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Table II-A
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE BY OCCUPATION GROUP BY SEX, RACE & HISPANIC ORIGIN
THURSTON COUNTY
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

80,063

38,188

47.7%

73,151

91.4%

1,228

1.5%

1,212

1.5%

2,445

3.1%

6

0.0%

2,021

2.5%

MANAGERIAL & PROF. SPECIALTY

24,168

12,179

50.4%

22,488

93.0%

334

1.4%

247

1.0%

492

2.0%

6

0.0%

601

2.5%

Executive, Admin. & Managerial

11,646

5,735

49.2%

10,752

92.3%

172

1.5%

161

1.4%

257

2.2%

6

0.1%

298

2.6%

Professional Specialty

12,522

6,444

51.5%

11,736

93.7%

162

1.3%

86

0.7%

235

1.9%

0

0.0%

303

2.4%

TECH., SALES & ADMIN. SUPPORT

25,827

16,716

64.7%

23,726

91.9%

383

1.5%

373

1.4%

752

2.9%

0

0.0%

593

2.3%

Technicians & Related Support

3,666

1,723

47.0%

3,319

90.5%

65

1.8%

119

3.2%

109

3.0%

0

0.0%

54

1.5%

Sales

8,049

4,205

52.2%

7,474

92.9%

66

0.8%

86

1.1%

233

2.9%

0

0.0%

190

2.4%

Admin. Support, Including Clerical

14,112

10,788

76.4%

12,933

91.6%

252

1.8%

168

1.2%

410

2.9%

0

0.0%

349

2.5%

SERVICE

9,963

6,101

61.2%

8,770

88.0%

205

2.1%

231

2.3%

492

4.9%

0

0.0%

265

2.7%

Private Household

341

307

90.0%

317

93.0%

5

1.5%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

19

5.6%

Protective Service

1,267

218

17.2%

1,140

90.0%

43

3.4%

32

2.5%

15

1.2%

0

0.0%

37

2.9%

Service, Except Protective & Household

8,355

5,576

66.7%

7,313

87.5%

157

1.9%

199

2.4%

477

5.7%

0

0.0%

209

2.5%

FARMING, FORESTRY & FISHING

2,460

631

25.7%

2,132

86.7%

24

1.0%

82

3.3%

82

3.3%

0

0.0%

140

5.7%

Farm Operators & Managers

544

165

30.3%

530

97.4%

7

1.3%

7

1.3%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Other Agricultural & Related

1,300

434

33.4%

1,065

81.9%

17

1.3%

47

3.6%

63

4.8%

0

0.0%

108

8.3%

Forestry & Logging

424

32

7.5%

387

91.3%

0

0.0%

14

3.3%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

23

5.4%

Fishers, Hunters & Trappers

192

0

0.0%

150

78.1%

0

0.0%

14

7.3%

19

9.9%

0

0.0%

9

4.7%

PRECISION PROD., CRAFT & REPAIR

8,006

580

7.2%

7,406

92.5%

81

1.0%

154

1.9%

196

2.4%

0

0.0%

169

2.1%

Mechanics & Repairers

2,485

140

5.6%

2,321

93.4%

19

0.8%

51

2.1%

58

2.3%

0

0.0%

36

1.4%

Construction Trades

3,683

80

2.2%

3,434

93.2%

32

0.9%

87

2.4%

48

1.3%

0

0.0%

82

2.2%

Extractive

54

0

0.0%

54

100.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Precision Production

1,784

360

20.2%

1,597

89.5%

30

1.7%

16

0.9%

90

5.0%

0

0.0%

51

2.9%

OP., FABRICATORS & LABORERS

9,136

1,700

18.6%

8,221

90.0%

171

1.9%

106

1.2%

385

4.2%

0

0.0%

253

2.8%

Machine Op., Assemblers & Inspec.

2,966

756

25.5%

2,539

85.6%

58

2.0%

32

1.1%

241

8.1%

0

0.0%

96

3.2%

Transportation & Material Moving

3,386

443

13.1%

3,234

95.5%

61

1.8%

14

0.4%

15

0.4%

0

0.0%

62

1.8%

Handlers, Eq. Cleaners, Help & Labor

2,784

501

18.0%

2,448

87.9%

52

1.9%

60

2.2%

129

4.6%

0

0.0%

95

3.4%

Experienced Unemp. Not Classified by Occ.

503

281

55.9%

408

81.1%

30

6.0%

19

3.8%

46

9.1%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

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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