EEO Defintions

Equal Employment Opportunity Definitions

Civilian Labor Force

Operatives (Semi-skilled)

Civilian Non-institutional Population

Professionals

Craft Workers (Skilled)

Reference Week

Employment

Sales Workers

Laborers (Unskilled)

Service Workers

Labor Force Participation Rate

Technicians

Minority Status

Unemployment

Administrative Service Workers

Unemployment Rate

Officials/Managers

	Administrative Service Workers	Includes all clerical-type work regardless of level of difficulty, where the activities are predominantly non-manual, though some manual work not directly involved with altering or transporting the products is included. This category includes jobs such as the following: Bookkeepers Collectors (bills and accounts) Messengers and office helpers Office machine operators (including computer) Shipping and receiving clerks Stenographers Typists and secretaries Telegraph and telephone operators Legal assistants

	Civilian Labor Force	Nonmilitary persons 16 years old or older who are employed or unemployed.
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	Civilian Non-institutional Population	Persons 16 years old or older who are not in the Armed Forces, and who are not residing in institutions such as prisons, mental hospitals, sanitariums, and nursing homes.

	Craft Workers (Skilled)	Manual workers with relatively high skill levels, and having a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the processes involved in their work. They exercise considerable independent judgment and usually receive an extensive period of training. This category includes jobs such as the following: Building trades Mechanics and repairers Skilled machining occupations Compositors and typesetters Electricians Engravers Painters (construction and maintenance) Motion picture projectionists Pattern and model makers Stationary engineers Tailors and tailoresses Arts occupations Handpainters Coaters Bakers Decorating occupations
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	Employment	Persons employed during the reference week who:

		(a) did any work at all (at least 1 hour) as paid employees, worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of the family; and

		(b) were not working, but who had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs.

		Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job. Excluded are persons whose only activity consisted of work around their own house (painting, repairing, or own home housework) or volunteer work for religious, charitable, and other organizations.

	Laborers (Unskilled)	Workers in manual occupations which generally require no special training who perform elementary duties that may be learned in a few days, and require the application of little or no independent judgment. This category includes jobs such as the following: Garage laborers Car washers and greasers Groundskeepers and gardeners Farm workers Stevedores Wood choppers Laborers performing lifting, digging, mixing, loading and pulling operations
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	Labor Force Participation Rate	Percentage of the civilian non-institutional population 16 years old or older who are in the labor force.

	Minority Status	Minority status refers to race/ethnic data derived from answers to the question on race asked of all Census 2000 respondents.

	Officials/Managers	Occupations requiring administrative and managerial personnel who set broad policies, exercise overall responsibility for execution of those policies, and direct individual departments or special phases of a firm’s operations. This category includes jobs such as the following: Officials Executives Middle management Plant managers Department managers Superintendents Salaried supervisors who are part of management Purchasing agents and buyers Railroad conductors and yard masters Ship captains Mates and other officers Farm operators and managers
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	Operatives (Semi-skilled)	Workers who operate machine or processing equipment, or perform other factory-type duties of intermediate skill level which can be mastered in a few weeks and require only limited training. This category includes jobs such as the following: Apprentices (auto mechanics, plumbers, bricklayers, carpenters, electricians, machinists, mechanics, building trades, metalworking trades, printing trades, etc.) Operatives Attendants (auto service and parking) Blasters Chauffeurs Delivery workers Sewers and stitchers Dryers Furnace workers Heaters Laundry and dry cleaning operatives Milliners Mine operatives and laborers Motor operators Oilers and greasers (except auto) Painters (manufactured articles) Photographic process workers Truck and tractor drivers Knitting Looping Taping and weaving machine operators Welders and flamecutters Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers Butchers and meatcutters Inspectors Testers and graders Handpackers and packagers
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	Professionals	Occupations requiring either college graduation or experience of such kind and amount as to provide a comparable background. This category includes jobs such as the following: Accountants and auditors Airplane pilots and navigators Architects Artists Chemists Designers Dietitians Editors Engineers Lawyers Librarians Mathematicians Natural scientists Registered professional nurses Personnel and labor relations specialists Physical scientists Physicians Social scientists Teachers Surveyors
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	Reference Week	Data are collected for the calendar week that includes the 12th day of the month.

	Sales Workers	Occupations engaging wholly or primarily in direct selling. This category includes jobs such as the following: Advertising agents and sales workers Insurance agents and brokers Real estate agents and brokers Stock and bond sales workers Demonstrators Sales workers and sales clerks Grocery clerks Cashiers/checkers
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	Service Workers	Workers in both protective and non-protective service occupations. This category includes jobs such as the following: Attendants (hospital and other institutions, professional, and personal service, including nurses aides and orderlies) Barbers Charworkers and cleaners Cooks Counter and fountain workers Elevator operators Firefighters and fire protection Guards Doorkeepers Stewards Janitors Police officers and detectives Porters Waiters and waitresses Amusement and recreation facilities attendants Guides Ushers Public transportation attendants
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	Technicians	Occupations requiring a combination of basic scientific knowledge and manual skills which can be obtained through two years of post high school education, such as is offered in many technical institutes and junior colleges, or through equivalent on-the-job training. This category includes jobs such as the following: Computer programmers Drafters Engineering aides Junior engineers Mathematical aides Licensed practical or vocational nurses Photographers Radio operators Scientific assistants Technical illustrators Technicians (medical, dental, electronic, physical science)

	Unemployment	Persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

	Unemployment Rate	The number of people unemployed expressed as a percentage of the civilian labor force.
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