Table 11a. 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|
|----------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Male                                    | 72,739|  100.0|  6,633|  100.0| 51,482|  100.0| 14,625|  100.0|
|----------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|                                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Managerial and professional             | 23,643|   32.5|  1,440|   21.7| 19,031|   37.0|  3,173|   21.7|
|Service occupations                     |  9,486|   13.0|  1,404|   21.2|  5,340|   10.4|  2,742|   18.8|
|Technical, sales, and administrative    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|support                                 | 12,773|   17.6|  1,177|   17.8|  9,356|   18.2|  2,239|   15.3|
|Farming, forestry, and fishing          |    711|    1.0|     43|    0.6|    386|    0.8|    282|    1.9|
|Operators, fabricators, and laborers    | 14,822|   20.4|  1,569|   23.7|  9,640|   18.7|  3,614|   24.7|
|Precision production, craft, and repair | 11,303|   15.5|  1,000|   15.1|  7,729|   15.0|  2,574|   17.6|
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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