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District of Columbia Historical Careers Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

Occupation

	District of Columbia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	325,838	-	143,435,233
Male¹	156,991	48.18%, see rank	52.38%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	95,158	60.61%, see rank	33.12%
Service Occupations²	22,193	14.14%, see rank	15.12%
Sales and Office Occupations²	20,179	12.85%, see rank	17.47%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	275	0.18%, see rank	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	6,969	4.44%, see rank	9.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	9,994	6.37%, see rank	17.94%
Female¹	168,847	51.82%, see rank	47.62%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	102,059	60.44%, see rank	40.04%
Service Occupations²	27,269	16.15%, see rank	21.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	36,214	21.45%, see rank	31.93%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	16	0.01%, see rank	0.32%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	304	0.18%, see rank	0.28%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	2,690	1.59%, see rank	5.65%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	District of Columbia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	325,838	100%	143,435,233
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	218	0.07%, see rank	1.96%
Construction	9,964	3.06%, see rank	6.17%
Manufacturing	3,910	1.20%, see rank	10.43%
Wholesale Trade	1,931	0.59%, see rank	2.75%
Retail Trade	16,211	4.98%, see rank	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	10,574	3.25%, see rank	4.93%
Information	13,007	3.99%, see rank	2.14%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	18,245	5.60%, see rank	6.60%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	73,918	22.69%, see rank	10.89%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	63,142	19.38%, see rank	23.21%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	30,229	9.28%, see rank	9.49%
Public Administration	54,935	16.86%, see rank	4.92%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	29,554	9.07%, see rank	4.96%

ACS 2008-2012 data

Occupation

	District of Columbia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	308,602	-	141,996,548
Male¹	148,834	48.23%, see rank	52.32%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	88,016	59.14%, see rank	32.75%
Service Occupations²	22,442	15.08%, see rank	14.76%
Sales and Office Occupations²	19,490	13.10%, see rank	17.65%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	59	0.04%, see rank	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	6,592	4.43%, see rank	9.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	9,874	6.63%, see rank	17.87%
Female¹	159,768	51.77%, see rank	47.68%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	95,219	59.60%, see rank	39.35%
Service Occupations²	25,709	16.09%, see rank	21.19%
Sales and Office Occupations²	35,175	22.02%, see rank	32.82%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	37	0.02%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	234	0.15%, see rank	0.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	3,153	1.97%, see rank	5.77%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	District of Columbia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	308,602	100%	141,996,548
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	348	0.11%, see rank	1.90%
Construction	9,478	3.07%, see rank	6.49%
Manufacturing	3,929	1.27%, see rank	10.62%
Wholesale Trade	1,932	0.63%, see rank	2.83%
Retail Trade	14,869	4.82%, see rank	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	10,139	3.29%, see rank	5.00%
Information	12,905	4.18%, see rank	2.21%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	17,575	5.70%, see rank	6.74%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	67,188	21.77%, see rank	10.66%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	60,707	19.67%, see rank	22.90%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	28,665	9.29%, see rank	9.18%
Public Administration	53,164	17.23%, see rank	4.94%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	27,703	8.98%, see rank	4.95%

ACS 2006-2010 data

Occupation

	District of Columbia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	297,189	-	141,833,331
Male¹	144,120	48.49%, see rank	52.63%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	82,279	57.09%, see rank	32.27%
Service Occupations²	21,797	15.12%, see rank	14.06%
Sales and Office Occupations²	20,602	14.30%, see rank	17.76%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	163	0.11%, see rank	1.08%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	6,092	4.23%, see rank	10.60%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	10,553	7.32%, see rank	18.08%
Female¹	153,069	51.51%, see rank	47.37%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	89,188	58.27%, see rank	38.62%
Service Occupations²	25,170	16.44%, see rank	20.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	34,804	22.74%, see rank	33.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	53	0.03%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	278	0.18%, see rank	0.34%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	3,308	2.16%, see rank	6.07%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	District of Columbia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	297,189	100%	141,833,331
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	447	0.15%, see rank	1.86%
Construction	8,727	2.94%, see rank	7.13%
Manufacturing	3,670	1.23%, see rank	10.99%
Wholesale Trade	2,170	0.73%, see rank	3.06%
Retail Trade	15,098	5.08%, see rank	11.49%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	9,527	3.21%, see rank	5.07%
Information	12,724	4.28%, see rank	2.38%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	18,267	6.15%, see rank	7.00%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	66,600	22.41%, see rank	10.42%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	58,476	19.68%, see rank	22.05%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	27,007	9.09%, see rank	8.86%
Public Administration	49,009	16.49%, see rank	4.84%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	25,467	8.57%, see rank	4.86%

