Table 11.  Major Occupation Group of the Employed Civilian Population 16 Years and Over by Sex, for Black Alone 
	   and White Alone, Not Hispanic: March 2004
           (Numbers in thousands)

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|Sex and occupation group                |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                        |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                        |               |               | White alone,  |               |
|                                        |     Total     |  Black alone  | not Hispanic  |     Other 2/  |
|                                        |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                        |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|----------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Both sexes                              |137,152|  100.0| 14,617|  100.0| 97,387|  100.0| 25,147|  100.0|
|----------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|                                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Managerial and professional             | 48,211|   35.2|  3,915|   26.8| 38,066|   39.1|  6,230|   24.8|
|Service occupations                     | 22,148|   16.1|  3,595|   24.6| 13,020|   13.4|  5,533|   22.0|
|Technical, sales, and administrative    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|support                                 | 35,267|   25.7|  3,732|   25.5| 25,876|   26.6|  5,659|   22.5|
|Farming, forestry, and fishing          |    885|    0.6|     53|    0.4|    477|    0.5|    354|    1.4|
|Operators, fabricators, and laborers    | 16,293|   11.9|  1,833|   12.5| 10,523|   10.8|  3,937|   15.7|
|Precision production, craft, and repair | 14,348|   10.5|  1,488|   10.2|  9,425|    9.7|  3,435|   13.7|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish origin regardless of race.
2/ Includes American Indian and Alaska Native alone; Asian alone; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone; White alone, Hispanic; and Two or More Races.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.  Internet release date: March 2006