TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: CAPE MAY 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 76,104 100.0 44,105 100.0 40,777 100.0 3,328 100.0 7.5 58.0
White 70,987 93.3 40,975 92.9 38,010 93.2 2,965 89.1 7.2 57.7
Black 3,636 4.8 2,151 4.9 1,909 4.7 242 7.3 11.3 59.2
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 244 0.3 154 0.3 136 0.3 18 0.5 11.7 63.1
Asian & Pacific
Islander 497 0.7 339 0.8 320 0.8 19 0.6 5.6 68.2
Other Races 740 1.0 486 1.1 402 1.0 84 2.5 17.3 65.7
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Hispanic Origin/1 1,335 1.8 893 2.0 787 1.9 106 3.2 11.9 66.9
MALES 36,194 100.0 23,443 100.0 21,871 100.0 1,572 100.0 6.7 64.8
White 33,672 93.0 21,877 93.3 20,499 93.7 1,378 87.7 6.3 65.0
Black 1,749 4.8 1,024 4.4 904 4.1 120 7.6 11.7 58.5
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 114 0.3 77 0.3 66 0.3 11 0.7 14.3 67.5
Asian & Pacific
Islander 233 0.6 171 0.7 161 0.7 10 0.6 5.8 73.4
Other Races 426 1.2 294 1.3 241 1.1 53 3.4 18.0 69.0
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Hispanic Origin/1 718 2.0 506 2.2 443 2.0 63 4.0 12.5 70.5
FEMALES 39,910 100.0 20,662 100.0 18,906 100.0 1,756 100.0 8.5 51.8
White 37,315 93.5 19,098 92.4 17,511 92.6 1,587 90.4 8.3 51.2
Black 1,887 4.7 1,127 5.5 1,005 5.3 122 6.9 10.8 59.7
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 130 0.3 77 0.4 70 0.4 7 0.4 9.1 59.2
Asian & Pacific
Islander 264 0.7 168 0.8 159 0.8 9 0.5 5.4 63.6
Other Races 314 0.8 192 0.9 161 0.9 31 1.8 16.1 61.1
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Hispanic Origin/1 617 1.5 387 1.9 344 1.8 43 2.4 11.1 62.7
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.