The Ten Occupations with the largest and smallest percentage of African-Americans

AllGov ^ | Sep 05, 2010 | AllGov

[Abin Sur]

10 Occupations with Largest Percentage of African-Americans

1. Barbers—35.0%
2. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides—34.0%
3. Residential advisors—29.6%
4. Security guards and gaming surveillance officers—28.6%
5. Postal service clerks-28.3%
6. Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges—27.1%
7. Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators—26.4%
8. Taxi drivers and chauffeurs—25.7%
9. Bus drivers—24.9%
10. Parking lot attendants—24.4%

10 Occupations with Smallest Percentages of African-Americans

1. Artists and related workers—0.8%
2. Environmental scientists and geoscientists—1.0%
3. Cost estimators—1.1%
4. Farmers and ranchers—1.4%
4. Dentists—1.4%
4. Surveying and mapping technicians—1.4%
7. Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers—1.5%
8. News analysts, reporters and correspondents—1.8%
9. Millwrights—2.1%
9. Miscellaneous physical scientists—2.1%

[scrabblehack]

Do housing projects have residential advisors? I was thinking college dorms also.

[scrabblehack]

I don’t rightly know but does the pay actually exceed a tuition waiver? I don’t think it does.

Possibly they mean the person in charge of the dormitory (not a student). That is a paying position at many schools...nonexistent at others...

There aren’t too many openings, I’m sure.

[RnMomof7]

Who cares? Blacks should be becoming an irrelevant minority in this country. Many more Hispanics, many more Asians, etc. All with far less bitching and moaning. Their time has come and gone. Billions in handouts and so little to show for it. Move on.

I agree.. soon Mexicans will be the dominate political force.. poor Asians are excluded from ANY minority benefit..they actually have to work for it, because they have proved they can

[Verginius Rufus]

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D., is a black astrophysicist whom I've seen more than once on TV--very sharp and very enthusiastic about science, a bit like Carl Sagan (in fact Sagan tried to recruit him to come study at Cornell but he chose Harvard instead). He was on C-SPAN last Friday evening--he is director of the Hayden Planetarium in NYC.

I don't know if astrophysics comes under "miscellaneous physical sciences" or has its own category. Dr. Tyson is obviously someone who did not give into peer pressure when he was a kid.

[reformedliberal]

I am an artist. Attended university in the 1960s. I had 2 black classmates. Later, on the wholesale craft show circuit, I was aware of 1 professional black craftsperson out of hundreds of exhibitors. Today, I also know one.

Your 3 students out of 30 equals 10%, so it is proportionate.

I did see more black craftspeople at retail shows in Florida and Hawaii than anywhere else.

Professional art and crafts demands some sort of support such as another job, private income, supporting spouse or parent. So, perhaps it would understandably self-select towards whites. Whites are also the majority of the population. The craftsperson I recall from professional wholesale trade shows was actually a husband/wife team showing clothing. The woman I know right now makes American Indian-style items and her husband supports her.

Interesting that performing arts and music weren’t listed. I think blacks dominate, as they do in sports.

[Texas Fossil]

That's why they invented meters!

Yep, even if the color code is correct the resistor value may not be what is coded on it. High heat and excess current can change resistor values. However the highest component failure is still electrolytic capacitors. Dialectric breakdown. Tantalum capacitors not so.

With all the hi-tech stuff, I still prefer my Simpson 260 for most things.

[Leo Farnsworth]

“3. Residential advisors—29.6%
That's an “occupation?””

Sure.

I'll give you an example:

GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!

See, I advised you as to where you live (not here).

[Paladin2]

I found when trouble shooting, it’s best to assume nothing. Trust, but verify. Even the meter over its ranges.

[wtc911]

Exactly why is this important? Please be specific.

[goseminoles]

“What, ?Gangbanger? is not an occupation?”

Or career criminal and inmate.

[dfwgator]

1. Artists and related workers—0.8%

I guess they don't consider rap music an art.

[dfwgator]

Presidents of the United States of America - 1/2

I don't see any blacks there.

[Vermont Lt]

Because the cool kids don’t do math.

[Vermont Lt]

And they ALL moved into the house across the street from me.

[TruthWillWin]

ACORN

[Cloverfarm]

Looks like there’s a rural/urban split, too.

[KC Burke]

What is the purpose of this leftist “class”ification crap article? Are you just checking on what sort of off-hand comments can be trolled up and cherry picked?

[Abin Sur]

What is the purpose of this leftist “class”ification crap article? Are you just checking on what sort of off-hand comments can be trolled up and cherry picked?

I thought it was interesting, and shared it.

Chill, dude.

[Osage Orange]

Well...obviously..more cracker’s need to be affirmative actioned into barbering.