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 Table II-A
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE BY OCCUPATION GROUP BY SEX, RACE & HISPANIC ORIGIN
ISLAND, KING and SNOHOMISH COUNTIES (SEATTLE PMSA)
1990 Census, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) File.

 

NOT OF HISPANIC ORIGIN

Native

Asian &

OCCUPATIONS

Total

Female

%

White

%

Black

%

Am.

%

Pac. Isl.

%

Other

%

Hispanic

%

Civilian labor force, 16 years & over

1,099,672

499,139

45.4%

953,643

86.7%

38,403

3.5%

10,990

1.0%

68,941

6.3%

622

0.1%

27,073

2.5%

MANAGERIAL & PROF. SPECIALTY

339,430

155,556

45.8%

304,780

89.8%

7,684

2.3%

2,040

0.6%

19,159

5.6%

177

0.1%

5,590

1.6%

Executive, Admin. & Managerial

159,265

70,281

44.1%

143,364

90.0%

3,629

2.3%

1,121

0.7%

8,347

5.2%

57

0.0%

2,747

1.7%

Professional Specialty

180,165

85,275

47.3%

161,416

89.6%

4,055

2.3%

919

0.5%

10,812

6.0%

120

0.1%

2,843

1.6%

TECH., SALES & ADMIN. SUPPORT

367,974

224,063

60.9%

322,357

87.6%

12,087

3.3%

3,127

0.8%

22,014

6.0%

109

0.0%

8,280

2.3%

Technicians & Related Support

47,923

19,968

41.7%

41,679

87.0%

1,391

2.9%

305

0.6%

3,491

7.3%

28

0.1%

1,029

2.1%

Sales

138,730

65,164

47.0%

124,459

89.7%

3,315

2.4%

964

0.7%

7,178

5.2%

40

0.0%

2,774

2.0%

Admin. Support, Including Clerical

181,321

138,931

76.6%

156,219

86.2%

7,381

4.1%

1,858

1.0%

11,345

6.3%

41

0.0%

4,477

2.5%

SERVICE

125,830

72,783

57.8%

98,875

78.6%

7,692

6.1%

2,173

1.7%

11,876

9.4%

138

0.1%

5,076

4.0%

Private Household

3,531

3,330

94.3%

3,047

86.3%

180

5.1%

17

0.5%

100

2.8%

8

0.2%

179

5.1%

Protective Service

12,937

2,136

16.5%

11,100

85.8%

892

6.9%

220

1.7%

433

3.3%

27

0.2%

265

2.0%

Service, Except Protective & Household

109,362

67,317

61.6%

84,728

77.5%

6,620

6.1%

1,936

1.8%

11,343

10.4%

103

0.1%

4,632

4.2%

FARMING, FORESTRY & FISHING

15,634

3,291

21.1%

13,222

84.6%

476

3.0%

364

2.3%

862

5.5%

15

0.1%

695

4.4%

Farm Operators & Managers

2,308

666

28.9%

2,124

92.0%

17

0.7%

9

0.4%

115

5.0%

15

0.6%

28

1.2%

Other Agricultural & Related

9,673

2,435

25.2%

7,948

82.2%

342

3.5%

209

2.2%

647

6.7%

0

0.0%

527

5.4%

Forestry & Logging

1,537

36

2.3%

1,337

87.0%

90

5.9%

52

3.4%

25

1.6%

0

0.0%

33

2.1%

Fishers, Hunters & Trappers

2,116

154

7.3%

1,813

85.7%

27

1.3%

94

4.4%

75

3.5%

0

0.0%

107

5.1%

PRECISION PROD., CRAFT & REPAIR

122,136

13,109

10.7%

107,799

88.3%

3,749

3.1%

1,604

1.3%

5,536

4.5%

82

0.1%

3,366

2.8%

Mechanics & Repairers

35,713

2,460

6.9%

32,075

89.8%

1,042

2.9%

408

1.1%

1,258

3.5%

25

0.1%

905

2.5%

Construction Trades

45,863

1,927

4.2%

41,591

90.7%

1,264

2.8%

716

1.6%

1,102

2.4%

45

0.1%

1,145

2.5%

Extractive

141

0

0.0%

123

87.2%

0

0.0%

10

7.1%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

8

5.7%

Precision Production

40,419

8,722

21.6%

34,010

84.1%

1,443

3.6%

470

1.2%

3,176

7.9%

12

0.0%

1,308

3.2%

OP., FABRICATORS & LABORERS

125,382

28,510

22.7%

104,401

83.3%

6,340

5.1%

1,582

1.3%

9,039

7.2%

101

0.1%

3,919

3.1%

Machine Op., Assemblers & Inspec.

52,514

16,795

32.0%

41,403

78.8%

2,273

4.3%

642

1.2%

6,311

12.0%

27

0.1%

1,858

3.5%

Transportation & Material Moving

37,051

4,630

12.5%

33,149

89.5%

1,843

5.0%

386

1.0%

866

2.3%

26

0.1%

781

2.1%

Handlers, Eq. Cleaners, Help & Labor

35,817

7,085

19.8%

29,849

83.3%

2,224

6.2%

554

1.5%

1,862

5.2%

48

0.1%

1,280

3.6%

Experienced Unemp. Not Classified by Occ.

3,286

1,827

55.6%

2,209

67.2%

375

11.4%

100

3.0%

455

13.8%

0

0.0%

147

4.5%

Detailed occupation reports available, at copying cost, from the Labor Market & Economic Analysis Branch, PO Box 9046, Olympia WA 98507-9046. Telephone (360) 438-4800.

 

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