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 | 766,224 | 94,640 | 180,166 | 52,270 | 72,966 | 88,559 | 46,012 | 94,748 | 41,799 | 95,064 |
| Men | 413,368 | 64,453 | 96,731 | 28,558 | 30,785 | 17,131 | 41,814 | 70,910 | 25,364 | 37,622 |
| Women | 352,856 | 30,187 | 83,435 | 23,712 | 42,181 | 71,428 | 4,198 | 23,838 | 16,435 | 57,442 |
| WHITE | 552,816 | 80,667 | 141,259 | 38,266 | 56,140 | 60,602 | 38,816 | 59,479 | 23,848 | 53,739 |
| Men | 314,716 | 56,221 | 78,234 | 22,749 | 25,016 | 12,549 | 35,947 | 47,282 | 15,321 | 21,397 |
| Women | 238,100 | 24,446 | 63,025 | 15,517 | 31,124 | 48,053 | 2,869 | 12,197 | 8,527 | 32,342 |
| MINORITY | 213,408 | 13,973 | 38,907 | 14,004 | 16,826 | 27,957 | 7,196 | 35,269 | 17,951 | 41,325 |
| Men | 98,652 | 8,232 | 18,497 | 5,809 | 5,769 | 4,582 | 5,867 | 23,628 | 10,043 | 16,225 |
| Women | 114,756 | 5,741 | 20,410 | 8,195 | 11,057 | 23,375 | 1,329 | 11,641 | 7,908 | 25,100 |
| BLACK | 156,944 | 8,579 | 18,115 | 10,337 | 13,541 | 24,384 | 5,316 | 30,678 | 13,801 | 32,193 |
| Men | 65,373 | 4,162 | 5,737 | 3,545 | 4,370 | 3,618 | 4,297 | 20,367 | 7,546 | 11,731 |
| Women | 91,571 | 4,417 | 12,378 | 6,792 | 9,171 | 20,766 | 1,019 | 10,311 | 6,255 | 20,462 |
| HISPANIC | 23,222 | 1,689 | 3,703 | 1,013 | 1,294 | 1,835 | 1,231 | 3,014 | 2,888 | 6,555 |
| Men | 13,285 | 1,182 | 2,141 | 626 | 537 | 431 | 1,027 | 2,130 | 1,835 | 3,376 |
| Women | 9,937 | 507 | 1,562 | 387 | 757 | 1,404 | 204 | 884 | 1,053 | 3,179 |
| ASIAN AMERICAN | 30,214 | 3,396 | 16,516 | 2,413 | 1,633 | 1,404 | 409 | 1,184 | 1,099 | 2,160 |
| Men | 18,334 | 2,684 | 10,314 | 1,486 | 727 | 445 | 316 | 848 | 560 | 954 |
| Women | 11,880 | 712 | 6,202 | 927 | 906 | 959 | 93 | 336 | 539 | 1,206 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN | 3,028 | 309 | 573 | 241 | 358 | 334 | 240 | 393 | 163 | 417 |
| Men | 1,660 | 204 | 305 | 152 | 135 | 88 | 227 | 283 | 102 | 164 |
| Women | 1,368 | 105 | 268 | 89 | 223 | 246 | 13 | 110 | 61 | 253 |
| 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 | 53.9 | 68.1 | 53.7 | 54.6 | 42.2 | 19.3 | 90.9 | 74.8 | 60.7 | 39.6 |
| Women | 46.1 | 31.9 | 46.3 | 45.4 | 57.8 | 80.7 | 9.1 | 25.2 | 39.3 | 60.4 |
| WHITE | 72.1 | 85.2 | 78.4 | 73.2 | 76.9 | 68.4 | 84.4 | 62.8 | 57.1 | 56.5 |
| Men | 41.1 | 59.4 | 43.4 | 43.5 | 34.3 | 14.2 | 78.1 | 49.9 | 36.7 | 22.5 |
| Women | 31.1 | 25.8 | 35.0 | 29.7 | 42.7 | 54.3 | 6.2 | 12.9 | 20.4 | 34.0 |
| MINORITY | 27.9 | 14.8 | 21.6 | 26.8 | 23.1 | 31.6 | 15.6 | 37.2 | 42.9 | 43.5 |
| Men | 12.9 | 8.7 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 7.9 | 5.2 | 12.8 | 24.9 | 24.0 | 17.1 |
| Women | 15.0 | 6.1 | 11.3 | 15.7 | 15.2 | 26.4 | 2.9 | 12.3 | 18.9 | 26.4 |
| BLACK | 20.5 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 19.8 | 18.6 | 27.5 | 11.6 | 32.4 | 33.0 | 33.9 |
| Men | 8.5 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 9.3 | 21.5 | 18.1 | 12.3 |
| Women | 12.0 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 23.4 | 2.2 | 10.9 | 15.0 | 21.5 |
| HISPANIC | 3.0 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
| Men | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| Women | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| ASIAN AMERICAN | 3.9 | 3.6 | 9.2 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| Men | 2.4 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| Women | 1.6 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Men | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Women | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
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