TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: HUDSON 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 444,338 100.0 294,779 100.0 268,816 100.0 25,963 100.0 8.8 66.3
White 316,828 71.3 206,957 70.2 191,464 71.2 15,493 59.7 7.5 65.3
Black 58,419 13.1 38,304 13.0 32,894 12.2 5,410 20.8 14.1 65.6
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 747 0.2 512 0.2 441 0.2 71 0.3 13.9 68.5
Asian & Pacific
Islander 28,306 6.4 20,730 7.0 19,545 7.3 1,185 4.6 5.7 73.2
Other Races 40,038 9.0 28,276 9.6 24,472 9.1 3,804 14.7 13.5 70.6
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Hispanic Origin/1 138,759 31.2 97,041 32.9 85,853 31.9 11,188 43.1 11.5 69.9
MALES 211,952 100.0 161,314 100.0 148,022 100.0 13,292 100.0 8.2 76.1
White 150,859 71.2 114,224 70.8 106,357 71.9 7,867 59.2 6.9 75.7
Black 26,848 12.7 19,241 11.9 16,338 11.0 2,903 21.8 15.1 71.7
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 407 0.2 267 0.2 242 0.2 25 0.2 9.4 65.6
Asian & Pacific
Islander 14,258 6.7 11,328 7.0 10,720 7.2 608 4.6 5.4 79.5
Other Races 19,580 9.2 16,254 10.1 14,365 9.7 1,889 14.2 11.6 83.0
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Hispanic Origin/1 67,192 31.7 54,869 34.0 49,518 33.5 5,351 40.3 9.8 81.7
FEMALES 232,386 100.0 133,465 100.0 120,794 100.0 12,671 100.0 9.5 57.4
White 165,969 71.4 92,733 69.5 85,107 70.5 7,626 60.2 8.2 55.9
Black 31,571 13.6 19,063 14.3 16,556 13.7 2,507 19.8 13.2 60.4
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 340 0.1 245 0.2 199 0.2 46 0.4 18.8 72.1
Asian & Pacific
Islander 14,048 6.0 9,402 7.0 8,825 7.3 577 4.6 6.1 66.9
Other Races 20,458 8.8 12,022 9.0 10,107 8.4 1,915 15.1 15.9 58.8
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Hispanic Origin/1 71,567 30.8 42,172 31.6 36,335 30.1 5,837 46.1 13.8 58.9
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.