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Denver 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 695,409 665,127 30,282 4.4
Hispanic 100,896 91,629 9,267 9.2
Black - NH 45,048 40,632 4,416 9.8
Native American - NH 5,040 4,332 708 14.0
Asian/PAC.ISL. - NH 17,727 16,779 948 5.3
Other Races - NH 720 678 42 5.8
Total 864,840 819,177 45,663 5.3
Male
White - NH 372,969 355,533 17,436 4.7
Hispanic 56,283 50,688 595 9.9
Black - NH 23,085 20,556 2,529 11.0
Native American - NH 2,421 2,091 330 13.6
Asian/PAC.ISL. - NH 8,406 7,953 453 5.4
Other Races - NH 255 255 0 0.0
Total 463,419 437,076 5.7
Female
White - NH 322,440 309,594 12,846 4.0
Hispanic 44,613 40,941 3,672 8.2
Black - NH 21,963 20,076 1,887 8.6
Native American - NH 2,619 2,241 378 14.4
Asian/PAC.ISL. - NH 9,321 8,826 495 5.3
Other Races - NH 465 423 42 9.0
Total 401,421 382,101 19,320 4.8

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:
Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties

POPULATION BY AGE, SEX AND RACE/ETHICITY - DENVER, CO PMSA

1990

Denver City, & Denver, Adams, Douglas, Arapahoe, Jefferson Counties

AGE & SEX* RACE, AGE, & SEX* RACE/ETHNICITY
BOTH SEXES 1990 FEMALE TOTAL
TOTAL Non Hispanic
<14 337655 <16 379039 184634 1414716
14&15 41384 16 + 1243941 641141
16-21 120209 Hispanic Hispanic
22-54 849558 <16 67254 32777 208264
55-64 122688 16 + 141010 71010
65 < 151486 White White - Non Hisp
<16 310209 15118 1276101
Total 1622980 16 + 1081383 558108
Black Black - Non Hisp
<16 27260 13411 92124
FEMALE 16 + 67729 34646
American Indian Eskimo American Indian Eskimo - Non Hisp
<14 164858 <16 2950 1566 9414
14&15 20049 16 + 9266 4806
16-21 58122 Asian, Pacific Islander Asian, Pacific Islander - Non Hisp
22-54 428045 <16 10332 5139 35145
55-64 64259 16 + 26355 14064
65 < 90715 Other Other - Non Hisp
<16 28288 13330 1932
Total 825775     16 + 59208 29517

* Hispanic ethnicity is not broken out of these categories.

Graph of Denver Population

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