Employment figures for the total number of Catholics and Protestants employed by the private and public sectors in Northern Ireland and for the proportions of each community that these figures represent are a matter for the Northern Ireland Administration; figures relating to the Fire Service and Northern Ireland Civil Service are also a matter for the Northern Ireland Administration.
The Chief Constable has provided the following table which gives the number of Catholics and Protestants employed as police officers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.
Protestant Catholic Not determined As a percentage of total economically active Protestants1 As a percentage of total economically active Catholics1 2000 7,517 713 286 1.87 0.24 2001 7,365 706 281 1.83 0.24 2002 6,334 642 251 1.58 0.21 2003 6,117 840 236 1.52 0.28 2004 6,088 1,018 226 1.52 0.34 2005 6,025 1,265 206 1.50 0.42 2006 5,868 1,427 197 1.46 0.48 2007 5,759 1,588 195 1.43 0.53 2008 5,480 1,743 185 1.36 0.58 2009 5,305 1,904 184 1.32 0.64 1 This information has been derived from the Summary Report of Northern Ireland 2001 Population Census. Economically active persons are those aged 16 to 64. Total number of economically active Protestants—401,473; Total number of economically active Catholics—299,218.