TABLE 7E.  BLACK: OCCUPATION BY EDUCATION AND FIELD, 1996

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001

Employed blacks age 15 and over
Numbers in thousands.

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|Highest Degree and Field      |                                  Occupational category                                  |
|                              |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                              |         |         |Technical|         |         |         |         |         |         |
|                              |Manager- |Profess- |   and   |         |         |         |         |         |Producti-|
|                              |   ial   |  ional  | related |  Sales  |Clerical | Service | Farming |  Craft  |   on    |
|------------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|
|TOTAL                         |    1,463|    1,546|      440|    1,339|    2,525|    3,343|      278|    1,120|    2,936|
|Less than high school         |       38|       46|        5|      239|      165|      941|      143|      253|      739|
|High school graduate          |      291|      169|       79|      398|      770|    1,362|       90|      455|    1,413|
|Some college                  |      397|      232|      136|      388|      958|      641|       29|      239|      451|
|Vocational certificate        |       51|       47|       57|       49|      120|      127|        7|       51|      147|
|  Business                    |       22|        4|        3|       14|       57|       19|        -|        -|       21|
|  Computer, technical         |       16|        5|        4|       11|       22|       17|        3|       10|       22|
|  Vocational                  |       14|       28|       43|       20|       13|       56|        -|       34|       68|
|  Other                       |        -|        9|        7|        3|       28|       35|        3|        7|       36|
|Associate degree              |      116|      199|       79|       81|      233|      127|        -|       60|      110|
|  Business                    |       56|       26|       12|       32|      107|       22|        -|       14|       12|
|  Engineering                 |       10|       16|        7|       15|       38|       24|        -|        5|       21|
|  Arts,sciences               |       31|       88|       33|       27|       35|       34|        -|       11|       30|
|  Education                   |        -|       13|        6|        1|        8|        5|        -|        -|        2|
|  Vocational                  |        3|       17|       11|        6|       15|       23|        -|       12|       36|
|  Other                       |       15|       39|        9|        -|       30|       19|        -|       18|        9|
|Bachelor's degree             |      419|      451|       74|      156|      260|      128|        4|       58|       74|
|  Business                    |      205|       49|       21|       57|       78|       18|        -|       31|       21|
|  Engineering                 |       49|       53|       27|       11|       23|        8|        -|        9|        2|
|  Arts, sciences              |       84|      191|       17|       41|       89|       75|        4|       16|       25|
|  Education                   |       21|      110|        6|       17|       34|        8|        -|        -|        8|
|  Other                       |       60|       49|        3|       30|       37|       19|        -|        2|       18|
|Advanced degree               |      151|      402|       11|       28|       20|       16|        5|        5|        2|
|  Business                    |       38|       45|        2|       14|        4|        6|        -|        3|        -|
|  Engineering                 |       10|       36|        -|        2|        -|        -|        -|        -|        2|
|  Arts, sciences              |       28|      114|        6|        2|        7|        -|        5|        2|        -|
|  Education                   |       38|      165|        -|        4|        4|        -|        -|        -|        -|
|  Other                       |       37|       42|        2|        6|        3|       10|        -|        -|        -|
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- Indicates value of zero
Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel