Table 11.  Major Occupation Group of the Employed Civilian Population 55 Years and Over by Age and Sex: 
           March 2000

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  June 1, 2001

            (Numbers in thousands)
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|Sex and occupation group                |               |                      Age                      |
|                                        |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                        |               |               |               | 65 years and  |
|                                        |     Total     |55 to 59 years |60 to 64 years |     over      |
|                                        |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                        |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|----------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                                   | 17,885|  100.0|  8,606|  100.0|  4,981|  100.0|  4,298|  100.0|
|----------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Managerial and professional             |  5,908|   33.0|  2,989|   34.7|  1,629|   32.7|  1,291|   30.0|
|Technical, sales, and admin. support    |  5,138|   28.7|  2,394|   27.8|  1,384|   27.8|  1,361|   31.7|
|Service occupations                     |  2,406|   13.4|  1,093|   12.7|    686|   13.8|    626|   14.6|
|Precision production, craft, and repair |  1,584|    8.9|    935|   10.9|    403|    8.1|    246|    5.7|
|Operators, fabricators, and laborers    |  2,113|   11.8|    998|   11.6|    652|   13.1|    463|   10.8|
|Farming, forestry, and fishing          |    737|    4.1|    198|    2.3|    227|    4.6|    312|    7.3|
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SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Special Populations Branch, Population 
Division.
Table 11.  Major Occupation Group of the Employed Civilian Population 55 Years and Over by Age and Sex: 
           March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands)

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|Sex and occupation group                |               |                      Age                      |
|                                        |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                        |               |               |               | 65 years and  |
|                                        |     Total     |55 to 59 years |60 to 64 years |     over      |
|                                        |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                        |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|----------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Male                                    |  9,728|  100.0|  4,461|  100.0|  2,768|  100.0|  2,499|  100.0|
|----------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Managerial and professional             |  3,434|   35.3|  1,621|   36.3|    954|   34.5|    859|   34.4|
|Technical, sales, and admin. support    |  1,905|   19.6|    820|   18.4|    512|   18.5|    573|   22.9|
|Service occupations                     |    864|    8.9|    387|    8.7|    241|    8.7|    235|    9.4|
|Precision production, craft, and repair |  1,400|   14.4|    815|   18.3|    371|   13.4|    214|    8.6|
|Operators, fabricators, and laborers    |  1,554|   16.0|    692|   15.5|    501|   18.1|    361|   14.4|
|Farming, forestry, and fishing          |    571|    5.9|    126|    2.8|    189|    6.8|    256|   10.2|
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SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Special Populations Branch, Population 
Division.
Table 11.  Major Occupation Group of the Employed Civilian Population 55 Years and Over by Age and Sex: 
           March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands)

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|Sex and occupation group                |               |                      Age                      |
|                                        |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                        |               |               |               | 65 years and  |
|                                        |     Total     |55 to 59 years |60 to 64 years |     over      |
|                                        |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                        |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|----------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Female                                  |  8,157|  100.0|  4,145|  100.0|  2,213|  100.0|  1,799|  100.0|
|----------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Managerial and professional             |  2,474|   30.3|  1,368|   33.0|    675|   30.5|    432|   24.0|
|Technical, sales, and admin. support    |  3,233|   39.6|  1,574|   38.0|    872|   39.4|    788|   43.8|
|Service occupations                     |  1,542|   18.9|    706|   17.0|    445|   20.1|    391|   21.7|
|Precision production, craft, and repair |    184|    2.3|    120|    2.9|     33|    1.5|     31|    1.7|
|Operators, fabricators, and laborers    |    559|    6.9|    306|    7.4|    151|    6.8|    102|    5.7|
|Farming, forestry, and fishing          |    166|    2.0|     72|    1.7|     38|    1.7|     56|    3.1|
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SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Special Populations Branch, Population 
Division.