Colorado Department of Labor and Employment 
Denver Metropolitan Area Affirmative Action
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
Denver Metropolitan Area Affirmative Action
1990 CENSUS EEO SPECIAL FILE
DETAILED OCCUPATIONS BY SEX AND RACE/ETHNICITY
DENVER METRO AREA
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 3389 2563 826 227 61 22 9 507
% 100.0 75.6 24.4 6.7 1.8 0.6 0.3 15
FEMALE 3198 2411 787 210 61 22 9 485
% 94.4 71.1 23.2 6.2 1.8 0.6 0.3 14.3
SUPERVISORS, PROTECTIVE SERVICE TOTAL 818 719 99 70 4 18 0 7
OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 87.9 12.1 8.6 0.5 2.2 0.0 0.9
FEMALE 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 8.2 8.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
FIREFIGHTING AND FIRE PREVENTION TOTAL 1659 1396 263 66 17 18 0 162
OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 84.1 15.9 4.0 1.0 1.1 0.0 9.8
FEMALE 42 37 5 0 0 0 0 5
% 2.5 2.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
POLICE AND DETECTIVES TOTAL 4720 3915 805 185 59 52 0 509
% 100.0 82.9 17.1 3.9 1.3 1.1 0.0 10.8
FEMALE 786 646 140 32 4 13 0 91
% 16.7 13.7 3.0 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.9
GUARDS TOTAL 5383 4014 1369 646 49 62 0 612
% 100.0 74.6 25.4 12.0 0.9 1.2 0.0 11.4
FEMALE 1401 1009 392 156 25 14 0 197
% 26.0 18.7 7.3 2.9 0.5 0.3 0.0 3.7
FOOD PREPARATION AND SERVICE TOTAL 39759 27706 12053 2890 1660 355 34 7114
OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 69.7 30.3 7.3 4.2 0.9 0.0 17.9
FEMALE 20630 15362 5268 1135 879 213 18 3023
% 51.9 38.6 13.2 2.9 2.2 0.5 0.0 7.6
HEALTH SERVICE OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 11119 7588 3531 1442 197 125 44 1723
% 100.0 68.2 31.8 13.0 1.8 1.1 0.4 15.5
FEMALE 9332 6537 2795 1137 157 125 37 1339
% 83.9 58.8 25.1 10.2 1.4 1.1 0.3 12
CLEANING AND BUILDING SERVICE TOTAL 24142 13573 10569 2595 755 189 77 6953
OCCUPATIONS, EXCEPT HOUSEHOLD % 100.0 56.2 43.8 10.7 3.1 0.8 0.3 28.8
FEMALE 9713 4981 4732 1005 326 128 35 3238
% 40.2 20.6 19.6 4.2 1.4 0.5 0.1 13.4
PERSONAL SERVICE OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 23166 18399 4767 1267 410 122 46 2922
% 100.0 79.4 20.6 5.5 1.8 0.5 0.2 12.6
FEMALE 19232 15613 3619 910 334 91 39 2245
% 83.0 67.4 15.6 3.9 1.4 0.4 0.2 9.7
FARMING, FORESTRY, AND FISHING TOTAL 9072 6526 2546 337 152 76 0 1981
OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 71.9 28.1 3.7 1.7 0.8 0.0 21.8
FEMALE 1995 1742 253 64 10 23 0 156
% 22.0 19.2 2.8 0.7 0.1 0.3 0.0 1.7
FARM OPERATORS AND MANAGERS TOTAL 1616 1467 149 5 38 17 0 89
% 100.0 90.8 9.2 0.3 2.4 1.1 0.0 5.5
FEMALE 339 333 6 0 0 6 0 0
% 21.0 20.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0
FARM OCCUPATIONS EXCEPT MANAGERIAL TOTAL 1465 962 503 45 18 20 0 420
% 100.0 65.7 34.3 3.1 1.2 1.4 0.0 28.7
FEMALE 572 466 106 22 10 10 0 64
% 39.0 31.8 7.2 1.5 0.7 0.7 0.0 4.4
RELATED AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 5814 3958 1856 287 86 39 0 1444
% 100.0 68.1 31.9 4.9 1.5 0.7 0.0 24.8
FEMALE 1069 928 141 42 0 7 0 92
% 18.4 16.0 2.4 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.6
FORESTRY AND LOGGING OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 154 116 38 0 10 0 0 28
% 100.0 75.3 24.7 0.0 6.5 0.0 0.0 18.2
