TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: ATLANTIC COUNTY 1990
POPULATION CIVILIAN CIVILIAN CIVILIAN UNEM- CIV. LABO
16 YEARS AND OVER LABOR FORCE EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED PLOYMENT FORCE
NUM. % NUM. % NUM. % NUM. % RATE % POP. 16
BOTH SEXES 178,309 100.0 120,582 100.0 113,910 100.0 6,672 100.0 5.5 67.6
White 140,261 78.7 93,976 77.9 89,764 78.8 4,212 63.1 4.5 67.0
Black 29,006 16.3 19,508 16.2 17,580 15.4 1,928 28.9 9.9 67.3
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 255 0.1 190 0.2 174 0.2 16 0.2 8.4 74.5
Asian & Pacific
Islander 3,485 2.0 2,817 2.3 2,741 2.4 76 1.1 2.7 80.8
Other Races 5,302 3.0 4,091 3.4 3,651 3.2 440 6.6 10.8 77.2
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Hispanic Origin/1 10,417 5.8 8,011 6.6 7,212 6.3 799 12.0 10.0 76.9
MALES 84,108 100.0 64,665 100.0 61,084 100.0 3,581 100.0 5.5 76.9
White 66,518 79.1 51,142 79.1 48,913 80.1 2,229 62.2 4.4 76.9
Black 13,005 15.5 9,502 14.7 8,383 13.7 1,119 31.2 11.8 73.1
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 135 0.2 112 0.2 105 0.2 7 0.2 6.3 83.0
Asian & Pacific
Islander 1,792 2.1 1,637 2.5 1,609 2.6 28 0.8 1.7 91.4
Other Races 2,658 3.2 2,272 3.5 2,074 3.4 198 5.5 8.7 85.5
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Hispanic Origin/1 5,421 6.4 4,471 6.9 4,032 6.6 439 12.3 9.8 82.5
FEMALES 94,201 100.0 55,917 100.0 52,826 100.0 3,091 100.0 5.5 59.4
White 73,743 78.3 42,834 76.6 40,851 77.3 1,983 64.2 4.6 58.1
Black 16,001 17.0 10,006 17.9 9,197 17.4 809 26.2 8.1 62.5
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 120 0.1 78 0.1 69 0.1 9 0.3 11.5 65.0
Asian & Pacific
Islander 1,693 1.8 1,180 2.1 1,132 2.1 48 1.6 4.1 69.7
Other Races 2,644 2.8 1,819 3.3 1,577 3.0 242 7.8 13.3 68.8
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Hispanic Origin/1 4,996 5.3 3,540 6.3 3,180 6.0 360 11.6 10.2 70.9
1/ Hispanic origin is an ancestry not a race. Persons of Hispanic origin can be of any race.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3.
PREPARED BY: NEW JERSEY STATE DATA CENTER, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, NOVEMBER 1992.