TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: UNION 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 397,764 100.0 268,600 100.0 252,215 100.0 16,385 100.0 6.1 67.5
White 303,355 76.3 199,239 74.2 189,783 75.2 9,456 57.7 4.7 65.7
Black 69,534 17.5 50,410 18.8 45,022 17.9 5,388 32.9 10.7 72.5
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 572 0.1 380 0.1 357 0.1 23 0.1 6.1 66.4
Asian & Pacific
Islander 10,318 2.6 7,797 2.9 7,470 3.0 327 2.0 4.2 75.6
Other Races 13,985 3.5 10,774 4.0 9,583 3.8 1,191 7.3 11.1 77.0
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Hispanic Origin/1 50,334 12.7 37,202 13.9 33,685 13.4 3,517 21.5 9.5 73.9
MALES 187,350 100.0 143,843 100.0 135,556 100.0 8,287 100.0 5.8 76.8
White 143,265 76.5 109,353 76.0 104,389 77.0 4,964 59.9 4.5 76.3
Black 31,803 17.0 24,043 16.7 21,506 15.9 2,537 30.6 10.6 75.6
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 266 0.1 206 0.1 192 0.1 14 0.2 6.8 77.4
Asian & Pacific
Islander 4,982 2.7 4,178 2.9 4,041 3.0 137 1.7 3.3 83.9
Other Races 7,034 3.8 6,063 4.2 5,428 4.0 635 7.7 10.5 86.2
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Hispanic Origin/1 24,833 13.3 20,935 14.6 19,339 14.3 1,596 19.3 7.6 84.3
FEMALES 210,414 100.0 124,757 100.0 116,659 100.0 8,098 100.0 6.5 59.3
White 160,090 76.1 89,886 72.0 85,394 73.2 4,492 55.5 5.0 56.1
Black 37,731 17.9 26,367 21.1 23,516 20.2 2,851 35.2 10.8 69.9
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 306 0.1 174 0.1 165 0.1 9 0.1 5.2 56.9
Asian & Pacific
Islander 5,336 2.5 3,619 2.9 3,429 2.9 190 2.3 5.3 67.8
Other Races 6,951 3.3 4,711 3.8 4,155 3.6 556 6.9 11.8 67.8
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Hispanic Origin/1 25,501 12.1 16,267 13.0 14,346 12.3 1,921 23.7 11.8 63.8
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.