TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: MONMOUTH 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 433,161 100.0 290,218 100.0 275,140 100.0 15,078 100.0 5.2 67.0
White 382,434 88.3 255,236 87.9 243,413 88.5 11,823 78.4 4.6 66.7
Black 35,047 8.1 23,244 8.0 20,675 7.5 2,569 17.0 11.1 66.3
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 510 0.1 372 0.1 340 0.1 32 0.2 8.6 72.9
Asian & Pacific
Islander 10,687 2.5 8,001 2.8 7,664 2.8 337 2.2 4.2 74.9
Other Races 4,483 1.0 3,365 1.2 3,048 1.1 317 2.1 9.4 75.1
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Hispanic Origin/1 15,049 3.5 10,824 3.7 9,978 3.6 846 5.6 7.8 71.9
MALES 206,271 100.0 159,562 100.0 151,303 100.0 8,259 100.0 5.2 77.4
White 182,641 88.5 141,933 89.0 135,484 89.5 6,449 78.1 4.5 77.7
Black 15,969 7.7 11,092 7.0 9,586 6.3 1,506 18.2 13.6 69.5
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 194 0.1 168 0.1 156 0.1 12 0.1 7.1 86.6
Asian & Pacific
Islander 5,087 2.5 4,397 2.8 4,249 2.8 148 1.8 3.4 86.4
Other Races 2,380 1.2 1,972 1.2 1,828 1.2 144 1.7 7.3 82.9
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Hispanic Origin/1 7,694 3.7 6,125 3.8 5,732 3.8 393 4.8 6.4 79.6
FEMALES 226,890 100.0 130,656 100.0 123,837 100.0 6,819 100.0 5.2 57.6
White 199,793 88.1 113,303 86.7 107,929 87.2 5,374 78.8 4.7 56.7
Black 19,078 8.4 12,152 9.3 11,089 9.0 1,063 15.6 8.7 63.7
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 316 0.1 204 0.2 184 0.1 20 0.3 9.8 64.6
Asian & Pacific
Islander 5,600 2.5 3,604 2.8 3,415 2.8 189 2.8 5.2 64.4
Other Races 2,103 0.9 1,393 1.1 1,220 1.0 173 2.5 12.4 66.2
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Hispanic Origin/1 7,355 3.2 4,699 3.6 4,246 3.4 453 6.6 9.6 63.9
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.