TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: CAMDEN 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         383,942    100.0  253,621    100.0  238,771    100.0   14,850    100.0      5.9     66.1
 White             303,723     79.1  203,119     80.1  194,281     81.4    8,838     59.5      4.4     66.9
 Black              56,909     14.8   36,386     14.3   31,867     13.3    4,519     30.4     12.4     63.9
 American Indian,
  Eskimo, Aleut        856      0.2      541      0.2      478      0.2       63      0.4     11.6     63.2
 Asian & Pacific
  Islander           8,499      2.2    5,856      2.3    5,651      2.4      205      1.4      3.5     68.9
 Other Races        13,955      3.6    7,719      3.0    6,494      2.7    1,225      8.2     15.9     55.3
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 Hispanic Origin/1  20,746      5.4   12,148      4.8   10,408      4.4    1,740     11.7     14.3     58.6

MALES              180,820    100.0  135,890    100.0  127,192    100.0    8,698    100.0      6.4     75.2
 White             144,038     79.7  111,011     81.7  105,818     83.2    5,193     59.7      4.7     77.1
 Black              25,558     14.1   16,976     12.5   14,289     11.2    2,687     30.9     15.8     66.4
 American Indian,
  Eskimo, Aleut        406      0.2      302      0.2      251      0.2       51      0.6     16.9     74.4
 Asian & Pacific
  Islander           4,192      2.3    3,217      2.4    3,101      2.4      116      1.3      3.6     76.7
 Other Races         6,626      3.7    4,384      3.2    3,733      2.9      651      7.5     14.8     66.2
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 Hispanic Origin/1   9,897      5.5    6,750      5.0    5,823      4.6      927     10.7     13.7     68.2

FEMALES            203,122    100.0  117,731    100.0  111,579    100.0    6,152    100.0      5.2     58.0
 White             159,685     78.6   92,108     78.2   88,463     79.3    3,645     59.2      4.0     57.7
 Black              31,351     15.4   19,410     16.5   17,578     15.8    1,832     29.8      9.4     61.9
 American Indian,
  Eskimo, Aleut        450      0.2      239      0.2      227      0.2       12      0.2      5.0     53.1
 Asian & Pacific
  Islander           4,307      2.1    2,639      2.2    2,550      2.3       89      1.4      3.4     61.3
 Other Races         7,329      3.6    3,335      2.8    2,761      2.5      574      9.3     17.2     45.5
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 Hispanic Origin/1  10,849      5.3    5,398      4.6    4,585      4.1      813     13.2     15.1     49.8
                                                                                                                     
 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.