TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: MERCER 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 260,553 100.0 175,516 100.0 166,432 100.0 9,084 100.0 5.2 67.4
White 201,302 77.3 136,619 77.8 131,761 79.2 4,858 53.5 3.6 67.9
Black 45,311 17.4 28,916 16.5 25,542 15.3 3,374 37.1 11.7 63.8
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 653 0.3 493 0.3 419 0.3 74 0.8 15.0 75.5
Asian & Pacific
Islander 7,048 2.7 4,999 2.8 4,693 2.8 306 3.4 6.1 70.9
Other Races 6,239 2.4 4,489 2.6 4,017 2.4 472 5.2 10.5 72.0
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Hispanic Origin/1 13,140 5.0 9,374 5.3 8,411 5.1 963 10.6 10.3 71.3
MALES 123,744 100.0 91,612 100.0 86,417 100.0 5,195 100.0 5.7 74.0
White 95,567 77.2 72,790 79.5 69,978 81.0 2,812 54.1 3.9 76.2
Black 21,187 17.1 13,284 14.5 11,350 13.1 1,934 37.2 14.6 62.7
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 351 0.3 260 0.3 210 0.2 50 1.0 19.2 74.1
Asian & Pacific
Islander 3,398 2.7 2,725 3.0 2,603 3.0 122 2.3 4.5 80.2
Other Races 3,241 2.6 2,553 2.8 2,276 2.6 277 5.3 10.8 78.8
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Hispanic Origin/1 7,153 5.8 5,486 6.0 4,952 5.7 534 10.3 9.7 76.7
FEMALES 136,809 100.0 83,904 100.0 80,015 100.0 3,889 100.0 4.6 61.3
White 105,735 77.3 63,829 76.1 61,783 77.2 2,046 52.6 3.2 60.4
Black 24,124 17.6 15,632 18.6 14,192 17.7 1,440 37.0 9.2 64.8
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 302 0.2 233 0.3 209 0.3 24 0.6 10.3 77.2
Asian & Pacific
Islander 3,650 2.7 2,274 2.7 2,090 2.6 184 4.7 8.1 62.3
Other Races 2,998 2.2 1,936 2.3 1,741 2.2 195 5.0 10.1 64.6
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Hispanic Origin/1 5,987 4.4 3,888 4.6 3,459 4.3 429 11.0 11.0 64.9
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.