Selected Characteristics | 1990 | 1980 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
WORKERS 16 YEARS AND OVER |
1,236,843 |
100.0 |
731,660 |
100.0 |
OCCUPATION 1/ Managerial and Professional Specialty (003-199) Computer systems analysts etc. (064) Operations and systems researchers etc. (065) Authors (183) Technical writers (184) Designers (185) Editors and reporters (195)
Technical, sales, and administrative support (203-389)
Service (403-469)
Farming, forestry, and fishing (473-499)
Precision production, craft, and repair (503-699)
Operators, fabricators, and laborers (703-889) |
383,704 4,901 1,338 8,221 1,664 13,002 8,400
405,498
175,900
119,074
66,954
85,713 |
31.0 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.1 1.1 0.7
32.8
14.2
9.6
5.4
6.9 |
186,734 662 173 2,395 924 3,746 5,025
205,846
139,599
98,716
42,281
58,484 |
25.5 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.7
28.1
19.1
13.5
5.8
8.0 |
INDUSTRY 1/ Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries (010-032) Agricultural production (010-011) Agricultural services (020-030) Mining (040-050) Construction (060) Manufacturing (100-392) Nondurable goods (100-222) Knitting mills (132) Dyeing and finishing textiles, etc. (140) Miscellaneous textile mill products (150) Apparel and accessories, except knits (151) Miscellaneous fabricated textile products (152) Newspaper, etc. (171) Printing, etc. (172) Leather tanning and finishing (220) Footwear, except rubber and plastics (221) Leather products, except footwear (222) Durable goods (230-392) Miscellaneous manufacturing industries (391) Transportation, communications, and other public utilities (400-472) Wholesale trade (500-571) Retail trade (580-691) Finance, insurance, and real estate (700-712) Security, commodity, etc. (710) Insurance (711) Real estate, etc. (712) Business and repair services (721-760) Computer and data processing services (740) Personal services (761-791) Entertainment and recreation services (800-810) Professional and related services (812-893) Legal services (841) Libraries (852) Membership organizations (881) Engineering, architectural, and surveying services (882) Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping, etc. (890) Noncommercial educational and scientific, etc. (891) Miscellaneous professional and related services (893) Public Administration (900-932) |
135,798 120,009 12,453 4,500 86,640 126,814 60,677 835 131 248 7,952 1,412 7,558 20,935 41 615 572 66,137 4,438
47,906 |
11.0 9.7 1.0 0.4 7.0 10.3 4.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.6 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 0.4
3.9 |
106,199 99,256 6,104 4,176 46,556 81,230 41,283 643 152 140 5,288 1,173 7,635 9,829 67 1,110 374 39,947 2,755
23,771 |
14.5 13.6 0.8 0.6 6.4 11.1 5.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.2 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.2 0.1 5.5 0.4
3.2 |
EARNINGS IN PREVIOUS YEAR Did not work Worked Without wage and salary income With wage and salary income 2/ $1 to $2,999 $3,000 to $4,999 $5,000 to $7,999 $8,000 to $9,999 $10,000 to $14,999 $15,000 to $19,999 $20,000 to $24,999 $25,000 to $34,999 $35,000 to $49,999 $50,000 or more Mean earnings in constant 1989 dollars |
83,770 1,153,073 12,945 1,140,128 142,276 93,016 145,458 77,305 169,109 111,891 85,805 109,760 87,435 118,073 $21,561 |
... 100.0 1.1 98.9 12.3 8.1 12.6 6.7 14.7 9.7 7.4 9.5 7.6 10.2 ... |
48,038 683,622 12,156 671,466 206,192 102,463 109,656 47,711 77,742 44,130 28,979 28,020 14,367 12,206 $15,996 |
... 100.0 1.8 98.2 30.2 15.0 16.0 7.0 11.4 6.5 4.2 4.1 2.1 1.8 ... |
WEEKS WORKED IN PREVIOUS YEAR Did not work Worked 50 to 52 weeks 48 and 49 weeks 40 to 47 weeks 27 to 39 weeks 14 to 26 weeks 1 to 13 weeks Average (mean) weeks worked |
83,770 1,153,073 784,235 51,486 93,019 72,007 88,770 63,556 44.9 |
... 100.0 68.0 4.5 8.1 6.2 7.7 5.5 ... |
48,038 683,622 447,515 26,344 53,767 49,337 61,497 45,162 43.9 |
... 100.0 65.5 3.9 7.9 7.2 9.0 6.6 ... |
USUAL HOURS WORKED IN PREVIOUS YEAR Did not work Worked Less than 15 hours 15 to 34 hours 35 to 40 hours Over 40 hours Average (mean) hours worked |
83,770 1,153,073 113,243 261,760 426,256 351,814 38.2 |
... 100.0 9.8 22.7 37.0 30.5 ... |
48,038 683,622 79,624 145,602 251,468 206,928 38.0 |
... 100.0 11.6 21.3 36.8 30.3 ... |
... Not applicable | |
Source: 1990 and 1980 Censuses of Population | |
1/ | The 1980 data on working at home are from a special tabulation using nonstandard occupation and industry categories. Comparable categories are used in the 1990 data. Note that many detailed categories are not shown separately, but are included in the totals for the major headings. |
2/ | Income distributions are in current (own year) dollars. |