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Industry and Occupation Indexes

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Industry and Occupation Indexes

The Alphabetical Indexes of Industries and Occupations list over 21,000 industry and 31,000 occupation titles in alphabetical order. Developed primarily for use in classifying a respondents industry and occupation as reported in Census Bureau demographic surveys, these are comprehensive lists of specific industries and occupations developed over time and continuously updated through review of census and survey responses.

General Overview

The General Overview of the Alphabetical Indexes of Industries and Occupations [PDF - 101K] provides an explanation of how the indexes are designed and how they are used for coding industry and occupation responses.

pdf General Overview of the Alphabetical Indexes of Industries and Occupations [<1.0 MB]
xls Census 2018 Industry Index [<1.0 MB]
xls Census 2018 Occupation Index [<1.0 MB]
pdf Occupation Coding Visualization [<1.0 MB]
xls Public-Use Sample of Occupation and Industry Write-ins from ACS 2019 [< 1.0 MB]

Previous Industry and Occupation Indexes

xls Census 2016 Industry Index [<1.0 MB]
xls Census 2016 Occupation Index [<1.0 MB]
xls Census 2010 Industry Index [2.0 MB]
xls Census 2010 Occupation Index [3.0 MB]
xls Census 2002 Industry Index [2.0 MB]
xls Census 2002 Occupation Index [3.0 MB]
xls Census 2000 Industry Index [2.0 MB]
xls Census 2000 Occupation Index [3.0 MB]
xls Public-Use Sample of Occupation and Industry Write-ins from ACS 2009 [1.0 MB]
pdf 1970 Census Alphabetical Index of Industries and Occupations [<1.0 MB]

Additional File Formats

Additional guidance materials can be reached on the FTP archive.

ftp Archived Guidance Materials [<1.0 MB]
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