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

2,433,177

1,095,045

45.0%

2,144,892

88.2%

62,289

2.6%

33,690

1.4%

99,214

4.1%

1,309

0.1%

91,783

3.8%

MANAGERIAL & PROF. SPECIALTY

651,396

308,420

47.3%

594,788

91.3%

12,429

1.9%

5,699

0.9%

25,499

3.9%

324

0.0%

12,657

1.9%

Executive, Admin. & Managerial

298,298

131,954

44.2%

272,779

91.4%

5,664

1.9%

2,932

1.0%

11,007

3.7%

127

0.0%

5,789

1.9%

Professional Specialty

353,098

176,466

50.0%

322,009

91.2%

6,765

1.9%

2,767

0.8%

14,492

4.1%

197

0.1%

6,868

1.9%

TECH., SALES & ADMIN. SUPPORT

750,218

469,365

62.6%

674,556

89.9%

19,166

2.6%

8,362

1.1%

29,426

3.9%

254

0.0%

18,454

2.5%

Technicians & Related Support

94,197

40,810

43.3%

84,081

89.3%

2,284

2.4%

1,026

1.1%

4,549

4.8%

44

0.0%

2,213

2.3%

Sales

285,685

139,084

48.7%

261,370

91.5%

5,271

1.8%

2,527

0.9%

9,894

3.5%

75

0.0%

6,548

2.3%

Admin. Support, Including Clerical

370,336

289,471

78.2%

329,105

88.9%

11,611

3.1%

4,809

1.3%

14,983

4.0%

135

0.0%

9,693

2.6%

SERVICE

318,550

193,312

60.7%

266,556

83.7%

12,696

4.0%

6,564

2.1%

18,818

5.9%

214

0.1%

13,702

4.3%

Private Household

8,416

7,944

94.4%

7,383

87.7%

298

3.5%

109

1.3%

196

2.3%

8

0.1%

422

5.0%

Protective Service

34,486

5,621

16.3%

30,529

88.5%

1,492

4.3%

754

2.2%

714

2.1%

38

0.1%

959

2.8%

Service, Ex. Protective & Household

275,648

179,747

65.2%

228,644

82.9%

10,906

4.0%

5,701

2.1%

17,908

6.5%

168

0.1%

12,321

4.5%

FARMING, FORESTRY & FISHING

87,925

17,202

19.6%

63,523

72.2%

863

1.0%

2,295

2.6%

1,634

1.9%

79

0.1%

19,531

22.2%

Farm Operators & Managers

19,706

3,212

16.3%

18,129

92.0%

34

0.2%

166

0.8%

266

1.3%

20

0.1%

1,091

5.5%

Other Agricultural & Related

51,744

13,012

25.1%

31,078

60.1%

640

1.2%

963

1.9%

1,148

2.2%

46

0.1%

17,869

34.5%

Forestry & Logging

10,847

494

4.6%

9,658

89.0%

146

1.3%

605

5.6%

63

0.6%

3

0.0%

372

3.4%

Fishers, Hunters & Trappers

5,628

484

8.6%

4,658

82.8%

43

0.8%

561

10.0%

157

2.8%

10

0.2%

199

3.5%

PRECISION PROD., CRAFT & REPAIR

281,843

25,776

9.1%

254,493

90.3%

5,874

2.1%

4,282

1.5%

8,448

3.0%

130

0.0%

8,616

3.1%

Mechanics & Repairers

87,711

4,405

5.0%

80,467

91.7%

1,670

1.9%

1,171

1.3%

1,885

2.1%

41

0.0%

2,477

2.8%

Construction Trades

109,041

4,412

4.0%

100,574

92.2%

2,011

1.8%

1,979

1.8%

1,839

1.7%

67

0.1%

2,571

2.4%

Extractive

915

15

1.6%

839

91.7%

0

0.0%

25

2.7%

25

2.7%

0

0.0%

26

2.8%

Precision Production

84,176

16,944

20.1%

72,613

86.3%

2,193

2.6%

1,107

1.3%

4,699

5.6%

22

0.0%

3,542

4.2%

OP., FABRICATORS & LABORERS

331,720

74,558

22.5%

282,520

85.2%

10,631

3.2%

6,004

1.8%

14,211

4.3%

283

0.1%

18,071

5.4%

Machine Op., Assemblers & Inspec.

130,827

41,083

31.4%

105,885

80.9%

4,086

3.1%

2,374

1.8%

9,613

7.3%

126

0.1%

8,743

6.7%

Transportation & Material Moving

103,195

12,021

11.6%

93,965

91.1%

2,881

2.8%

1,491

1.4%

1,409

1.4%

84

0.1%

3,365

3.3%

Handlers, Eq. Cleaners, Help & Labor

97,698

21,454

22.0%

82,670

84.6%

3,664

3.8%

2,139

2.2%

3,189

3.3%

73

0.1%

5,963

6.1%

Experienced Unemp. Not Classified by Occ.

11,525

6,412

55.6%

8,456

73.4%

630

5.5%

484

4.2%

1,178

10.2%

25

0.2%

752

6.5%

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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