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 Table II-A
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE BY OCCUPATION GROUP BY SEX, RACE & HISPANIC ORIGIN
BENTON COUNTY
1990 Census, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) File.

 

NOT OF HISPANIC ORIGIN

Native

Asian &

OCCUPATIONS

Total

Female

%

White

%

Black

%

Am.

%

Pac. Isl.

%

Other

%

Hispanic

%

Civilian labor force, 16 years & over

55,842

23,859

42.7%

49,932

89.4%

509

0.9%

394

0.7%

1,141

2.0%

16

0.0%

3,850

6.9%

MANAGERIAL & PROF. SPECIALTY

16,581

6,529

39.4%

15,442

93.1%

240

1.4%

63

0.4%

450

2.7%

14

0.1%

372

2.2%

Executive, Admin. & Managerial

7,039

2,581

36.7%

6,599

93.7%

117

1.7%

28

0.4%

128

1.8%

0

0.0%

167

2.4%

Professional Specialty

9,542

3,948

41.4%

8,843

92.7%

123

1.3%

35

0.4%

322

3.4%

14

0.1%

205

2.1%

TECH., SALES & ADMIN. SUPPORT

16,709

10,525

63.0%

15,703

94.0%

101

0.6%

94

0.6%

220

1.3%

2

0.0%

589

3.5%

Technicians & Related Support

3,008

1,061

35.3%

2,769

92.1%

32

1.1%

12

0.4%

60

2.0%

0

0.0%

135

4.5%

Sales

5,701

2,952

51.8%

5,476

96.1%

16

0.3%

21

0.4%

25

0.4%

0

0.0%

163

2.9%

Admin. Support, Including Clerical

8,000

6,512

81.4%

7,458

93.2%

53

0.7%

61

0.8%

135

1.7%

2

0.0%

291

3.6%

SERVICE

7,089

4,008

56.5%

6,167

87.0%

48

0.7%

90

1.3%

248

3.5%

0

0.0%

536

7.6%

Private Household

175

150

85.7%

168

96.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

7

4.0%

Protective Service

1,261

225

17.8%

1,185

94.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

76

6.0%

Service, Ex. Protective & Household

5,653

3,633

64.3%

4,814

85.2%

48

0.8%

90

1.6%

248

4.4%

0

0.0%

453

8.0%

FARMING, FORESTRY & FISHING

2,536

519

20.5%

1,352

53.3%

4

0.2%

0

0.0%

6

0.2%

0

0.0%

1,174

46.3%

Farm Operators & Managers

646

60

9.3%

618

95.7%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

28

4.3%

Other Agricultural & Related

1,876

459

24.5%

720

38.4%

4

0.2%

0

0.0%

6

0.3%

0

0.0%

1,146

61.1%

Forestry & Logging

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Fishers, Hunters & Trappers

14

0

0.0%

14

100.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

PRECISION PROD., CRAFT & REPAIR

6,006

463

7.7%

5,461

90.9%

48

0.8%

68

1.1%

73

1.2%

0

0.0%

356

5.9%

Mechanics & Repairers

1,899

44

2.3%

1,811

95.4%

12

0.6%

6

0.3%

4

0.2%

0

0.0%

66

3.5%

Construction Trades

2,195

98

4.5%

2,062

93.9%

26

1.2%

24

1.1%

28

1.3%

0

0.0%

55

2.5%

Extractive

10

0

0.0%

10

100.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Precision Production

1,902

321

16.9%

1,578

83.0%

10

0.5%

38

2.0%

41

2.2%

0

0.0%

235

12.4%

OP., FABRICATORS & LABORERS

6,680

1,629

24.4%

5,609

84.0%

68

1.0%

79

1.2%

130

1.9%

0

0.0%

794

11.9%

Machine Op., Assemblers & Inspec.

2,418

810

33.5%

1,928

79.7%

41

1.7%

29

1.2%

54

2.2%

0

0.0%

366

15.1%

Transportation & Material Moving

2,302

350

15.2%

2,007

87.2%

0

0.0%

23

1.0%

47

2.0%

0

0.0%

225

9.8%

Handlers, Eq. Cleaners, Help & Labor

1,960

469

23.9%

1,674

85.4%

27

1.4%

27

1.4%

29

1.5%

0

0.0%

203

10.4%

Experienced Unemp. Not Classified by Occ.

241

186

77.2%

198

82.2%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

14

5.8%

0

0.0%

29

12.0%

Detailed occupation reports available, at copying cost, from the Labor Market & Economic Analysis Branch, PO Box 9046, Olympia WA 98507-9046. Telephone (360) 438-4800.

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