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 6,129,923 100.0 4,104,673 100.0 3,868,698 100.0 235,975 100.0 5.7 67.0
White 4,958,704 80.9 3,302,939 80.5 3,150,547 81.4 152,392 64.6 4.6 66.6
Black 766,682 12.5 511,677 12.5 451,914 11.7 59,763 25.3 11.7 66.7
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 11,628 0.2 8,057 0.2 7,152 0.2 905 0.4 11.2 69.3
Asian & Pacific
Islander 199,021 3.2 144,175 3.5 137,598 3.6 6,577 2.8 4.6 72.4
Other Races 193,888 3.2 137,825 3.4 121,487 3.1 16,338 6.9 11.9 71.1
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Hispanic Origin/1 525,890 8.6 374,662 9.1 335,753 8.7 38,909 16.5 10.4 71.2
MALES 2,913,998 100.0 2,219,032 100.0 2,092,964 100.0 126,068 100.0 5.7 76.2
White 2,361,828 81.1 1,812,315 81.7 1,729,609 82.6 82,706 65.6 4.6 76.7
Black 352,316 12.1 243,604 11.0 212,131 10.1 31,473 25.0 12.9 69.1
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 5,821 0.2 4,362 0.2 3,918 0.2 444 0.4 10.2 74.9
Asian & Pacific
Islander 96,675 3.3 80,009 3.6 77,017 3.7 2,992 2.4 3.7 82.8
Other Races 97,358 3.3 78,742 3.5 70,289 3.4 8,453 6.7 10.7 80.9
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Hispanic Origin/1 260,764 8.9 210,665 9.5 191,261 9.1 19,404 15.4 9.2 80.8
FEMALES 3,215,925 100.0 1,885,641 100.0 1,775,734 100.0 109,907 100.0 5.8 58.6
White 2,596,876 80.8 1,490,624 79.1 1,420,938 80.0 69,686 63.4 4.7 57.4
Black 414,366 12.9 268,073 14.2 239,783 13.5 28,290 25.7 10.6 64.7
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 5,807 0.2 3,695 0.2 3,234 0.2 461 0.4 12.5 63.6
Asian & Pacific
Islander 102,346 3.2 64,166 3.4 60,581 3.4 3,585 3.3 5.6 62.7
Other Races 96,530 3.0 59,083 3.1 51,198 2.9 7,885 7.2 13.3 61.2
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Hispanic Origin/1 265,126 8.2 163,997 8.7 144,492 8.1 19,505 17.7 11.9 61.9
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.