TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: GLOUCESTER COUNTY 1990
Population Civilian Civilian Civilian Civilian
16 Years and Over Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemploy-Labor Force
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent ment Rate% Pop. 16+
BOTH SEXES 174,725 100.0 118,425 100.0 112,523 100.0 5,902 100.0 5.0 67.8
White 156,809 89.7 106,819 90.2 102,006 90.7 4,813 81.5 4.5 68.1
Black 14,750 8.4 9,293 7.8 8,359 7.4 934 15.8 10.1 63.0
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 431 0.2 305 0.3 288 0.3 17 0.3 5.6 70.8
Asian & Pacific
Islander 2,006 1.1 1,490 1.3 1,403 1.2 87 1.5 5.8 74.3
Other Races 729 0.4 518 0.4 467 0.4 51 0.9 9.8 71.1
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Hispanic Origin/1 2,530 1.4 1,860 1.6 1,749 1.6 111 1.9 6.0 73.5
MALES 83,598 100.0 65,431 100.0 62,333 100.0 3,098 100.0 4.7 78.3
White 75,246 90.0 59,576 91.1 57,076 91.6 2,500 80.7 4.2 79.2
Black 6,742 8.1 4,534 6.9 4,015 6.4 519 16.8 11.4 67.3
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 211 0.3 187 0.3 170 0.3 17 0.5 9.1 88.6
Asian & Pacific
Islander 1,000 1.2 786 1.2 739 1.2 47 1.5 6.0 78.6
Other Races 399 0.5 348 0.5 333 0.5 15 0.5 4.3 87.2
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Hispanic Origin/1 1,373 1.6 1,195 1.8 1,144 1.8 51 1.6 4.3 87.0
FEMALES 91,127 100.0 52,994 100.0 50,190 100.0 2,804 100.0 5.3 58.2
White 81,563 89.5 47,243 89.1 44,930 89.5 2,313 82.5 4.9 57.9
Black 8,008 8.8 4,759 9.0 4,344 8.7 415 14.8 8.7 59.4
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 220 0.2 118 0.2 118 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 53.6
Asian & Pacific
Islander 1,006 1.1 704 1.3 664 1.3 40 1.4 5.7 70.0
Other Races 330 0.4 170 0.3 134 0.3 36 1.3 21.2 51.5
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Hispanic Origin/1 1,157 1.3 665 1.3 605 1.2 60 2.1 9.0 57.5
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.