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 Table II-A
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE BY OCCUPATION GROUP BY SEX, RACE & HISPANIC ORIGIN
KING 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

853,717

389,923

45.7%

725,563

85.0%

36,143

4.2%

8,146

1.0%

60,882

7.1%

526

0.1%

22,457

2.6%

MANAGERIAL & PROF. SPECIALTY

279,761

127,399

45.5%

248,798

88.9%

7,185

2.6%

1,591

0.6%

17,187

6.1%

170

0.1%

4,830

1.7%

Executive, Admin. & Managerial

129,503

57,160

44.1%

115,266

89.0%

3,388

2.6%

905

0.7%

7,525

5.8%

57

0.0%

2,362

1.8%

Professional Specialty

150,258

70,239

46.7%

133,532

88.9%

3,797

2.5%

686

0.5%

9,662

6.4%

113

0.1%

2,468

1.6%

TECH., SALES & ADMIN. SUPPORT

288,086

173,358

60.2%

247,935

86.1%

11,353

3.9%

2,373

0.8%

19,477

6.8%

81

0.0%

6,867

2.4%

Technicians & Related Support

38,760

16,107

41.6%

33,309

85.9%

1,304

3.4%

256

0.7%

3,046

7.9%

20

0.1%

825

2.1%

Sales

107,750

50,037

46.4%

95,549

88.7%

2,992

2.8%

732

0.7%

6,187

5.7%

32

0.0%

2,258

2.1%

Admin. Support, Including Clerical

141,576

107,214

75.7%

119,077

84.1%

7,057

5.0%

1,385

1.0%

10,244

7.2%

29

0.0%

3,784

2.7%

SERVICE

97,866

55,567

56.8%

73,774

75.4%

7,410

7.6%

1,581

1.6%

10,609

10.8%

122

0.1%

4,370

4.5%

Private Household

2,891

2,727

94.3%

2,430

84.1%

180

6.2%

17

0.6%

97

3.4%

8

0.3%

159

5.5%

Protective Service

9,279

1,614

17.4%

7,673

82.7%

883

9.5%

124

1.3%

378

4.1%

27

0.3%

194

2.1%

Service, Except Protective & Household

85,696

51,226

59.8%

63,671

74.3%

6,347

7.4%

1,440

1.7%

10,134

11.8%

87

0.1%

4,017

4.7%

FARMING, FORESTRY & FISHING

10,379

2,132

20.5%

8,448

81.4%

442

4.3%

197

1.9%

766

7.4%

15

0.1%

511

4.9%

Farm Operators & Managers

1,334

373

28.0%

1,187

89.0%

8

0.6%

9

0.7%

99

7.4%

15

1.1%

16

1.2%

Other Agricultural & Related

6,910

1,632

23.6%

5,462

79.0%

322

4.7%

118

1.7%

599

8.7%

0

0.0%

409

5.9%

Forestry & Logging

814

29

3.6%

662

81.3%

85

10.4%

29

3.6%

10

1.2%

0

0.0%

28

3.4%

Fishers, Hunters & Trappers

1,321

98

7.4%

1,137

86.1%

27

2.0%

41

3.1%

58

4.4%

0

0.0%

58

4.4%

PRECISION PROD., CRAFT & REPAIR

83,338

9,317

11.2%

71,689

86.0%

3,415

4.1%

1,099

1.3%

4,514

5.4%

75

0.1%

2,546

3.1%

Mechanics & Repairers

24,409

1,806

7.4%

21,451

87.9%

891

3.7%

278

1.1%

1,084

4.4%

25

0.1%

680

2.8%

Construction Trades

30,657

1,411

4.6%

27,236

88.8%

1,167

3.8%

491

1.6%

839

2.7%

45

0.1%

879

2.9%

Extractive

103

0

0.0%

85

82.5%

0

0.0%

10

9.7%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

8

7.8%

Precision Production

28,169

6,100

21.7%

22,917

81.4%

1,357

4.8%

320

1.1%

2,591

9.2%

5

0.0%

979

3.5%

OP., FABRICATORS & LABORERS

91,673

20,770

22.7%

73,332

80.0%

5,967

6.5%

1,212

1.3%

7,909

8.6%

63

0.1%

3,190

3.5%

Machine Op., Assemblers & Inspec.

37,489

12,440

33.2%

27,966

74.6%

2,113

5.6%

477

1.3%

5,454

14.5%

2

0.0%

1,477

3.9%

Transportation & Material Moving

27,064

3,119

11.5%

23,657

87.4%

1,717

6.3%

262

1.0%

752

2.8%

13

0.0%

663

2.4%

Handlers, Eq. Cleaners, Help & Labor

27,120

5,211

19.2%

21,709

80.0%

2,137

7.9%

473

1.7%

1,703

6.3%

48

0.2%

1,050

3.9%

Experienced Unemp. Not Classified by Occ.

2,614

1,380

52.8%

1,587

60.7%

371

14.2%

93

3.6%

420

16.1%

0

0.0%

143

5.5%

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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