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Table 9. 1990 Census Redistributed Occupation Data Compared to Census 2000 Occupation Data,
Using the Census 2000 Occupation Classification
1990 Data Redistributed to 2000
Census 2000 Percent
Census 2000 Codes and Categories
Number Number
Change,
1990-2000
124 Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations 4,152 3,464 -16.6%
Architecture and engineering occupations: 2,825,188 2,723,885 -3.6%
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, and engineers: 1,791,905 1,964,383 9.6%
Architects, surveyors, and cartographers: 222,664 228,502 2.6%
130 Architects, except naval 167,151 192,861 15.4%
131 Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists 55,513 35,641 -35.8%
Engineers: 1,569,240 1,735,881 10.6%
132 Aerospace engineers 143,625 110,473 -23.1%
135 Chemical engineers 61,503 65,078 5.8%
136 Civil engineers 243,159 273,652 12.5%
140 Computer hardware engineers 44,120 66,453 50.6%
141 Electrical and electronic engineers 245,802 310,114 26.2%
142 Environmental engineers 48,084 34,588 -28.1%
143 Industrial engineers, including health and safety 181,510 191,278 5.4%
144 Marine engineers and naval architects 11,811 10,860 -8.1%
145 Materials engineers 26,075 38,737 48.6%
146 Mechanical engineers 193,616 277,074 43.1%
151 Nuclear engineers 10,606 8,538 -19.5%
(152) Petroleum, mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers: 29,404 22,547 -23.3%
150 Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers 6,298 6,559 4.1%
152 Petroleum engineers 23,106 15,988 -30.8%
(153) Miscellaneous engineers: 329,925 326,489 -1.0%
133 Agricultural engineers 2,148 2,773 29.1%
134 Biomedical engineers 6,294 9,055 43.9%
153 Engineers, all other 321,484 314,661 -2.1%
Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians: 1,033,284 759,502 -26.5%
154 Drafters 287,766 227,035 -21.1%
155 Engineering technicians, except drafters 664,435 450,287 -32.2%
156 Surveying and mapping technicians 81,083 82,180 1.4%
Life, physical, and social science occupations: 1,289,562 1,237,491 -4.0%
Life and physical scientists: 417,475 595,103 42.5%
160 Agricultural and food scientists 29,255 28,018 -4.2%
161 Biological scientists 65,196 83,964 28.8%
164 Conservation scientists and foresters 33,065 28,340 -14.3%
165 Medical scientists 30,608 81,621 166.7%
170 Astronomers and physicists 27,404 20,336 -25.8%
171 Atmospheric and space scientists 8,354 9,475 13.4%
172 Chemists and materials scientists 144,981 107,359 -25.9%
174 Environmental scientists and geoscientists 66,315 84,549 27.5%
176 Physical scientists, all other 12,298 151,441 1131.4%
Social scientists and related workers: 369,681 346,772 -6.2%
180 Economists 33,302 27,007 -18.9%
181 Market and survey researchers 127,588 91,108 -28.6%
182 Psychologists 158,717 170,725 7.6%
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