TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: BURLINGTON 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 307,724 100.0 206,575 100.0 197,588 100.0 8,987 100.0 4.4 67.1
White 255,625 83.1 172,613 83.6 166,036 84.0 6,577 73.2 3.8 67.5
Black 42,246 13.7 27,404 13.3 25,372 12.8 2,032 22.6 7.4 64.9
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 949 0.3 669 0.3 642 0.3 27 0.3 4.0 70.5
Asian & Pacific
Islander 5,604 1.8 3,868 1.9 3,626 1.8 242 2.7 6.3 69.0
Other Races 3,300 1.1 2,021 1.0 1,912 1.0 109 1.2 5.4 61.2
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Hispanic Origin/1 9,273 3.0 5,705 2.8 5,329 2.7 376 4.2 6.6 61.5
MALES 150,650 100.0 110,690 100.0 105,838 100.0 4,852 100.0 4.4 73.5
White 124,531 82.7 94,132 85.0 90,379 85.4 3,753 77.3 4.0 75.6
Black 21,493 14.3 13,307 12.0 12,362 11.7 945 19.5 7.1 61.9
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 496 0.3 365 0.3 351 0.3 14 0.3 3.8 73.6
Asian & Pacific
Islander 2,290 1.5 1,753 1.6 1,666 1.6 87 1.8 5.0 76.6
Other Races 1,840 1.2 1,133 1.0 1,080 1.0 53 1.1 4.7 61.6
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Hispanic Origin/1 5,129 3.4 3,117 2.8 2,918 2.8 199 4.1 6.4 60.8
FEMALES 157,074 100.0 95,885 100.0 91,750 100.0 4,135 100.0 4.3 61.0
White 131,094 83.5 78,481 81.8 75,657 82.5 2,824 68.3 3.6 59.9
Black 20,753 13.2 14,097 14.7 13,010 14.2 1,087 26.3 7.7 67.9
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 453 0.3 304 0.3 291 0.3 13 0.3 4.3 67.1
Asian & Pacific
Islander 3,314 2.1 2,115 2.2 1,960 2.1 155 3.7 7.3 63.8
Other Races 1,460 0.9 888 0.9 832 0.9 56 1.4 6.3 60.8
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Hispanic Origin/1 4,144 2.6 2,588 2.7 2,411 2.6 177 4.3 6.8 62.5
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.