Table 1.

Respondent Demographic Characteristics by Occupation, Combined Data from Tobacco Use Supplement of the Current Population Survey, 1992–2019 (N = 1,143,392).

	Firefighters		Law Enforcement Personnel		Other Occupation
Demographic Characteristics	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age
18–30	475	23.9	1,994	25.5	259,916	22.9
31–45	1,073	53.9	3,753	48.1	434,638	38.3
46+	443	22.3	2,061	26.4	439,039	38.7
Gender
Male	1,900	95.4	6,298	80.7	548,038	48.3
Female	91	4.6	1,510	19.3	585,555	51.7
Race/Ethnicity
Hispanic	119	6.0	609	7.8	100,862	8.9
Non-Hispanic White	1,648	82.8	5,908	75.7	875,977	77.3
Non-Hispanic Black	144	7.2	1,039	13.3	98,388	8.7
Non-Hispanic Other	80	4.0	252	3.2	58,366	5.1
Education
≤ high school	536	26.9	2,176	27.9	444,601	39.2
≥ some college	1,455	73.1	5,632	72.1	688,992	60.8
Family Income
<$50,000	637	32.0	3,104	39.8	540,495	47.7
≥$50,000	1,200	60.3	4,118	52.7	490,562	43.3
Missing	154	7.7	586	7.5	102,536	9.0