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Portsmouth, VA Historical Careers Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

Occupation

	Portsmouth, VA	Virginia	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	40,770	3,936,638	143,435,233
Male¹	19,860, 48.71%, see rank	51.61%	52.38%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	5,124, 25.80%, see rank	39.95%	33.12%
Service Occupations²	3,189, 16.06%, see rank	14.02%	15.12%
Sales and Office Occupations²	2,957, 14.89%, see rank	16.24%	17.47%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	30, 0.15%, see rank	0.64%	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	2,809, 14.14%, see rank	9.43%	9.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	4,047, 20.38%, see rank	14.05%	17.94%
Female¹	20,910, 51.29%, see rank	48.39%	47.62%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	7,272, 34.78%, see rank	45.17%	40.04%
Service Occupations²	4,918, 23.52%, see rank	19.77%	21.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	7,195, 34.41%, see rank	29.79%	31.93%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	0.15%	0.32%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	133, 0.64%, see rank	0.34%	0.28%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	1,189, 5.69%, see rank	4.52%	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

	Portsmouth, VA	Virginia	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	40,770, 100%	3,936,638	143,435,233
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	73, 0.18%, see rank	1.05%	1.96%
Construction	2,660, 6.52%, see rank	6.45%	6.17%
Manufacturing	4,734, 11.61%, see rank	7.36%	10.43%
Wholesale Trade	801, 1.96%, see rank	1.93%	2.75%
Retail Trade	4,840, 11.87%, see rank	10.80%	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	2,017, 4.95%, see rank	4.12%	4.93%
Information	669, 1.64%, see rank	2.13%	2.14%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	1,993, 4.89%, see rank	6.33%	6.60%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	3,822, 9.37%, see rank	14.72%	10.89%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	9,110, 22.34%, see rank	21.68%	23.21%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	3,962, 9.72%, see rank	8.81%	9.49%
Public Administration	4,076, 10.00%, see rank	9.37%	4.92%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	2,013, 4.94%, see rank	5.25%	4.96%

ACS 2008-2012 data

Occupation

	Portsmouth, VA	Virginia	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	41,138	3,867,416	141,996,548
Male¹	19,193, 46.66%, see rank	51.47%	52.32%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	4,805, 25.04%, see rank	39.59%	32.75%
Service Occupations²	3,505, 18.26%, see rank	13.45%	14.76%
Sales and Office Occupations²	2,974, 15.50%, see rank	16.18%	17.65%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	36, 0.19%, see rank	0.68%	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	2,594, 13.52%, see rank	9.96%	9.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	3,766, 19.62%, see rank	14.26%	17.87%
Female¹	21,945, 53.34%, see rank	48.53%	47.68%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	7,658, 34.90%, see rank	44.33%	39.35%
Service Occupations²	5,002, 22.79%, see rank	19.17%	21.19%
Sales and Office Occupations²	7,722, 35.19%, see rank	30.86%	32.82%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	39, 0.18%, see rank	0.16%	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	214, 0.98%, see rank	0.40%	0.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	1,153, 5.25%, see rank	4.82%	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

	Portsmouth, VA	Virginia	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	41,138, 100%	3,867,416	141,996,548
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	46, 0.11%, see rank	1.05%	1.90%
Construction	2,658, 6.46%, see rank	6.85%	6.49%
Manufacturing	4,494, 10.92%, see rank	7.69%	10.62%
Wholesale Trade	765, 1.86%, see rank	2.02%	2.83%
Retail Trade	4,684, 11.39%, see rank	10.90%	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	2,033, 4.94%, see rank	4.13%	5.00%
Information	712, 1.73%, see rank	2.30%	2.21%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	2,059, 5.01%, see rank	6.54%	6.74%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	4,369, 10.62%, see rank	14.52%	10.66%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	9,435, 22.93%, see rank	21.21%	22.90%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	4,192, 10.19%, see rank	8.33%	9.18%
Public Administration	3,628, 8.82%, see rank	9.20%	4.94%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	2,063, 5.01%, see rank	5.26%	4.95%

ACS 2006-2010 data

Occupation

	Portsmouth, VA	Virginia	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	42,579	3,824,131	141,833,331
Male¹	20,399, 47.91%, see rank	51.67%	52.63%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	5,334, 26.15%, see rank	39.00%	32.27%
Service Occupations²	3,484, 17.08%, see rank	12.64%	14.06%
Sales and Office Occupations²	3,067, 15.04%, see rank	15.97%	17.76%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	56, 0.27%, see rank	0.77%	1.08%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	2,748, 13.47%, see rank	10.87%	10.60%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	4,067, 19.94%, see rank	14.63%	18.08%
Female¹	22,180, 52.09%, see rank	48.33%	47.37%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	7,770, 35.03%, see rank	43.28%	38.62%
Service Occupations²	5,079, 22.90%, see rank	18.64%	20.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	7,714, 34.78%, see rank	31.99%	33.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	36, 0.16%, see rank	0.15%	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	171, 0.77%, see rank	0.41%	0.34%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	1,292, 5.83%, see rank	5.23%	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

