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Colorado Statewide

Estimated Employment Status By Race/Ethnicity and Sex
1990 Census

Race and Sex Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rate
Both Sexes
White - NH 1,438,899 1,369,047 69,852 4.9
Hispanic 192,252 172,728 19,524 10.2
Black - NH 57,969 52,146 5,823 10.0
Native American - NH 10,734 9,138 1,596 14.9
Asian/PAC.ISL. - NH 28,203 26,256 1,947 6.9
Other Races - NH 981 885 96 9.8
Total 1,729,038 1,630,200 98,838 5.7
Male
White - NH 777,087 737,424 39,663 5.1
Hispanic 106,602 95,067 11,535 10.8
Black - NH 29,553 26,361 3,192 10.8
Native American - NH 5,511 4,611 900 16.3
Asian/PAC.ISL. - NH 13,176 12,285 891 6.8
Other Races - NH 408 402 6 1.5
Total 932,337 876,150 56,187 6.0
Female
White - NH 661,812 631,623 30,189 4.6
Hispanic 85,650 77,661 7,989 9.3
Black - NH 28,416 25,785 2,631 9.3
Native American - NH 5,223 4,527 696 13.3
Asian/PAC.ISL. - NH 15,027 13,971 1,056 7.0
Other Races - NH 573 483 90 15.7
Total 796,701 754,050 42,651 5.4

Source: Public Use Microdata Sample
Decennial Census, April 1990
U.S. Department of Commerce

Table by Labor Market Information Section
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
September 1993

POPULATION BY AGE, SEX AND RACE/ETHICITY - STATE OF COLORADO
1990

AGE & SEX*

RACE, AGE, & SEX*

 RACE/ETHNICITY
Both Sexes 1990 Female Total
Total Non Hispanic
<14 689349 <16 775912 378589 2875072
14&15 86563 16 + 2518482 1285459
16-21 276013 Hispanic Hispanic
22-54 1664079 <16 136209 67008 419322
55-64 250024 16 + 283113 141661
65 < 328366 White White - Non Hisp
<16 660700 32107 2665174
Total 3294394 16 + 2248738 1150186
Black Black - Non Hisp
<16 37724 18601 127046
Female 16 + 93499 45687
American Indian Eskimo American Indian Eskimo - Non Hisp
<14 336699 <16 7763 3857 22821
14&15 41890 16 + 20781 10492
16-21 132143 Asian, Pacific Islander Asian, Pacific Islander - Non Hisp
22-54 830001 <16 15899 8001 56856
55-64 129999 16 + 43512 23823
65 < 193316 Other Other - Non Hisp
<16 53826 26023 3175
Total 1664048 16 + 111952 55271

* Hispanic ethnicity is not broken out of these categories.

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