TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: ESSEX 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 610,798 100.0 399,871 100.0 364,513 100.0 35,358 100.0 8.8 65.5
White 329,800 54.0 212,791 53.2 201,966 55.4 10,825 30.6 5.1 64.5
Black 235,707 38.6 155,625 38.9 134,565 36.9 21,060 59.6 13.5 66.0
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 1,290 0.2 882 0.2 727 0.2 155 0.4 17.6 68.4
Asian & Pacific
Islander 15,869 2.6 11,937 3.0 11,260 3.1 677 1.9 5.7 75.2
Other Races 28,132 4.6 18,636 4.7 15,995 4.4 2,641 7.5 14.2 66.2
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Hispanic Origin/1 66,668 10.9 44,231 11.1 38,811 10.6 5,420 15.3 12.3 66.3
MALES 282,456 100.0 208,269 100.0 189,462 100.0 18,807 100.0 9.0 73.7
White 155,354 55.0 116,983 56.2 111,062 58.6 5,921 31.5 5.1 75.3
Black 105,038 37.2 73,496 35.3 62,582 33.0 10,914 58.0 14.8 70.0
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 652 0.2 479 0.2 436 0.2 43 0.2 9.0 73.5
Asian & Pacific
Islander 7,521 2.7 6,191 3.0 5,883 3.1 308 1.6 5.0 82.3
Other Races 13,891 4.9 11,120 5.3 9,499 5.0 1,621 8.6 14.6 80.1
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Hispanic Origin/1 32,866 11.6 25,826 12.4 22,762 12.0 3,064 16.3 11.9 78.6
FEMALES 328,342 100.0 191,602 100.0 175,051 100.0 16,551 100.0 8.6 58.4
White 174,446 53.1 95,808 50.0 90,904 51.9 4,904 29.6 5.1 54.9
Black 130,669 39.8 82,129 42.9 71,983 41.1 10,146 61.3 12.4 62.9
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 638 0.2 403 0.2 291 0.2 112 0.7 27.8 63.2
Asian & Pacific
Islander 8,348 2.5 5,746 3.0 5,377 3.1 369 2.2 6.4 68.8
Other Races 14,241 4.3 7,516 3.9 6,496 3.7 1,020 6.2 13.6 52.8
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Hispanic Origin/1 33,802 10.3 18,405 9.6 16,049 9.2 2,356 14.2 12.8 54.4
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.