TABLE 1: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR PERSONS 16 YEARS AND OVER
BY SEX AND RACE OR HISPANIC ORIGIN: CAMDEN 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 383,942 100.0 253,621 100.0 238,771 100.0 14,850 100.0 5.9 66.1
White 303,723 79.1 203,119 80.1 194,281 81.4 8,838 59.5 4.4 66.9
Black 56,909 14.8 36,386 14.3 31,867 13.3 4,519 30.4 12.4 63.9
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 856 0.2 541 0.2 478 0.2 63 0.4 11.6 63.2
Asian & Pacific
Islander 8,499 2.2 5,856 2.3 5,651 2.4 205 1.4 3.5 68.9
Other Races 13,955 3.6 7,719 3.0 6,494 2.7 1,225 8.2 15.9 55.3
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Hispanic Origin/1 20,746 5.4 12,148 4.8 10,408 4.4 1,740 11.7 14.3 58.6
MALES 180,820 100.0 135,890 100.0 127,192 100.0 8,698 100.0 6.4 75.2
White 144,038 79.7 111,011 81.7 105,818 83.2 5,193 59.7 4.7 77.1
Black 25,558 14.1 16,976 12.5 14,289 11.2 2,687 30.9 15.8 66.4
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 406 0.2 302 0.2 251 0.2 51 0.6 16.9 74.4
Asian & Pacific
Islander 4,192 2.3 3,217 2.4 3,101 2.4 116 1.3 3.6 76.7
Other Races 6,626 3.7 4,384 3.2 3,733 2.9 651 7.5 14.8 66.2
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Hispanic Origin/1 9,897 5.5 6,750 5.0 5,823 4.6 927 10.7 13.7 68.2
FEMALES 203,122 100.0 117,731 100.0 111,579 100.0 6,152 100.0 5.2 58.0
White 159,685 78.6 92,108 78.2 88,463 79.3 3,645 59.2 4.0 57.7
Black 31,351 15.4 19,410 16.5 17,578 15.8 1,832 29.8 9.4 61.9
American Indian,
Eskimo, Aleut 450 0.2 239 0.2 227 0.2 12 0.2 5.0 53.1
Asian & Pacific
Islander 4,307 2.1 2,639 2.2 2,550 2.3 89 1.4 3.4 61.3
Other Races 7,329 3.6 3,335 2.8 2,761 2.5 574 9.3 17.2 45.5
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Hispanic Origin/1 10,849 5.3 5,398 4.6 4,585 4.1 813 13.2 15.1 49.8
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.