FEMALE 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 9.7 9.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
FISHERS, HUNTERS, AND TRAPPERS TOTAL 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 100.0 100.0 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
PRECISION PRODUCTION, CRAFT, TOTAL 81491 65589 15902 3090 1433 657 37 10685
REPAIR OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 80.5 19.5 3.8 1.8 0.8 0.0 13.1
FEMALE 7828 5680 2148 423 475 43 10 1197
% 9.6 7.0 2.6 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.5
SUPERVISORS, MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS TOTAL 2067 1740 327 126 25 0 0 176
% 100.0 84.2 15.8 6.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 8.5
FEMALE 313 223 90 28 14 0 0 48
% 15.1 10.8 4.4 1.4 0.7 0.0 0.0 2.3
VEHICLE AND MOBILE EQUIPMENT TOTAL 14102 12094 2008 433 134 124 0 1317
MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS % 100.0 85.8 14.2 3.1 1.0 0.9 0.0 9.3
FEMALE 194 157 37 19 0 6 0 12
% 1.4 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TOTAL 6161 5236 925 247 85 16 0 577
REPAIRERS % 100.0 85.0 15.0 4.0 1.4 0.3 0.0 9.4
FEMALE 652 467 185 71 18 9 0 87
% 10.6 7.6 3.0 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.4
MISCELLANEOUS MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS TOTAL 5681 4772 909 257 97 65 0 490
% 100.0 84.0 16.0 4.5 1.7 1.1 0.0 8.6
FEMALE 182 144 38 13 0 0 0 25
% 3.2 2.5 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
SUPERVISORS, CONSTRUCTION OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 5083 4194 889 189 13 36 0 651
% 100.0 82.5 17.5 3.7 0.3 0.7 0.0 12.8
FEMALE 98 78 20 15 0 0 0 5
% 1.9 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
CONSTRUCTION TRADES, EXCEPT TOTAL 24601 19661 4940 762 120 245 27 3786
SUPERVISORS % 100.0 79.9 20.1 3.1 0.5 1.0 0.1 15.4
FEMALE 681 640 41 8 25 0 0 8
% 2.8 2.6 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0
EXTRACTIVE OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 730 636 94 7 7 0 0 80
% 100.0 87.1 12.9 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 11
FEMALE 120 110 10 0 0 0 0 10
% 16.4 15.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4
SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 5954 4591 1363 306 74 32 0 951
% 100.0 77.1 22.9 5.1 1.2 0.5 0.0 16
FEMALE 1184 797 387 65 18 7 0 297
% 19.9 13.4 6.5 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 5
PRECISION METAL WORKING OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 5202 4273 929 156 93 72 0 608
% 100.0 82.1 17.9 3.0 1.8 1.4 0.0 11.7
FEMALE 350 223 127 12 8 7 0 100
% 6.7 4.3 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.9
PRECISION WOOD WORKING OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 568 392 176 4 0 0 0 172
% 100.0 69.0 31.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.3
FEMALE 43 39 4 4 0 0 0 0
% 7.6 6.9 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECISION TEXTILE, APPAREL, AND TOTAL 1992 1300 692 100 244 6 0 342
FURNISHINGS MACHINE WORKERS % 100.0 65.3 34.7 5.0 12.2 0.3 0.0 17.2
FEMALE 1066 756 310 40 151 0 0 119
% 53.5 38.0 15.6 2.0 7.6 0.0 0.0 6
PRECISION WORKERS, ASSORTED MATERIALS TOTAL 3295 2230 1065 211 398 17 10 429
% 100.0 67.7 32.3 6.4 12.1 0.5 0.3 13
FEMALE 1676 1096 580 83 198 11 10 278
% 50.9 33.3 17.6 2.5 6.0 0.3 0.3 8.4
