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Colorado Springs Metropolitan Area*

Estimated Employment Status By Race/Ethnicity and Sex
1990 Census

Race and Sex Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rate
Both Sexes
White - NH 156,159 146,520 9,639 6.2
Hispanic 13,533 12,330 1,203 8.9
Black - NH 9,804 8,538 1,266 12.9
Native American - NH 1,293 963 330 25.5
Asian/PAC.ISL. - NH 3,741 3,144 597 16.0
Other Races - NH 21 12 9 42.9
Total 184,551 171,507 13,044 7.1
Male
White - NH 82,437 77,265 5,172 6.3
Hispanic 6,840 6,150 690 10.1
Black - NH 4,677 4,143 534 11.4
Native American - NH 813 582 231 28.4
Asian/PAC.ISL. - NH 1,194 1,002 192 16.1
Other Races - NH 0 0 0 0.0
Total 95,961 89,142 6,819 7.1
Female
White - NH 73,722 69,255 4,467 6.1
Hispanic 6,693 6,180 513 7.7
Black - NH 5,127 4,395 732 14.3
Native American - NH 480 381 99 20.6
Asian/PAC.ISL. - NH 2,547 2,142 405 15.9
Other Races - NH 21 12 9 42.9
Total 88,590 82,365 6,225 7.0

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

*Metropolitan Statistical Area Includes:
El Paso County

POPULATION BY AGE, SEX AND RACE/ETHICITY - COLORADO SPRINGS MSA

1990

AGE & SEX*

RACE, AGE, & SEX*

 RACE/ETHNICITY
Both Sexes 1990 Female Total
Total Non Hispanic
<14 88005 <16 98451 47996 363582
14&15 10446 16 + 298563 149969
16-21 38181 Hispanic Hispanic
22-54 201117 <16 10831 5126 33432
55-64 27591 16 + 22601 11494
65 < 31674 White White - Non Hisp
<16 82047 39962 323616
Total 397014 16 + 260054 130526
Black Black - Non Hisp
<16 8992 4441 27445
Female 16 + 19265 8796
American Indian Eskimo American Indian Eskimo - Non Hisp
<14 42833 <16 882 389 3006
14&15 5163 16 + 2712 1186
16-21 16625 Asian, Pacific Islander Asian, Pacific Islander - Non Hisp
22-54 100323 <16 2455 1294 9177
55-64 14187 16 + 7218 4713
65 < 18834 Other Other - Non Hisp
<16 4075 1910 338
Total 197965 16 + 9314 4748

* Hispanic ethnicity is not broken out of these categories.

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