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

269,156

124,230

46.2%

232,148

86.3%

15,099

5.6%

3,176

1.2%

11,092

4.1%

184

0.1%

7,457

2.8%

MANAGERIAL & PROF. SPECIALTY

63,397

32,012

50.5%

56,774

89.6%

2,748

4.3%

575

0.9%

1,875

3.0%

46

0.1%

1,379

2.2%

Executive, Admin. & Managerial

28,932

13,119

45.3%

25,966

89.7%

1,167

4.0%

288

1.0%

835

2.9%

20

0.1%

656

2.3%

Professional Specialty

34,465

18,893

54.8%

30,808

89.4%

1,581

4.6%

287

0.8%

1,040

3.0%

26

0.1%

723

2.1%

TECH., SALES & ADMIN. SUPPORT

83,300

53,233

63.9%

72,660

87.2%

4,810

5.8%

864

1.0%

2,840

3.4%

88

0.1%

2,038

2.4%

Technicians & Related Support

10,191

4,778

46.9%

8,953

87.9%

578

5.7%

104

1.0%

338

3.3%

0

0.0%

218

2.1%

Sales

31,025

15,942

51.4%

27,558

88.8%

1,272

4.1%

328

1.1%

1,042

3.4%

30

0.1%

795

2.6%

Admin. Support, Including Clerical

42,084

32,513

77.3%

36,149

85.9%

2,960

7.0%

432

1.0%

1,460

3.5%

58

0.1%

1,025

2.4%

SERVICE

39,479

24,560

62.2%

31,504

79.8%

3,258

8.3%

583

1.5%

2,572

6.5%

21

0.1%

1,541

3.9%

Private Household

1,082

1,005

92.9%

971

89.7%

65

6.0%

0

0.0%

23

2.1%

0

0.0%

23

2.1%

Protective Service

5,094

731

14.4%

4,305

84.5%

395

7.8%

73

1.4%

148

2.9%

9

0.2%

164

3.2%

Service, Ex. Protective & Household

33,303

22,824

68.5%

26,228

78.8%

2,798

8.4%

510

1.5%

2,401

7.2%

12

0.0%

1,354

4.1%

FARMING, FORESTRY & FISHING

5,050

1,188

23.5%

4,224

83.6%

230

4.6%

86

1.7%

191

3.8%

0

0.0%

319

6.3%

Farm Operators & Managers

742

229

30.9%

695

93.7%

6

0.8%

5

0.7%

10

1.3%

0

0.0%

26

3.5%

Other Agricultural & Related

3,209

890

27.7%

2,570

80.1%

162

5.0%

43

1.3%

152

4.7%

0

0.0%

282

8.8%

Forestry & Logging

696

17

2.4%

635

91.2%

46

6.6%

6

0.9%

2

0.3%

0

0.0%

7

1.0%

Fishers, Hunters & Trappers

403

52

12.9%

324

80.4%

16

4.0%

32

7.9%

27

6.7%

0

0.0%

4

1.0%

PRECISION PROD., CRAFT & REPAIR

35,422

3,102

8.8%

31,802

89.8%

1,187

3.4%

428

1.2%

1,175

3.3%

10

0.0%

820

2.3%

Mechanics & Repairers

10,995

610

5.5%

10,034

91.3%

340

3.1%

93

0.8%

265

2.4%

10

0.1%

253

2.3%

Construction Trades

14,088

572

4.1%

12,980

92.1%

375

2.7%

214

1.5%

262

1.9%

0

0.0%

257

1.8%

Extractive

74

0

0.0%

65

87.8%

0

0.0%

2

2.7%

7

9.5%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Precision Production

10,265

1,920

18.7%

8,723

85.0%

472

4.6%

119

1.2%

641

6.2%

0

0.0%

310

3.0%

OP., FABRICATORS & LABORERS

40,692

9,098

22.4%

34,079

83.7%

2,717

6.7%

570

1.4%

2,067

5.1%

19

0.0%

1,240

3.0%

Machine Op., Assemblers & Inspec.

15,866

4,940

31.1%

12,671

79.9%

1,169

7.4%

200

1.3%

1,354

8.5%

9

0.1%

463

2.9%

Transportation & Material Moving

12,132

1,429

11.8%

10,766

88.7%

692

5.7%

178

1.5%

212

1.7%

10

0.1%

274

2.3%

Handlers, Eq. Cleaners, Help & Labor

12,694

2,729

21.5%

10,642

83.8%

856

6.7%

192

1.5%

501

3.9%

0

0.0%

503

4.0%

Experienced Unemp. Not Classified by Occ.

1,816

1,037

57.1%

1,105

60.8%

149

8.2%

70

3.9%

372

20.5%

0

0.0%

120

6.6%

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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