United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

390 Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings
N o . 6 5 1 . E m p l o y e d P e r s o n s , b y S e x , R a c e , a n d O c c u p a t i o n : 1 9 7 2 a n d i 9 8 i — C o n tin u e d
[Civilians 16 years old and over. "N.0.0." means not elsewhere classified. See H isto rica l S ta tistics, C o lo n ia l T im as to 1970,
aeries D 233-662, for similar data]
OCCUPATION
Total
employed
(1,000)
1972 1981
Female
Percent
Black
and
other1
Percent
employed
(1,000) Female
Black
and
other'
Farmers and farm managers.............................................................. 1,690 5.9 3.3 1,485 11.3 2.4
Farm laborers and supervisors3. . ..................... 1,386 32.1 15.1 1,264 25.5 12.3
Farm laborers, wage workers..... ......... .............................. 692 15.3 21.9 969 15.9 15.1
Farm laborers, unp’ald family workers.......................................................... 455 66.8 2.4 254 65.0 2.0
Service workers, except private household...................................... 9,584 57.0 18.5 12,391 59.2 18.4
Cleaning service workers..... ...................................................................... 2,084 32.8 30.0 2,489 38.6 28.0
Food service workers2................................................................................ 3,286 69.8 13.9 4,682 66.2 14.0
Cooks, except private household.............................. ............................... 873 62.2 21.4 1,393 51.9 19.7
1,132 91.8 6.9 1,477 89.3 7.3
Health service workers2.............................................................................. 1,513 87.0 24.6 1,995 89.2 24.3
Health aides, except nursing, and trainees............................................... 158 79.6 21.0 317 84.2 21.6
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants................. ................................. 915 83.4 26.9 1,131 86.6 29.0
Practical nurses....................................................................................... 345 96.5 25.7 403 97.8 19.9
Personal service workers *.............................. ............................................ 1,551 71.5 13.1 1,766 76.0 14,0
157 4.5 12.7 107 16.8 14.0
Child care workers, except private household........... ............................... 358 95.8 14.0 426 95.5 14.8
Hairdressers and cosmetologists.......... ................................................... 501 91.2 7.2 577 69.3 9.5
Protective service workers2....................................................................... 1,150 5.7 10.4 1,459 10.1 13.8
Firefighters............................................................................................. 201 ,5 4.0 214 .9 6.9
415 4.8 15.5 607 13.7 18.8
Police and detectives............................................................................. 418 2.6 8.4 512 5.7 10.7
Private household workers 2............................................................. 1,442 97,8 4Q.6 4,047 96.5 3 2 .4
Child care workers.............................. 545 98.0 9.9 451 97.6 9.3
Cleaners and servants....,.................... 715 97.2 64.2 468 95.1 51.5
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. 1Other than White. 2 Includes occupations not shown separately.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, E m p lo y m e n t a n d Earnings, monthly, and unpublished data.
N o. 652. Employment, by Industry: 1970 t o 1981
[In thousands of persons 16 years old and over, except percent. Annual averages of monthly figures. Based on household
survey; see text, pp. 371 and 372, and Appendix til. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race]
INDUSTRY 1970 1975 1979 1980
Total
1981 PERCENT
FEMALE
Percent
Black
Hispanic
1970 1981
Total employed........................................... 78,678 85,846 96,824 99,303 100,397 9.3 5.3 37.7 42.fi
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries ........ 3,567 3.505 3,508 3,529 3,518 5.4 7.2 17.0 19.7
Mining........................... . .......... 516 752 901 979 1,118 3.7 6.0 7.0 15.2
Construction................... . 4,818 5,093 6,437 6,215 6,060 6.6 5.5 4.9 8.2
Manufacturing................ 20,746 19,457 22,459 21,942 21,817 9.6 6.7 27.7 31.7
Transportation, communication, and other
public utilities.......................................................
Wholesale and retail trade.......................................
5,320 5,692 6,529 6,525 6,633 11.1 4.7 21.2 26.5
15,008 17,713 20,101 20,191 20,524 6.6 5.2 23.8 46.9
Wholesale trade................................................... 2,672 3,362 3,862 3,920 4.016 5.8 5.4 22.4 25.7
Retail trade......................................................... 12,336 14,331 16,240 16,270 16,508 6.8 5.2 45.8
Finance, insurance, real estate................................ 3,945 4.735 5.902 5.993 6,133 7.6 4.3 50.4
52.0
58.5
Banking and other finances 1,697 1,951 2,425 2,568 2,721 8.1 4.2 57.7 66.7
Insurance and real estate.................................... 2,248 2,763 3,476 3,425 3,413 7.2 4.4 44.9 51.9
Services 1............ 20,281 24.077 27,835 28.587 29,360 11.5 4.6 60.6 60.9
Business services 1,403 1,695 2,249 2,361 2,518 9.7 4.4 40.4 44.7
Automobile services 600 711 956 952 989 7.5 (NA) 8.7 12.4
Personal services1 4,276 3.772 3,894 3,839 3,914 17.2 7.4 75.5 72.5
Private households 1,782 1,392 1,327 1,257 1,276 28.8 7.4 68.9 84.7
Hotels and lodging places................................ 979 996 1,135 1,149 1.197 12.7 (NA) 68.0 65.8
Entertainment and recreation............................... 717 865 1,054 1,047 1,107 7.0 4.4 33.9 39.4
Professional and related services 1....................... *12,904 16,573 19,170 19,853 20,201 11.3 3.9 63.7 65.7
Hospitals....... 2,843 3,441 3,925 4,036 4,186 15.5 4.0 77.4 76.4
Health services 3.............................................. 1,628 2,505 3,107 3,345 3,476 11.2 4.2 71.1 75.6
Elementary, secondary schools
1 6,126
Colleges and universities.__
f 5.077 5,445 5,550 5.439 11.7 (NA)
t 1,852
) 62.0
2,087 2,106 2,147 9.0
(70.9
(NA) \49.B
Welfare and religious agencies 826 1.247 1,563 1,590 1,631 15.8 4.9 48.1 58.7
Public administration *................ 24.476 4,624 5,151 5,342 5.233 13.3 4.3 31.5 36.0
NA Not available. 'Includes industries not shown separately. 2Not strictly comparable with later yeara due to
reclassification between “Professional and related services” and "Public administration." 3 Except hospitals. 4 Includes
workers Involved in uniquely governmental activities, e g., judicial and legislative.
Source: U.S. Bureau ot Labor Statistics, E m p lo y m e n t e n d Earnings, monthly and unpublished data.