Table 8. Population Age 55 Years and Over by Current Occupation, Sex, and Age: March 1999 (Numbers in thousands.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Population Age 55 Years and Over | | Age | | | |-----------------------------------------------| | | | | | 65 years and | | | Total |55 to 59 years |60 to 64 years | over | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |-------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total 1/ | | | | | | | | | | Total employed | 17,207| 100.0| 8,551| 100.0| 4,742| 100.0| 3,914| 100.0| | Executive, administrators, and managerial| 2,912| 16.9| 1,590| 18.6| 680| 14.3| 642| 16.4| | Professional speciality | 2,770| 16.1| 1,450| 17.0| 773| 16.3| 547| 14.0| | Technical and related support | 275| 1.6| 150| 1.7| 83| 1.8| 42| 1.1| | Sales | 2,045| 11.9| 920| 10.8| 547| 11.5| 578| 14.8| | Administrative support, including | | | | | | | | | | clerical | 2,474| 14.4| 1,223| 14.3| 717| 15.1| 533| 13.6| | Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,563| 9.1| 863| 10.1| 473| 10.0| 228| 5.8| | Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | inspectors | 889| 5.2| 480| 5.6| 281| 5.9| 128| 3.3| | Transportation and material moving | 838| 4.9| 404| 4.7| 241| 5.1| 193| 4.9| | Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, | | | | | | | | | | and laborers | 433| 2.5| 204| 2.4| 132| 2.8| 96| 2.5| | Service workers, private household | 185| 1.1| 62| 0.7| 47| 1.0| 76| 1.9| | Service workers, except private household| 2,135| 12.4| 952| 11.1| 577| 12.2| 605| 15.5| | Farming, forestry, and fishing | 689| 4.0| 254| 3.0| 190| 4.0| 245| 6.3| |Male | | | | | | | | | | Total employed | 9,453| 100.0| 4,606| 100.0| 2,681| 100.0| 2,166| 100.0| | Executive, administrators, and managerial| 1,785| 18.9| 943| 20.5| 417| 15.6| 425| 19.6| | Professional speciality | 1,484| 15.7| 728| 15.8| 428| 16.0| 327| 15.1| | Technical and related support | 154| 1.6| 91| 2.0| 43| 1.6| 20| 0.9| | Sales | 1,138| 12.0| 484| 10.5| 329| 12.3| 325| 15.0| | Administrative support, including | | | | | | | | | | clerical | 477| 5.0| 208| 4.5| 174| 6.5| 95| 4.4| | Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,435| 15.2| 789| 17.1| 430| 16.1| 216| 10.0| | Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | inspectors | 491| 5.2| 276| 6.0| 153| 5.7| 62| 2.8| | Transportation and material moving | 773| 8.2| 363| 7.9| 230| 8.6| 180| 8.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Occupation data shown in this report refect characteristics of the civilian noninstitutionalized population for March 1999 and are not adjusted for seasonal changes. Data released by the Deparment of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, may not agree entirely with data shown in this report due to differences in methodological seasonal adjustment of the data. SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Special Populations Branch, Population Division. Table 8. Population Age 55 Years and Over by Current Occupation, Sex, and Age: March 1999 (Numbers in thousands.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Population Age 55 Years and Over | | Age | | | |-----------------------------------------------| | | | | | 65 years and | | | Total |55 to 59 years |60 to 64 years | over | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |-------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Male | | | | | | | | | | Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, | | | | | | | | | | and laborers | 323| 3.4| 151| 3.3| 109| 4.1| 63| 2.9| | Service workers, private household | 10| 0.1| 6| 0.1| 4| 0.2| -| -| | Service workers, except private household| 841| 8.9| 372| 8.1| 219| 8.2| 250| 11.5| | Farming, forestry, and fishing | 540| 5.7| 194| 4.2| 143| 5.3| 203| 9.4| |Female | | | | | | | | | | Total employed | 7,754| 100.0| 3,945| 100.0| 2,061| 100.0| 1,748| 100.0| | Executive, administrators, and managerial| 1,126| 14.5| 647| 16.4| 262| 12.7| 217| 12.4| | Professional speciality | 1,286| 16.6| 721| 18.3| 345| 16.7| 220| 12.6| | Technical and related support | 121| 1.6| 59| 1.5| 40| 1.9| 22| 1.3| | Sales | 907| 11.7| 435| 11.0| 219| 10.6| 253| 14.5| | Administrative support, including | | | | | | | | | | clerical | 1,996| 25.7| 1,015| 25.7| 543| 26.3| 438| 25.1| | Precision production, craft, and repair | 128| 1.7| 74| 1.9| 43| 2.1| 12| 0.7| | Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | inspectors | 398| 5.1| 203| 5.2| 127| 6.2| 67| 3.8| | Transportation and material moving | 65| 0.8| 40| 1.0| 11| 0.6| 13| 0.7| | Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, | | | | | | | | | | and laborers | 110| 1.4| 53| 1.4| 23| 1.1| 33| 1.9| | Service workers, private household | 174| 2.2| 56| 1.4| 43| 2.1| 76| 4.3| | Service workers, except private household| 1,294| 16.7| 580| 14.7| 358| 17.4| 355| 20.3| | Farming, forestry, and fishing | 149| 1.9| 60| 1.5| 47| 2.3| 42| 2.4| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Occupation data shown in this report refect characteristics of the civilian noninstitutionalized population for March 1999 and are not adjusted for seasonal changes. Data released by the Deparment of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, may not agree entirely with data shown in this report due to differences in methodological seasonal adjustment of the data. SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Special Populations Branch, Population Division. Internet Release date: November 1, 2000