	Portsmouth, VA	Virginia	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	42,579, 100%	3,824,131	141,833,331
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	72, 0.17%, see rank	1.12%	1.86%
Construction	3,092, 7.26%, see rank	7.54%	7.13%
Manufacturing	4,345, 10.20%, see rank	8.15%	10.99%
Wholesale Trade	995, 2.34%, see rank	2.19%	3.06%
Retail Trade	4,839, 11.36%, see rank	10.80%	11.49%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	2,193, 5.15%, see rank	4.25%	5.07%
Information	1,006, 2.36%, see rank	2.54%	2.38%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	2,142, 5.03%, see rank	6.71%	7.00%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	4,527, 10.63%, see rank	14.24%	10.42%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	9,857, 23.15%, see rank	20.31%	22.05%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	4,021, 9.44%, see rank	8.01%	8.86%
Public Administration	3,541, 8.32%, see rank	8.98%	4.84%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	1,949, 4.58%, see rank	5.16%	4.86%

ACS 2005-2009 data

Occupation

	Portsmouth, VA	Virginia	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	44,359	3,768,930	141,303,145
Male¹	21,637, 48.78%, see rank	52.08%	53.11%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	5,412, 25.01%, see rank	38.39%	31.81%
Service Occupations²	3,862, 17.85%, see rank	12.42%	13.79%
Sales and Office Occupations²	3,107, 14.36%, see rank	15.97%	17.85%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	49, 0.23%, see rank	0.74%	1.06%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	5,097, 23.56%, see rank	17.56%	17.24%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	4,110, 19.00%, see rank	14.91%	18.26%
Female¹	22,722, 51.22%, see rank	47.92%	46.89%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	7,702, 33.90%, see rank	42.70%	38.12%
Service Occupations²	5,337, 23.49%, see rank	18.39%	20.39%
Sales and Office Occupations²	8,097, 35.64%, see rank	32.75%	34.43%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	33, 0.15%, see rank	0.14%	0.30%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	285, 1.25%, see rank	0.77%	0.68%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	1,268, 5.58%, see rank	5.26%	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

	Portsmouth, VA	Virginia	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	44,359, 100%	3,768,930	141,303,145
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	66, 0.15%, see rank	1.16%	1.82%
Construction	3,330, 7.51%, see rank	7.83%	7.45%
Manufacturing	4,681, 10.55%, see rank	8.41%	11.24%
Wholesale Trade	995, 2.24%, see rank	2.28%	3.20%
Retail Trade	5,192, 11.70%, see rank	11.05%	11.52%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	2,205, 4.97%, see rank	4.30%	5.08%
Information	952, 2.15%, see rank	2.69%	2.44%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	2,487, 5.61%, see rank	6.74%	7.10%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	4,600, 10.37%, see rank	13.90%	10.29%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	10,459, 23.58%, see rank	19.84%	21.51%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	3,797, 8.56%, see rank	7.83%	8.77%
Public Administration	3,741, 8.43%, see rank	8.84%	4.74%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	1,854, 4.18%, see rank	5.14%	4.84%

US Census 2000 data

Occupation

	Portsmouth, VA	Virginia	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	40,353	3,412,647	129,721,512
Male¹	19,870, 49.24%, see rank	52.12%	53.26%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	4,785, 24.08%, see rank	36.65%	31.42%
Service Occupations²	2,819, 14.19%, see rank	11.08%	12.08%
Sales and Office Occupations²	3,059, 15.40%, see rank	16.53%	17.86%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	27, 0.14%, see rank	0.73%	1.09%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	4,880, 24.56%, see rank	17.73%	17.08%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	4,300, 21.64%, see rank	17.28%	20.47%
Female¹	20,483, 50.76%, see rank	47.88%	46.74%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	6,408, 31.28%, see rank	39.97%	36.18%
Service Occupations²	3,937, 19.22%, see rank	16.59%	18.03%
Sales and Office Occupations²	8,163, 39.85%, see rank	35.16%	36.75%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	56, 0.27%, see rank	0.20%	0.33%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	305, 1.49%, see rank	0.75%	0.75%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	1,614, 7.88%, see rank	7.32%	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

	Portsmouth, VA	Virginia	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	40,353, 100%	3,412,647	129,721,512
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	153, 0.38%, see rank	1.27%	1.87%
Construction	3,257, 8.07%, see rank	7.33%	6.78%
Manufacturing	5,655, 14.01%, see rank	11.34%	14.10%
Wholesale Trade	1,220, 3.02%, see rank	2.74%	3.60%
Retail Trade	4,799, 11.89%, see rank	11.41%	11.73%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	2,077, 5.15%, see rank	4.64%	5.20%
Information	1,067, 2.64%, see rank	3.83%	3.08%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	2,096, 5.19%, see rank	6.63%	6.89%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	3,260, 8.08%, see rank	11.59%	9.30%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	8,339, 20.67%, see rank	18.35%	19.92%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	2,875, 7.12%, see rank	7.21%	7.87%
Public Administration	3,061, 7.59%, see rank	8.27%	4.79%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	2,494, 6.18%, see rank	5.38%	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.