PRECISION FOOD PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 2901 1800 1101 134 124 20 0 823
% 100.0 62.0 38.0 4.6 4.3 0.7 0.0 28.4
FEMALE 927 644 283 46 43 3 0 191
% 32.0 22.2 9.8 1.6 1.5 0.1 0.0 6.6
PRECISION INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND TOTAL 810 660 150 52 19 2 0 77
RELATED WORKERS % 100.0 81.5 18.5 6.4 2.3 0.2 0.0 9.5
FEMALE 134 107 27 19 0 0 0 8
% 16.5 13.2 3.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS TOTAL 2344 2010 334 106 0 22 0 206
% 100.0 85.8 14.2 4.5 0.0 0.9 0.0 8.8
FEMALE 208 199 9 0 0 0 0 9
% 8.9 8.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
MACHINE OPERATORS, ASSEMBLERS, AND TOTAL 37409 23834 13575 2208 2325 347 36 8659
INSPECTORS % 100.0 63.7 36.3 5.9 6.2 0.9 0.0 23.1
FEMALE 13442 7525 5917 895 1233 129 5 3655
% 35.9 20.1 15.8 2.4 3.3 0.3 0.0 9.8
MACHINE OPERATORS AND TENDERS TOTAL 986 610 376 37 14 0 0 325
EXCEPT PRECISION % 100.0 61.9 38.1 3.8 1.4 0.0 0.0 33
FEMALE 109 69 40 8 0 0 0 32
% 11.1 7.0 4.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.2
METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE TOTAL 655 509 146 37 8 0 0 101
OPERATORS % 100.0 77.7 22.3 5.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 15.4
FEMALE 106 64 42 11 0 0 0 31
% 16.2 9.8 6.4 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.7
WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS TOTAL 383 277 106 32 0 4 0 70
% 100.0 72.3 27.7 8.4 0.0 1.0 0.0 18.3
FEMALE 71 45 26 0 0 0 0 26
% 18.5 11.7 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8
PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS TOTAL 4344 3385 959 156 63 51 8 681
% 100.0 77.9 22.1 3.6 1.5 1.2 0.2 15.7
FEMALE 1352 1008 344 77 23 31 0 213
% 31.1 23.2 7.9 1.8 0.5 0.7 0.0 4.9
TEXTILE, APPAREL, AND FURNISHINGS TOTAL 4719 2138 2581 279 568 48 5 1681
MACHINE WORKERS % 100.0 45.3 54.7 5.9 12.0 1.0 0.1 35.6
FEMALE 3179 1258 1921 153 478 26 5 1259
% 67.4 26.7 40.7 3.2 10.1 0.6 0.1 26.7
MACHINE OPERATORS, ASSORTED MATERIALS TOTAL 11264 7231 4033 824 525 127 0 2557
% 100.0 64.2 35.8 7.3 4.7 1.1 0.0 22.7
FEMALE 3227 2118 1109 234 174 30 0 671
% 28.6 18.8 9.8 2.1 1.5 0.3 0.0 6
FABRICATORS, ASSEMBLERS, AND HAND TOTAL 11203 7052 4151 605 1011 78 23 2434
WORKING OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 62.9 37.1 5.4 9.0 0.7 0.2 21.7
FEMALE 3697 2029 1668 267 453 15 0 933
% 33.0 18.1 14.9 2.4 4.0 0.1 0.0 8.3
PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, TESTERS, TOTAL 3855 2632 1223 238 136 39 0 810
SAMPLERS, AND WEIGHERS % 100.0 68.3 31.7 6.2 3.5 1.0 0.0 21
FEMALE 1701 934 767 145 105 27 0 490
% 44.1 24.2 19.9 3.8 2.7 0.7 0.0 12.7
TRANSPORTATION AND MATERIAL MOVING TOTAL 30990 23486 7504 2413 288 266 35 4502
OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 75.8 24.2 7.8 0.9 0.9 0.1 14.5
FEMALE 3213 2360 853 370 29 34 17 403
% 10.4 7.6 2.8 1.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.3
MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS TOTAL 25493 19511 5982 2041 214 210 18 3499
% 100.0 76.5 23.5 8.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 13.7
FEMALE 2972 2185 787 351 29 34 0 373
% 11.7 8.6 3.1 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.5
RAIL TRANSPORTATION OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 837 718 119 38 0 9 0 72
