TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: OCEAN 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 345,672 100.0 192,759 100.0 181,415 100.0 11,344 100.0 5.9 55.8
White 331,488 95.9 182,958 94.9 172,588 95.1 10,370 91.4 5.7 55.2
Black 8,157 2.4 5,387 2.8 4,812 2.7 575 5.1 10.7 66.0
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 520 0.2 354 0.2 325 0.2 29 0.3 8.2 68.1
Asian & Pacific
Islander 2,672 0.8 1,961 1.0 1,855 1.0 106 0.9 5.4 73.4
Other Races 2,835 0.8 2,099 1.1 1,835 1.0 264 2.3 12.6 74.0
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Hispanic Origin/1 9,649 2.8 6,671 3.5 5,986 3.3 685 6.0 10.3 69.1
MALES 159,647 100.0 104,799 100.0 98,735 100.0 6,064 100.0 5.8 65.6
White 152,849 95.7 99,850 95.3 94,270 95.5 5,580 92.0 5.6 65.3
Black 3,842 2.4 2,581 2.5 2,276 2.3 305 5.0 11.8 67.2
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 271 0.2 204 0.2 197 0.2 7 0.1 3.4 75.3
Asian & Pacific
Islander 1,139 0.7 887 0.8 850 0.9 37 0.6 4.2 77.9
Other Races 1,546 1.0 1,277 1.2 1,142 1.2 135 2.2 10.6 82.6
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Hispanic Origin/1 4,816 3.0 3,741 3.6 3,406 3.4 335 5.5 9.0 77.7
FEMALES 186,025 100.0 87,960 100.0 82,680 100.0 5,280 100.0 6.0 47.3
White 178,639 96.0 83,108 94.5 78,318 94.7 4,790 90.7 5.8 46.5
Black 4,315 2.3 2,806 3.2 2,536 3.1 270 5.1 9.6 65.0
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 249 0.1 150 0.2 128 0.2 22 0.4 14.7 60.2
Asian & Pacific
Islander 1,533 0.8 1,074 1.2 1,005 1.2 69 1.3 6.4 70.1
Other Races 1,289 0.7 822 0.9 693 0.8 129 2.4 15.7 63.8
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Hispanic Origin/1 4,833 2.6 2,930 3.3 2,580 3.1 350 6.6 11.9 60.6
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.