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ACS 2010-2014 data

Occupation

	Kentucky	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,870,879	-	143,435,233
Male¹	974,920	52.11%, see rank	52.38%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	272,437	27.94%, see rank	33.12%
Service Occupations²	130,458	13.38%, see rank	15.12%
Sales and Office Occupations²	159,321	16.34%, see rank	17.47%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	11,672	1.20%, see rank	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	97,338	9.98%, see rank	9.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	238,636	24.48%, see rank	17.94%
Female¹	895,959	47.89%, see rank	47.62%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	340,079	37.96%, see rank	40.04%
Service Occupations²	183,169	20.44%, see rank	21.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	292,742	32.67%, see rank	31.93%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	1,834	0.20%, see rank	0.32%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	3,070	0.34%, see rank	0.28%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	72,443	8.09%, 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

	Kentucky	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,870,879	100%	143,435,233
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	52,775	2.82%, see rank	1.96%
Construction	110,690	5.92%, see rank	6.17%
Manufacturing	256,824	13.73%, see rank	10.43%
Wholesale Trade	49,210	2.63%, see rank	2.75%
Retail Trade	223,836	11.96%, see rank	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	109,783	5.87%, see rank	4.93%
Information	31,901	1.71%, see rank	2.14%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	101,123	5.41%, see rank	6.60%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	146,587	7.84%, see rank	10.89%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	456,245	24.39%, see rank	23.21%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	158,328	8.46%, see rank	9.49%
Public Administration	85,182	4.55%, see rank	4.92%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	88,395	4.72%, see rank	4.96%

ACS 2008-2012 data

Occupation

	Kentucky	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,859,549	-	141,996,548
Male¹	966,467	51.97%, see rank	52.32%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	265,084	27.43%, see rank	32.75%
Service Occupations²	127,721	13.22%, see rank	14.76%
Sales and Office Occupations²	158,883	16.44%, see rank	17.65%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	12,745	1.32%, see rank	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	103,991	10.76%, see rank	9.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	232,857	24.09%, see rank	17.87%
Female¹	893,082	48.03%, see rank	47.68%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	334,253	37.43%, see rank	39.35%
Service Occupations²	183,019	20.49%, see rank	21.19%
Sales and Office Occupations²	295,881	33.13%, see rank	32.82%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	1,956	0.22%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	2,923	0.33%, see rank	0.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	72,247	8.09%, 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

	Kentucky	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,859,549	100%	141,996,548
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	54,555	2.93%, see rank	1.90%
Construction	116,740	6.28%, see rank	6.49%
Manufacturing	254,467	13.68%, see rank	10.62%
Wholesale Trade	49,517	2.66%, see rank	2.83%
Retail Trade	218,316	11.74%, see rank	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	111,861	6.02%, see rank	5.00%
Information	32,992	1.77%, see rank	2.21%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	102,186	5.50%, see rank	6.74%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	142,865	7.68%, see rank	10.66%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	448,716	24.13%, see rank	22.90%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	155,375	8.36%, see rank	9.18%
Public Administration	84,419	4.54%, see rank	4.94%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	87,540	4.71%, see rank	4.95%

ACS 2006-2010 data

Occupation

	Kentucky	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,871,531	-	141,833,331
Male¹	980,025	52.36%, see rank	52.63%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	262,824	26.82%, see rank	32.27%
Service Occupations²	122,333	12.48%, see rank	14.06%
Sales and Office Occupations²	162,991	16.63%, see rank	17.76%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	13,310	1.36%, see rank	1.08%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	111,918	11.42%, see rank	10.60%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	238,495	24.34%, see rank	18.08%
Female¹	891,506	47.64%, see rank	47.37%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	325,352	36.49%, see rank	38.62%
Service Occupations²	179,564	20.14%, see rank	20.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	303,841	34.08%, see rank	33.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	2,287	0.26%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	3,230	0.36%, see rank	0.34%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	74,472	8.35%, 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

