Table 4. Distribution of employment from the 2002 to the 1990 Census Industrial Classification by major industry group : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 4. Distribution of employment from the 2002 to the 1990 Census Industrial Classification by major industry group
(Percent distribution)
1990 Industry Group	2002 Industry Group
1990 Industry Group	Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	Mining	Construc- tion	Manu- facturing	Wholesale and retail trade	Trans- portation and utilities	Infor- mation	Financial activities	Profes- sional and business services	Education and health services	Leisure and hospitality	Other services	Public adminis- tration
Total for industry (in thousands)	2,358	505	10,022	18,437	19,864	7,295	3,918	9,461	13,911	26,887	11,365	6,530	6,216
Percent	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Agriculture	82.7	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.1	(1)	(1)	8.1	(1)	0.1	1.2	0.1
Mining	0.1	85.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	(1)	0.1	0.1	(1)	(1)	(1)	(1)
Construc- tion	0.4	2.4	89.2	0.7	0.6	1.2	0.9	0.3	1.0	0.1	0.2	1.2	1.2
Manu- facturing	6.0	4.4	2.4	90.0	2.7	1.4	22.4	0.4	2.9	0.3	0.6	1.6	0.6
Trans- portation and public utilities	0.4	1.2	1.1	0.5	0.7	90.1	47.5	0.6	4.5	0.6	0.5	0.7	1.1
Wholesale and retail trade	3.1	4.3	2.6	5.4	92.2	2.7	3.5	1.4	3.1	0.6	62.9	2.7	0.5
Finance, insurance, and real estate	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	88.2	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.6
Services	6.6	2.0	2.8	2.8	3.1	3.4	25.0	8.6	78.2	97.2	35.1	91.2	7.2
Public adminis- tration	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.5	88.7
Footnotes: (1) Value less than 0.05 NOTE: Estimates are based on three-year average employment (2000-2002). SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.

Last Modified Date: January 27, 2005