 |
| Women | 2.0 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Men | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Women | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
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