TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: PASSAIC 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 356,512 100.0 242,889 100.0 225,555 100.0 17,334 100.0 7.1 68.1
White 265,335 74.4 177,067 72.9 167,824 74.4 9,243 53.3 5.2 66.7
Black 47,945 13.4 33,064 13.6 28,422 12.6 4,642 26.8 14.0 69.0
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 828 0.2 560 0.2 449 0.2 111 0.6 19.8 67.6
Asian & Pacific
Islander 8,682 2.4 6,738 2.8 6,321 2.8 417 2.4 6.2 77.6
Other Races 33,722 9.5 25,460 10.5 22,539 10.0 2,921 16.9 11.5 75.5
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Hispanic Origin/1 67,990 19.1 51,032 21.0 45,217 20.0 5,815 33.5 11.4 75.1
MALES 168,881 100.0 131,086 100.0 122,228 100.0 8,858 100.0 6.8 77.6
White 125,913 74.6 97,690 74.5 92,708 75.8 4,982 56.2 5.1 77.6
Black 21,593 12.8 15,442 11.8 13,139 10.7 2,303 26.0 14.9 71.5
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 374 0.2 284 0.2 217 0.2 67 0.8 23.6 75.9
Asian & Pacific
Islander 4,224 2.5 3,604 2.7 3,397 2.8 207 2.3 5.7 85.3
Other Races 16,777 9.9 14,066 10.7 12,767 10.4 1,299 14.7 9.2 83.8
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Hispanic Origin/1 33,616 19.9 28,051 21.4 25,363 20.8 2,688 30.3 9.6 83.4
FEMALES 187,631 100.0 111,803 100.0 103,327 100.0 8,476 100.0 7.6 59.6
White 139,422 74.3 79,377 71.0 75,116 72.7 4,261 50.3 5.4 56.9
Black 26,352 14.0 17,622 15.8 15,283 14.8 2,339 27.6 13.3 66.9
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 454 0.2 276 0.2 232 0.2 44 0.5 15.9 60.8
Asian & Pacific
Islander 4,458 2.4 3,134 2.8 2,924 2.8 210 2.5 6.7 70.3
Other Races 16,945 9.0 11,394 10.2 9,772 9.5 1,622 19.1 14.2 67.2
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Hispanic Origin/1 34,374 18.3 22,981 20.6 19,854 19.2 3,127 36.9 13.6 66.9
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.