TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: SOMERSET 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 193,205 100.0 141,546 100.0 136,761 100.0 4,785 100.0 3.4 73.3
White 171,844 88.9 125,255 88.5 121,268 88.7 3,987 83.3 3.2 72.9
Black 10,978 5.7 8,116 5.7 7,611 5.6 505 10.6 6.2 73.9
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 287 0.1 231 0.2 224 0.2 7 0.1 3.0 80.5
Asian & Pacific
Islander 7,717 4.0 6,028 4.3 5,840 4.3 188 3.9 3.1 78.1
Other Races 2,379 1.2 1,916 1.4 1,818 1.3 98 2.0 5.1 80.5
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Hispanic Origin/1 7,686 4.0 6,197 4.4 5,785 4.2 412 8.6 6.6 80.6
MALES 93,653 100.0 76,364 100.0 73,784 100.0 2,580 100.0 3.4 81.5
White 83,199 88.8 67,879 88.9 65,681 89.0 2,198 85.2 3.2 81.6
Black 5,211 5.6 3,907 5.1 3,629 4.9 278 10.8 7.1 75.0
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 197 0.2 165 0.2 158 0.2 7 0.3 4.2 83.8
Asian & Pacific
Islander 3,710 4.0 3,306 4.3 3,246 4.4 60 2.3 1.8 89.1
Other Races 1,336 1.4 1,107 1.4 1,070 1.5 37 1.4 3.3 82.9
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Hispanic Origin/1 4,091 4.4 3,475 4.6 3,280 4.4 195 7.6 5.6 84.9
FEMALES 99,552 100.0 65,182 100.0 62,977 100.0 2,205 100.0 3.4 65.5
White 88,645 89.0 57,376 88.0 55,587 88.3 1,789 81.1 3.1 64.7
Black 5,767 5.8 4,209 6.5 3,982 6.3 227 10.3 5.4 73.0
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 90 0.1 66 0.1 66 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 73.3
Asian & Pacific
Islander 4,007 4.0 2,722 4.2 2,594 4.1 128 5.8 4.7 67.9
Other Races 1,043 1.0 809 1.2 748 1.2 61 2.8 7.5 77.6
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Hispanic Origin/1 3,595 3.6 2,722 4.2 2,505 4.0 217 9.8 8.0 75.7
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.