TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: BERGEN COUNTY 1990
POPULATION CIVILIAN CIVILIAN CIVILIAN UNEM- CIV. LABOR
16 YEARS AND OVER LABOR FORCE EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED PLOYMENT FORCE
NUM. % NUM. % NUM. % NUM. % RATE % POP. 16+
BOTH SEXES 676,612 100.0 456,693 100.0 436,439 100.0 20,254 100.0 4.4 67.5
White 596,324 88.1 399,731 87.5 382,517 87.6 17,214 85.0 4.3 67.0
Black 31,216 4.6 22,902 5.0 21,244 4.9 1,658 8.2 7.2 73.4
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 694 0.1 480 0.1 444 0.1 36 0.2 7.5 69.2
Asian & Pacific
Islander 39,126 5.8 26,466 5.8 25,573 5.9 893 4.4 3.4 67.6
Other Races 9,252 1.4 7,114 1.6 6,661 1.5 453 2.2 6.4 76.9
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Hispanic Origin/1 38,005 5.6 28,872 6.3 27,261 6.2 1,611 8.0 5.6 76.0
MALES 319,458 100.0 249,719 100.0 238,865 100.0 10,854 100.0 4.3 78.2
White 281,748 88.2 218,999 87.7 209,750 87.8 9,249 85.2 4.2 77.7
Black 13,777 4.3 10,470 4.2 9,541 4.0 929 8.6 8.9 76.0
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 347 0.1 243 0.1 231 0.1 12 0.1 4.9 70.0
Asian & Pacific
Islander 19,141 6.0 16,089 6.4 15,691 6.6 398 3.7 2.5 84.1
Other Races 4,445 1.4 3,918 1.6 3,652 1.5 266 2.5 6.8 88.1
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Hispanic Origin/1 17,887 5.6 15,387 6.2 14,571 6.1 816 7.5 5.3 86.0
FEMALES 357,154 100.0 206,974 100.0 197,574 100.0 9,400 100.0 4.5 58.0
White 314,576 88.1 180,732 87.3 172,767 87.4 7,965 84.7 4.4 57.5
Black 17,439 4.9 12,432 6.0 11,703 5.9 729 7.8 5.9 71.3
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 347 0.1 237 0.1 213 0.1 24 0.3 10.1 68.3
Asian & Pacific
Islander 19,985 5.6 10,377 5.0 9,882 5.0 495 5.3 4.8 51.9
Other Races 4,807 1.3 3,196 1.5 3,009 1.5 187 2.0 5.9 66.5
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Hispanic Origin/1 20,118 5.6 13,485 6.5 12,690 6.4 795 8.5 5.9 67.0
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.