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

85,782

37,278

43.5%

63,307

73.8%

622

0.7%

2,628

3.1%

782

0.9%

123

0.1%

18,320

21.4%

MANAGERIAL & PROF. SPECIALTY

16,290

8,026

49.3%

14,263

87.6%

166

1.0%

422

2.6%

170

1.0%

15

0.1%

1,254

7.7%

Executive, Admin. & Managerial

6,920

2,744

39.7%

6,110

88.3%

69

1.0%

160

2.3%

82

1.2%

15

0.2%

484

7.0%

Professional Specialty

9,370

5,282

56.4%

8,153

87.0%

97

1.0%

262

2.8%

88

0.9%

0

0.0%

770

8.2%

TECH., SALES & ADMIN. SUPPORT

20,814

13,394

64.4%

17,863

85.8%

92

0.4%

687

3.3%

188

0.9%

14

0.1%

1,970

9.5%

Technicians & Related Support

1,870

1,054

56.4%

1,516

81.1%

13

0.7%

93

5.0%

30

1.6%

10

0.5%

208

11.1%

Sales

8,707

3,882

44.6%

7,630

87.6%

40

0.5%

176

2.0%

79

0.9%

2

0.0%

780

9.0%

Admin. Support, Including Clerical

10,237

8,458

82.6%

8,717

85.2%

39

0.4%

418

4.1%

79

0.8%

2

0.0%

982

9.6%

SERVICE

11,273

7,004

62.1%

8,599

76.3%

89

0.8%

480

4.3%

199

1.8%

10

0.1%

1,896

16.8%

Private Household

314

298

94.9%

212

67.5%

9

2.9%

18

5.7%

9

2.9%

0

0.0%

66

21.0%

Protective Service

1,033

130

12.6%

872

84.4%

7

0.7%

53

5.1%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

101

9.8%

Service, Ex. Protective & Household

9,926

6,576

66.3%

7,515

75.7%

73

0.7%

409

4.1%

190

1.9%

10

0.1%

1,729

17.4%

FARMING, FORESTRY & FISHING

12,424

2,592

20.9%

4,646

37.4%

7

0.1%

252

2.0%

116

0.9%

41

0.3%

7,362

59.3%

Farm Operators & Managers

2,666

272

10.2%

2,098

78.7%

0

0.0%

23

0.9%

49

1.8%

5

0.2%

491

18.4%

Other Agricultural & Related

9,469

2,307

24.4%

2,399

25.3%

7

0.1%

134

1.4%

67

0.7%

26

0.3%

6,836

72.2%

Forestry & Logging

241

13

5.4%

131

54.4%

0

0.0%

77

32.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

33

13.7%

Fishers, Hunters & Trappers

48

0

0.0%

18

37.5%

0

0.0%

18

37.5%

0

0.0%

10

20.8%

2

4.2%

PRECISION PROD., CRAFT & REPAIR

8,052

608

7.6%

6,721

83.5%

97

1.2%

223

2.8%

47

0.6%

0

0.0%

964

12.0%

Mechanics & Repairers

3,138

129

4.1%

2,685

85.6%

48

1.5%

69

2.2%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

336

10.7%

Construction Trades

2,613

61

2.3%

2,226

85.2%

16

0.6%

115

4.4%

18

0.7%

0

0.0%

238

9.1%

Extractive

9

0

0.0%

9

100.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Precision Production

2,292

418

18.2%

1,801

78.6%

33

1.4%

39

1.7%

29

1.3%

0

0.0%

390

17.0%

OP., FABRICATORS & LABORERS

16,349

5,415

33.1%

10,887

66.6%

171

1.0%

475

2.9%

52

0.3%

36

0.2%

4,728

28.9%

Machine Op., Assemblers & Inspec.

7,187

3,335

46.4%

4,235

58.9%

107

1.5%

192

2.7%

29

0.4%

19

0.3%

2,605

36.2%

Transportation & Material Moving

4,441

369

8.3%

3,568

80.3%

18

0.4%

107

2.4%

21

0.5%

17

0.4%

710

16.0%

Handlers, Eq. Cleaners, Help & Labor

4,721

1,711

36.2%

3,084

65.3%

46

1.0%

176

3.7%

2

0.0%

0

0.0%

1,413

29.9%

Experienced Unemp. Not Classified by Occ.

580

239

41.2%

328

56.6%

0

0.0%

89

15.3%

10

1.7%

7

1.2%

146

25.2%

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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