ACS 2005-2009 data

Occupation

	District of Columbia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	291,830	-	141,303,145
Male¹	141,942	48.64%, see rank	53.11%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	78,306	55.17%, see rank	31.81%
Service Occupations²	22,338	15.74%, see rank	13.79%
Sales and Office Occupations²	21,422	15.09%, see rank	17.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	157	0.11%, see rank	1.06%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	9,438	6.65%, see rank	17.24%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	10,281	7.24%, see rank	18.26%
Female¹	149,888	51.36%, see rank	46.89%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	84,677	56.49%, see rank	38.12%
Service Occupations²	25,194	16.81%, see rank	20.39%
Sales and Office Occupations²	36,232	24.17%, see rank	34.43%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	44	0.03%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	634	0.42%, see rank	0.68%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	3,107	2.07%, see rank	6.09%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	District of Columbia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	291,830	100%	141,303,145
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	447	0.15%, see rank	1.82%
Construction	8,986	3.08%, see rank	7.45%
Manufacturing	3,821	1.31%, see rank	11.24%
Wholesale Trade	1,957	0.67%, see rank	3.20%
Retail Trade	15,158	5.19%, see rank	11.52%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	9,260	3.17%, see rank	5.08%
Information	13,110	4.49%, see rank	2.44%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	19,105	6.55%, see rank	7.10%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	64,017	21.94%, see rank	10.29%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	57,941	19.85%, see rank	21.51%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	26,750	9.17%, see rank	8.77%
Public Administration	47,134	16.15%, see rank	4.74%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	24,144	8.27%, see rank	4.84%

US Census 2000 data

Occupation

	District of Columbia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	263,108	-	129,721,512
Male¹	128,638	48.89%, see rank	53.26%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	64,646	50.25%, see rank	31.42%
Service Occupations²	20,472	15.91%, see rank	12.08%
Sales and Office Occupations²	21,104	16.41%, see rank	17.86%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	61	0.05%, see rank	1.09%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	11,712	9.10%, see rank	17.08%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	10,643	8.27%, see rank	20.47%
Female¹	134,470	51.11%, see rank	46.74%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	69,741	51.86%, see rank	36.18%
Service Occupations²	21,836	16.24%, see rank	18.03%
Sales and Office Occupations²	38,862	28.90%, see rank	36.75%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	85	0.06%, see rank	0.33%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	859	0.64%, see rank	0.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	3,087	2.30%, see rank	7.96%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	District of Columbia	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	263,108	100%	129,721,512
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	203	0.08%, see rank	1.87%
Construction	10,337	3.93%, see rank	6.78%
Manufacturing	4,024	1.53%, see rank	14.10%
Wholesale Trade	2,385	0.91%, see rank	3.60%
Retail Trade	15,678	5.96%, see rank	11.73%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	9,521	3.62%, see rank	5.20%
Information	16,846	6.40%, see rank	3.08%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	19,388	7.37%, see rank	6.89%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	49,564	18.84%, see rank	9.30%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	47,312	17.98%, see rank	19.92%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	23,904	9.09%, see rank	7.87%
Public Administration	39,501	15.01%, see rank	4.79%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	24,445	9.29%, see rank	4.87%

* ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.