Colorado Department of Labor and Employment 
Colorado Springs Affirmative Action
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
Colorado Springs Affirmative Action
1990 CENSUS EEO SPECIAL FILE
DETAILED OCCUPATIONS BY SEX AND RACE/ETHNICITY
COLORADO SPRINGS MSA
UNIVERSE: CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
DETAILED OCCUPATIONS BY WHITE BLACK ASIAN NATIVE OTHER HIS-
1990 CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE TOTAL NOT TOTAL NH PAC ISL AMER RACES PANIC
HISP. MINORTY NH NH NH
PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 939 773 166 76 24 7 0 59
% 100.0 82.3 17.7 8.1 2.6 0.7 0.0 6.3
FEMALE 888 733 155 65 24 7 0 59
% 94.6 78.1 16.5 6.9 2.6 0.7 0.0 6.3
SUPERVISORS, PROTECTIVE SERVICE TOTAL 221 221 0 0 0 0 0 0
OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FEMALE 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FIREFIGHTING AND FIRE PREVENTION TOTAL 291 273 18 0 0 0 0 18
OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 93.8 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.2
FEMALE 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 8.6 8.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
POLICE AND DETECTIVES TOTAL 1019 847 172 70 0 3 0 99
% 100.0 83.1 16.9 6.9 0.0 0.3 0.0 9.7
FEMALE 181 124 57 0 0 3 0 54
% 17.8 12.2 5.6 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 5.3
GUARDS TOTAL 1448 1124 324 201 5 24 0 94
% 100.0 77.6 22.4 13.9 0.3 1.7 0.0 6.5
FEMALE 362 314 48 24 0 7 0 17
% 25.0 21.7 3.3 1.7 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.2
FOOD PREPARATION AND SERVICE TOTAL 10742 8047 2695 980 445 130 7 1133
OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 74.9 25.1 9.1 4.1 1.2 0.0 10.5
FEMALE 5814 4435 1379 489 348 45 0 497
% 54.1 41.3 12.8 4.6 3.2 0.4 0.0 4.6
HEALTH SERVICE OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 2647 1920 727 416 41 0 0 270
% 100.0 72.5 27.5 15.7 1.5 0.0 0.0 10.2
FEMALE 2307 1685 622 365 41 0 0 216
% 87.2 63.7 23.5 13.8 1.5 0.0 0.0 8.2
CLEANING AND BUILDING SERVICE TOTAL 5690 3838 1852 686 181 54 0 931
OCCUPATIONS, EXCEPT HOUSEHOLD % 100.0 67.5 32.5 12.1 3.2 0.9 0.0 16.4
FEMALE 2365 1572 793 240 144 28 0 381
% 41.6 27.6 13.9 4.2 2.5 0.5 0.0 6.7
PERSONAL SERVICE OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 5108 4192 916 224 204 77 6 405
% 100.0 82.1 17.9 4.4 4.0 1.5 0.1 7.9
FEMALE 4406 3658 748 160 183 56 0 349
% 86.3 71.6 14.6 3.1 3.6 1.1 0.0 6.8
FARMING, FORESTRY, AND FISHING TOTAL 2193 1958 235 45 28 11 0 151
OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 89.3 10.7 2.1 1.3 0.5 0.0 6.9
FEMALE 455 410 45 0 13 0 0 32
% 20.7 18.7 2.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.5
FARM OPERATORS AND MANAGERS TOTAL 390 376 14 0 0 0 0 14
% 100.0 96.4 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6
FEMALE 121 107 14 0 0 0 0 14
% 31.0 27.4 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6
FARM OCCUPATIONS EXCEPT MANAGERIAL TOTAL 319 281 38 6 6 0 0 26
% 100.0 88.1 11.9 1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0 8.2
FEMALE 76 70 6 0 6 0 0 0
% 23.8 21.9 1.9 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
RELATED AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 1443 1265 178 39 22 11 0 106
% 100.0 87.7 12.3 2.7 1.5 0.8 0.0 7.3
FEMALE 258 233 25 0 7 0 0 18
% 17.9 16.1 1.7 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.2
FORESTRY AND LOGGING OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 32 27 5 0 0 0 0 5
% 100.0 84.4 15.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.6
FEMALE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FISHERS, HUNTERS, AND TRAPPERS TOTAL 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FEMALE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRECISION PRODUCTION, CRAFT, TOTAL 18843 15946 2897 671 380 205 16 1625
REPAIR OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 84.6 15.4 3.6 2.0 1.1 0.0 8.6
FEMALE 2680 2035 645 168 202 33 16 226
% 14.2 10.8 3.4 0.9 1.1 0.2 0.0 1.2
SUPERVISORS, MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS TOTAL 363 327 36 21 0 0 0 15
% 100.0 90.1 9.9 5.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.1
FEMALE 31 21 10 10 0 0 0 0
% 8.5 5.8 2.8 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
VEHICLE AND MOBILE EQUIPMENT TOTAL 3077 2578 499 126 52 51 0 270
MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS % 100.0 83.8 16.2 4.1 1.7 1.7 0.0 8.8
FEMALE 109 70 39 8 8 0 0 23
% 3.5 2.3 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.7
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TOTAL 1364 1221 143 8 40 6 0 89
REPAIRERS % 100.0 89.5 10.5 0.6 2.9 0.4 0.0 6.5
FEMALE 136 109 27 8 14 0 0 5
% 10.0 8.0 2.0 0.6 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
MISCELLANEOUS MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS TOTAL 1158 965 193 29 0 31 0 133
% 100.0 83.3 16.7 2.5 0.0 2.7 0.0 11.5
FEMALE 101 50 51 11 0 25 0 15
% 8.7 4.3 4.4 0.9 0.0 2.2 0.0 1.3
SUPERVISORS, CONSTRUCTION OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 1121 987 134 33 7 0 0 94
% 100.0 88.0 12.0 2.9 0.6 0.0 0.0 8.4
FEMALE 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 3.7 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CONSTRUCTION TRADES, EXCEPT TOTAL 5633 4875 758 149 37 86 0 486
SUPERVISORS % 100.0 86.5 13.5 2.6 0.7 1.5 0.0 8.6
FEMALE 175 173 2 0 0 2 0 0
% 3.1 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EXTRACTIVE OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 29 18 11 0 0 0 0 11
% 100.0 62.1 37.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 37.9
FEMALE 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 24.1 24.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 1366 1111 255 74 34 8 0 139
% 100.0 81.3 18.7 5.4 2.5 0.6 0.0 10.2
FEMALE 390 307 83 21 19 0 0 43
% 28.6 22.5 6.1 1.5 1.4 0.0 0.0 3.1
PRECISION METAL WORKING OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 1267 1107 160 45 33 7 0 75
% 100.0 87.4 12.6 3.6 2.6 0.6 0.0 5.9
FEMALE 157 112 45 0 26 0 0 19
% 12.4 8.8 3.6 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 1.5
PRECISION WOOD WORKING OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 205 193 12 0 0 0 0 12
% 100.0 94.1 5.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.9
FEMALE 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 6.3 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRECISION TEXTILE, APPAREL, AND TOTAL 356 250 106 28 28 0 0 50
FURNISHINGS MACHINE WORKERS % 100.0 70.2 29.8 7.9 7.9 0.0 0.0 14.0
FEMALE 244 183 61 28 21 0 0 12
% 68.5 51.4 17.1 7.9 5.9 0.0 0.0 3.4
PRECISION WORKERS, ASSORTED MATERIALS TOTAL 1601 1148 453 113 120 6 16 198
% 100.0 71.7 28.3 7.1 7.5 0.4 1.0 12.4
FEMALE 1009 712 297 70 102 6 16 103
% 63.0 44.5 18.6 4.4 6.4 0.4 1.0 6.4
PRECISION FOOD PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 463 374 89 41 16 10 0 22
% 100.0 80.8 19.2 8.9 3.5 2.2 0.0 4.8
FEMALE 178 154 24 12 6 0 0 6
% 38.4 33.3 5.2 2.6 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.3
PRECISION INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND TOTAL 287 270 17 4 13 0 0 0
RELATED WORKERS % 100.0 94.1 5.9 1.4 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
FEMALE 74 68 6 0 6 0 0 0
% 25.8 23.7 2.1 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS TOTAL 553 522 31 0 0 0 0 31
% 100.0 94.4 5.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6
FEMALE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 2.5 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
MACHINE OPERATORS, ASSEMBLERS, AND TOTAL 8710 5996 2714 564 670 59 3 1418
INSPECTORS % 100.0 68.8 31.2 6.5 7.7 0.7 0.0 16.3
FEMALE 3821 2378 1443 275 473 44 3 648
% 43.9 27.3 16.6 3.2 5.4 0.5 0.0 7.4
MACHINE OPERATORS AND TENDERS TOTAL 481 318 163 8 25 0 3 127
EXCEPT PRECISION % 100.0 66.1 33.9 1.7 5.2 0.0 0.6 26.4
FEMALE 77 44 33 0 5 0 3 25
% 16.0 9.1 6.9 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.6 5.2
METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE TOTAL 152 80 72 0 0 6 0 66
OPERATORS % 100.0 52.6 47.4 0.0 0.0 3.9 0.0 43.4
FEMALE 28 20 8 0 0 0 0 8
% 18.4 13.2 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3
WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS TOTAL 184 160 24 10 0 0 0 14
% 100.0 87.0 13.0 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.6
FEMALE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 7.6 7.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS TOTAL 857 768 89 19 0 6 0 64
% 100.0 89.6 10.4 2.2 0.0 0.7 0.0 7.5
FEMALE 317 299 18 0 0 0 0 18
% 37.0 34.9 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1