% 100.0 85.8 14.2 4.5 0.0 1.1 0.0 8.6
FEMALE 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 7.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
WATER TRANSPORTATION OCCUPATIONS TOTAL 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 100.0 100.0 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
MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS TOTAL 4627 3224 1403 334 74 47 17 931
% 100.0 69.7 30.3 7.2 1.6 1.0 0.4 20.1
FEMALE 182 116 66 19 0 0 17 30
% 3.9 2.5 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6
HANDLERS, HELPERS, AND LABORERS TOTAL 34789 22300 12489 2828 546 306 34 8775
% 100.0 64.1 35.9 8.1 1.6 0.9 0.0 25.2
FEMALE 8349 5259 3090 520 207 91 20 2252
% 24.0 15.1 8.9 1.5 0.6 0.3 0.0 6.5
SUPERVISORS, HANDLERS, EQUIPMENT TOTAL 129 114 15 10 0 0 0 5
CLEANERS, AND LABORERS, N.E.C. % 100.0 88.4 11.6 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.9
FEMALE 17 10 7 7 0 0 0 0
% 13.2 7.8 5.4 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
HELPERS, MECHANICS, AND REPAIRERS TOTAL 125 92 33 0 0 8 0 25
% 100.0 73.6 26.4 0.0 0.0 6.4 0.0 20
FEMALE 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 4.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
HELPERS, CONSTRUCTION TRADES AND TOTAL 266 173 93 0 0 0 0 93
EXTRACTIVE OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 65.0 35.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 35
FEMALE 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0
% 10.2 10.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
CONSTRUCTION LABORERS TOTAL 6112 3711 2401 261 34 70 0 2036
% 100.0 60.7 39.3 4.3 0.6 1.1 0.0 33.3
FEMALE 312 188 124 0 0 0 0 124
% 5.1 3.1 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2
PRODUCTION HELPERS TOTAL 105 62 43 10 5 0 0 28
% 100.0 59.0 41.0 9.5 4.8 0.0 0.0 26.7
FEMALE 17 5 12 0 5 0 0 7
% 16.2 4.8 11.4 0.0 4.8 0.0 0.0 6.7
FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL HANDLERS TOTAL 12094 8645 3449 962 151 104 7 2225
% 100.0 71.5 28.5 8.0 1.2 0.9 0.0 18.4
FEMALE 3122 2343 779 140 51 48 7 533
% 25.8 19.4 6.4 1.2 0.4 0.4 0.0 4.4
GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED TOTAL 1143 945 198 53 5 9 6 125
OCCUPATIONS % 100.0 82.7 17.3 4.6 0.4 0.8 0.5 10.9
FEMALE 180 154 26 0 5 0 0 21
% 15.7 13.5 2.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.8
VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT TOTAL 1790 968 822 278 26 34 0 484
CLEANERS % 100.0 54.1 45.9 15.5 1.5 1.9 0.0 27
FEMALE 213 104 109 21 0 7 0 81
% 11.9 5.8 6.1 1.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 4.5
HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS TOTAL 1406 730 676 96 41 6 0 533
% 100.0 51.9 48.1 6.8 2.9 0.4 0.0 37.9
FEMALE 855 418 437 38 20 6 0 373
% 60.8 29.7 31.1 2.7 1.4 0.4 0.0 26.5
LABORERS EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION TOTAL 7555 4685 2870 659 128 38 21 2024
% 100.0 62.0 38.0 8.7 1.7 0.5 0.3 26.8
FEMALE 1399 718 681 92 50 12 13 514
% 18.5 9.5 9.0 1.2 0.7 0.2 0.2 6.8
EXPERIENCED UNEMPLOYED NOT CLASSIFIED TOTAL 4064 2175 1889 499 156 37 0 1197
BY OCCUPATION % 100.0 53.5 46.5 12.3 3.8 0.9 0.0 29.5
FEMALE 2202 1287 915 222 76 18 0 599
% 54.2 31.7 22.5 5.5 1.9 0.4 0.0 14.7
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