TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: SUSSEX 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 98,213 100.0 70,546 100.0 67,578 100.0 2,968 100.0 4.2 71.8
White 96,158 97.9 69,267 98.2 66,373 98.2 2,894 97.5 4.2 72.0
Black 956 1.0 451 0.6 415 0.6 36 1.2 8.0 47.2
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 150 0.2 99 0.1 90 0.1 9 0.3 9.1 66.0
Asian & Pacific
Islander 726 0.7 539 0.8 530 0.8 9 0.3 1.7 74.2
Other Races 223 0.2 190 0.3 170 0.3 20 0.7 10.5 85.2
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Hispanic Origin/1 1,908 1.9 1,313 1.9 1,232 1.8 81 2.7 6.2 68.8
MALES 48,169 100.0 39,863 100.0 38,270 100.0 1,593 100.0 4.0 82.8
White 46,976 97.5 39,182 98.3 37,628 98.3 1,554 97.6 4.0 83.4
Black 650 1.3 243 0.6 218 0.6 25 1.6 10.3 37.4
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 81 0.2 52 0.1 43 0.1 9 0.6 17.3 64.2
Asian & Pacific
Islander 357 0.7 290 0.7 285 0.7 5 0.3 1.7 81.2
Other Races 105 0.2 96 0.2 96 0.3 0 0.0 0.0 91.4
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Hispanic Origin/1 940 2.0 745 1.9 697 1.8 48 3.0 6.4 79.3
FEMALES 50,044 100.0 30,683 100.0 29,308 100.0 1,375 100.0 4.5 61.3
White 49,182 98.3 30,085 98.1 28,745 98.1 1,340 97.5 4.5 61.2
Black 306 0.6 208 0.7 197 0.7 11 0.8 5.3 68.0
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 69 0.1 47 0.2 47 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 68.1
Asian & Pacific
Islander 369 0.7 249 0.8 245 0.8 4 0.3 1.6 67.5
Other Races 118 0.2 94 0.3 74 0.3 20 1.5 21.3 79.7
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Hispanic Origin/1 968 1.9 568 1.9 535 1.8 33 2.4 5.8 58.7
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.