TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: CUMBERLAND 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 106,501 100.0 65,830 100.0 60,937 100.0 4,893 100.0 7.4 61.8
White 80,511 75.6 50,611 76.9 47,745 78.4 2,866 58.6 5.7 62.9
Black 16,666 15.6 9,455 14.4 8,127 13.3 1,328 27.1 14.0 56.7
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 1,043 1.0 649 1.0 590 1.0 59 1.2 9.1 62.2
Asian & Pacific
Islander 993 0.9 612 0.9 574 0.9 38 0.8 6.2 61.6
Other Races 7,288 6.8 4,503 6.8 3,901 6.4 602 12.3 13.4 61.8
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Hispanic Origin/1 11,710 11.0 7,297 11.1 6,294 10.3 1,003 20.5 13.7 62.3
MALES 51,249 100.0 34,899 100.0 32,167 100.0 2,732 100.0 7.8 68.1
White 37,911 74.0 26,966 77.3 25,346 78.8 1,620 59.3 6.0 71.1
Black 8,445 16.5 4,600 13.2 3,916 12.2 684 25.0 14.9 54.5
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 505 1.0 337 1.0 307 1.0 30 1.1 8.9 66.7
Asian & Pacific
Islander 478 0.9 351 1.0 343 1.1 8 0.3 2.3 73.4
Other Races 3,910 7.6 2,645 7.6 2,255 7.0 390 14.3 14.7 67.6
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Hispanic Origin/1 6,288 12.3 4,197 12.0 3,570 11.1 627 23.0 14.9 66.7
FEMALES 55,252 100.0 30,931 100.0 28,770 100.0 2,161 100.0 7.0 56.0
White 42,600 77.1 23,645 76.4 22,399 77.9 1,246 57.7 5.3 55.5
Black 8,221 14.9 4,855 15.7 4,211 14.6 644 29.8 13.3 59.1
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 538 1.0 312 1.0 283 1.0 29 1.3 9.3 58.0
Asian & Pacific
Islander 515 0.9 261 0.8 231 0.8 30 1.4 11.5 50.7
Other Races 3,378 6.1 1,858 6.0 1,646 5.7 212 9.8 11.4 55.0
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Hispanic Origin/1 5,422 9.8 3,100 10.0 2,724 9.5 376 17.4 12.1 57.2
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.