	Kentucky	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,871,531	100%	141,833,331
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	56,777	3.03%, see rank	1.86%
Construction	127,740	6.83%, see rank	7.13%
Manufacturing	263,957	14.10%, see rank	10.99%
Wholesale Trade	52,862	2.82%, see rank	3.06%
Retail Trade	219,997	11.75%, see rank	11.49%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	112,522	6.01%, see rank	5.07%
Information	35,268	1.88%, see rank	2.38%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	106,184	5.67%, see rank	7.00%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	141,344	7.55%, see rank	10.42%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	434,493	23.22%, see rank	22.05%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	149,384	7.98%, see rank	8.86%
Public Administration	82,415	4.40%, see rank	4.84%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	88,588	4.73%, see rank	4.86%

ACS 2005-2009 data

Occupation

	Kentucky	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,875,443	-	141,303,145
Male¹	987,214	52.64%, see rank	53.11%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	261,699	26.51%, see rank	31.81%
Service Occupations²	120,600	12.22%, see rank	13.79%
Sales and Office Occupations²	163,224	16.53%, see rank	17.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	12,978	1.31%, see rank	1.06%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	186,354	18.88%, see rank	17.24%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	242,359	24.55%, see rank	18.26%
Female¹	888,229	47.36%, see rank	46.89%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	318,323	35.84%, see rank	38.12%
Service Occupations²	179,169	20.17%, see rank	20.39%
Sales and Office Occupations²	307,261	34.59%, see rank	34.43%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	2,164	0.24%, see rank	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	5,994	0.67%, see rank	0.68%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	75,318	8.48%, 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

	Kentucky	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,875,443	100%	141,303,145
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	57,911	3.09%, see rank	1.82%
Construction	133,060	7.09%, see rank	7.45%
Manufacturing	273,446	14.58%, see rank	11.24%
Wholesale Trade	55,818	2.98%, see rank	3.20%
Retail Trade	218,647	11.66%, see rank	11.52%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	112,134	5.98%, see rank	5.08%
Information	35,075	1.87%, see rank	2.44%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	108,236	5.77%, see rank	7.10%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	139,020	7.41%, see rank	10.29%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	422,339	22.52%, see rank	21.51%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	148,691	7.93%, see rank	8.77%
Public Administration	83,020	4.43%, see rank	4.74%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	88,046	4.69%, see rank	4.84%

US Census 2000 data

Occupation

	Kentucky	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,798,264	-	129,721,512
Male¹	959,596	53.36%, see rank	53.26%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	241,368	25.15%, see rank	31.42%
Service Occupations²	99,825	10.40%, see rank	12.08%
Sales and Office Occupations²	153,707	16.02%, see rank	17.86%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	13,890	1.45%, see rank	1.09%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	191,932	20.00%, see rank	17.08%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	258,874	26.98%, see rank	20.47%
Female¹	838,668	46.64%, see rank	46.74%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	273,857	32.65%, see rank	36.18%
Service Occupations²	156,840	18.70%, see rank	18.03%
Sales and Office Occupations²	303,731	36.22%, see rank	36.75%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	2,380	0.28%, see rank	0.33%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	6,730	0.80%, see rank	0.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	95,130	11.34%, 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

	Kentucky	%	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	1,798,264	100%	129,721,512
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	59,729	3.32%, see rank	1.87%
Construction	129,618	7.21%, see rank	6.78%
Manufacturing	315,774	17.56%, see rank	14.10%
Wholesale Trade	60,854	3.38%, see rank	3.60%
Retail Trade	217,164	12.08%, see rank	11.73%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	108,738	6.05%, see rank	5.20%
Information	39,303	2.19%, see rank	3.08%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	97,350	5.41%, see rank	6.89%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	111,878	6.22%, see rank	9.30%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	365,605	20.33%, see rank	19.92%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	129,973	7.23%, see rank	7.87%
Public Administration	77,128	4.29%, see rank	4.79%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	85,150	4.74%, 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.