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660. Self-Employed Workers, by Industry and Occupation
[In thousands (7,031 represents 7,031,000). For civilian noninstitutional population 16 years old and over. Annual averages of monthly figures. Data from 1992 forward are not
fully comparable with data for prior years because of the introduction of the occupational and industrial classification used in the 1990 census. Based on the Current Population
Survey;see text, Section 1, Population, and Appendix III]
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1970
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1975
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1980
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1982
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1983
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1984
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1985
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1986
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1987
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1988
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1989
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1990 1
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994 1
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1995
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1996
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1997 1
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1998 1
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1999 1
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Total self-employed
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7,031
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7,427
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8,642
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8,898
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9,140
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9,338
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9,269
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9,328
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9,624
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9,917
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10,008
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10,097
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10,274
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9,960
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10,280
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10,648
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10,482
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10,490
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10,513
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10,303
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10,087
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Industry: Agriculture
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1,810
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1,722
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1,642
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1,636
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1,565
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1,553
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1,458
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1,447
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1,423
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1,398
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1,403
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1,378
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1,423
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1,385
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1,320
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1,645
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1,580
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1,518
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1,457
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1,341
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1,297
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Nonagriculture
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5,221
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5,705
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7,000
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7,262
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7,575
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7,785
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7,811
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7,881
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8,201
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8,519
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8,605
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8,719
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8,851
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8,575
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8,960
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9,003
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8,902
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8,971
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9,056
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8,962
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8,790
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Mining
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14
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16
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28
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34
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29
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25
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20
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26
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27
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28
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17
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13
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16
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15
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14
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21
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16
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Construction
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687
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839
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1,173
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1,117
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1,158
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1,235
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1,301
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1,369
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1,384
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1,427
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1,423
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1,457
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1,442
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1,460
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1,549
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1,506
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1,460
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1,496
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1,492
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1,519
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1,545
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Manufacturing
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264
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273
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358
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353
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371
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360
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347
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371
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354
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394
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406
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427
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418
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390
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439
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426
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433
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406
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422
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428
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380
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Transportation and public utilities
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196
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223
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282
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304
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322
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318
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315
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318
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335
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345
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323
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301
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317
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337
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372
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385
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396
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432
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438
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430
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429
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Trade
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1,667
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1,709
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1,899
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1,870
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1,932
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1,920
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1,792
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1,787
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1,841
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1,823
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1,882
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1,851
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1,873
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1,770
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1,886
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1,906
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1,772
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1,760
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1,761
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1,640
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1,621
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Finance, insurance, and real estate
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254
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335
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458
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490
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532
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544
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558
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556
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597
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624
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621
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630
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611
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622
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655
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625
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660
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674
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629
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609
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661
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Services
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2,140
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2,310
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2,804
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3,093
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3,233
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3,383
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3,477
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3,455
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3,663
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3,878
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3,924
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4,030
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4,166
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3,975
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4,041
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4,142
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4,166
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4,189
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4,300
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4,317
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4,138
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Occupation:
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Managerial and professional specialty
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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2,437
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2,531
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2,585
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2,554
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2,714
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2,929
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3,059
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3,050
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3,092
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2,895
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3,078
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3,106
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3,147
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3,288
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3,432
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3,400
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3,298
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Technical, sales, and administrative support
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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2,114
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2,132
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2,059
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2,092
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2,139
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2,155
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2,195
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2,240
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2,231
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2,176
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2,319
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2,380
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2,341
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2,304
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2,219
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2,117
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2,111
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Service occupations
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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887
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939
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980
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998
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1,058
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1,159
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1,146
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1,207
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1,268
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1,079
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1,044
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1,178
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1,190
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1,198
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1,179
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1,198
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1,136
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Precision production, craft, and repair
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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1,527
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1,602
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1,611
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1,651
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1,680
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1,674
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1,648
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1,675
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1,694
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1,799
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1,888
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1,740
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1,618
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1,595
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1,651
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1,697
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1,665
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Operators, fabricators, and laborers
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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599
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583
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568
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577
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595
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604
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585
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567
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581
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625
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631
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639
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631
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634
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629
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584
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607
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Farming, forestry, and fishing
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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(NA)
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1,580
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1,551
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1,465
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1,456
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1,438
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1,395
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1,376
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1,358
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1,408
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1,377
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1,320
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1,605
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1,556
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1,471
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1,403
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1,307
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1,270
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NA Not available.
1 See footnote 2, Table 643.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bulletin 2307; Employment and Earnings, monthly, January issues; and unpublished data.
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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
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