TEXTILE, APPAREL, AND FURNISHINGS TOTAL 1020 635 385 71 97 8 0 209
MACHINE WORKERS % 100.0 62.3 37.7 7.0 9.5 0.8 0.0 20.5
FEMALE 753 434 319 58 86 8 0 167
% 73.8 42.5 31.3 5.7 8.4 0.8 0.0 16.4
MACHINE OPERATORS, ASSORTED MATERIALS TOTAL 2174 1536 638 174 86 22 0 356
% 100.0 70.7 29.3 8.0 4.0 1.0 0.0 16.4
FEMALE 781 536 245 72 39 22 0 112
% 35.9 24.7 11.3 3.3 1.8 1.0 0.0 5.2
FABRICATORS, ASSEMBLERS, AND HAND TOTAL 2849 1776 1073 225 381 4 0 463
WORKING OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 62.3 37.7 7.9 13.4 0.1 0.0 16.3
FEMALE 1379 707 672 105 298 4 0 265
% 48.4 24.8 23.6 3.7 10.5 0.1 0.0 9.3
PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, TESTERS, TOTAL 993 723 270 57 81 13 0 119
SAMPLERS, AND WEIGHERS % 100.0 72.8 27.2 5.7 8.2 1.3 0.0 12.0
FEMALE 472 324 148 40 45 10 0 53
% 47.5 32.6 14.9 4.0 4.5 1.0 0.0 5.3
TRANSPORTATION AND MATERIAL MOVING TOTAL 5563 4807 756 262 53 52 0 389
OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 86.4 13.6 4.7 1.0 0.9 0.0 7.0
FEMALE 653 580 73 29 9 2 0 33
% 11.7 10.4 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.6
MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS TOTAL 4705 4090 615 212 44 42 0 317
% 100.0 86.9 13.1 4.5 0.9 0.9 0.0 6.7
FEMALE 620 558 62 18 9 2 0 33
% 13.2 11.9 1.3 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.7
RAIL TRANSPORTATION OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FEMALE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
WATER TRANSPORTATION OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FEMALE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS TOTAL 798 657 141 50 9 10 0 72
% 100.0 82.3 17.7 6.3 1.1 1.3 0.0 9.0
FEMALE 33 22 11 11 0 0 0 0
% 4.1 2.8 1.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HANDLERS, HELPERS, AND LABORERS TOTAL 6965 5155 1810 493 214 58 0 1045
% 100.0 74.0 26.0 7.1 3.1 0.8 0.0 15.0
FEMALE 2035 1384 651 198 160 5 0 288
% 29.2 19.9 9.3 2.8 2.3 0.0 0.0 4.1
SUPERVISORS, HANDLERS, EQUIPMENT TOTAL 32 24 8 0 0 0 0 8
CLEANERS, AND LABORERS, N.E.C. % 100.0 75.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.0
FEMALE 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 21.9 21.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HELPERS, MECHANICS, AND REPAIRERS TOTAL 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FEMALE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HELPERS, CONSTRUCTION TRADES AND TOTAL 66 44 22 16 0 0 0 6
EXTRACTIVE OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 66.7 33.3 24.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.1
FEMALE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS TOTAL 1327 1049 278 18 13 7 0 240
% 100.0 79.1 20.9 1.4 1.0 0.5 0.0 18.1
FEMALE 69 40 29 10 6 0 0 13
% 5.2 3.0 2.2 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0
PRODUCTION HELPERS TOTAL 17 11 6 0 0 0 0 6
% 100.0 64.7 35.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 35.3
FEMALE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL HANDLERS TOTAL 2238 1634 604 222 62 16 0 304
% 100.0 73.0 27.0 9.9 2.8 0.7 0.0 13.6
FEMALE 711 509 202 45 51 5 0 101
% 31.8 22.7 9.0 2.0 2.3 0.2 0.0 4.5
GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED TOTAL 387 355 32 14 0 0 0 18
OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 91.7 8.3 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.7
FEMALE 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 17.3 17.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT TOTAL 351 277 74 19 14 0 0 41
CLEANERS % 100.0 78.9 21.1 5.4 4.0 0.0 0.0 11.7
FEMALE 30 14 16 0 5 0 0 11
% 8.5 4.0 4.6 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 3.1
HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS TOTAL 270 200 70 29 19 0 0 22
% 100.0 74.1 25.9 10.7 7.0 0.0 0.0 8.1
FEMALE 245 175 70 29 19 0 0 22
% 90.7 64.8 25.9 10.7 7.0 0.0 0.0 8.1
LABORERS EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION TOTAL 1220 888 332 54 28 20 0 230
% 100.0 72.8 27.2 4.4 2.3 1.6 0.0 18.9
FEMALE 325 208 117 30 23 0 0 64
% 26.6 17.0 9.6 2.5 1.9 0.0 0.0 5.2
EXPERIENCED UNEMPLOYED NOT CLASSIFIED TOTAL 1031 647 384 121 78 15 0 170
BY OCCUPATION % 100.0 62.8 37.2 11.7 7.6 1.5 0.0 16.5
FEMALE 581 364 217 84 56 0 0 77
% 56.4 35.3 21.0 8.1 5.4 0.0 0.0 7.5
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