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Ethnicity and jobs on Long Island
Here are the top 10 job categories in each county, broken down by ethnic group, from the U.S. Census Bureau's tabulation for 2006-2010. For a breakdown by gender, click here.
The data, called the Equal Employment Opportunity Tabulation, are derived from five-year estimates of the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, covering 2006 through 2010. This is the fifth tabulation conducted by the bureau since the 1970s. The tabulation is produced for several federal agencies responsible for monitoring employment practices and for enforcing civil rights laws for the workforce.
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| County | Job | Total number 2006-2012 | Hispanic white percent | Other Hispanic percent | White, not Hispanic, percent | Black, not Hispanic, percent | Native American percent | Asian percent |
| 1.Nassau | K-12 teachers | 27,470 | 3.50 | 1.90 | 87.30 | 5.20 | 0.00 | 1.40 |
| 2.Nassau | Secretaries and administrative assistants | 20,200 | 5.20 | 3.40 | 77.40 | 8.90 | 0.10 | 3.80 |
| 3.Nassau | Retail sales persons | 16,515 | 6.40 | 5.60 | 60.30 | 18.20 | 0.00 | 8.40 |
| 4.Nassau | Registered nurses | 14,160 | 2.60 | 2.10 | 63.80 | 16.50 | 0.00 | 13.20 |
| 5.Nassau | First-line supervisors of retail workers | 13,365 | 7.20 | 3.90 | 67.20 | 10.30 | 0.10 | 9.80 |
| 6.Nassau | Cashiers | 11,465 | 11.80 | 15.30 | 42.30 | 14.80 | 0.10 | 12.70 |
| 7.Nassau | Nursing, psychiatric and home health aides | 10,790 | 7.80 | 7.70 | 17.00 | 59.60 | 0.00 | 5.60 |
| 8.Nassau | Miscellaneous managers | 10,720 | 6.60 | 3.40 | 76.00 | 6.30 | 0.00 | 6.60 |
| 9.Nassau | Accountants and auditors | 10,655 | 4.60 | 2.90 | 73.10 | 7.70 | 0.03 | 10.70 |
| 10.Nassau | Janitors and building cleaners | 10,165 | 15.70 | 23.30 | 42.00 | 12.30 | 0.20 | 3.70 |
| 1.Suffolk | K-12 teachers | 27,590 | 4.70 | 2.40 | 90.10 | 1.80 | 0.03 | 0.40 |
| 2.Suffolk | Secretaries and administrative assistants | 19,975 | 5.60 | 2.00 | 85.30 | 4.40 | 0.07 | 1.60 |
| 3.Suffolk | Retail sales persons | 17,255 | 6.50 | 3.60 | 77.20 | 7.80 | 0.20 | 3.30 |
| 4.Suffolk | First-line supervisors of retail sales workers | 15,520 | 8.30 | 4.20 | 76.50 | 4.40 | 0.20 | 5.10 |
| 5.Suffolk | Miscellaneous managers | 13,425 | 5.70 | 3.10 | 85.40 | 1.80 | 0.12 | 3.40 |
| 6.Suffolk | Cashiers | 13,365 | 14.60 | 6.70 | 63.60 | 6.40 | 0.00 | 7.10 |
| 7.Suffolk | Registered nurses | 12,145 | 6.70 | 1.00 | 74.60 | 8.90 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8.Suffolk | Driver/sales workers and truck drivers | 11,095 | 16.90 | 9.60 | 63.80 | 8.40 | 0.05 | 0.60 |
| 9.Suffolk | Nursing, psychiatric and home health aides | 9,970 | 10.20 | 5.60 | 31.60 | 46.10 | 0.14 | 3.40 |
| 10.Suffolk | Janitors and building cleaners | 9,930 | 14.80 | 16.00 | 55.60 | 11.20 | 0.05 | 1.50 |
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