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City of Los Angeles Demographics
2000 Census
EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY, OCCUPATION & CLASS OF
WORKER
INDUSTRY
1990 Census
| Industry |
Total |
Percent |
| Employed Persons
Age 16+ |
1,532,074 |
100.00% |
|
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting, & mining |
3,158 |
0.21% |
|
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting |
2,638 |
0.17% |
|
Mining |
520 |
0.03% |
|
Construction |
81,032 |
5.29% |
|
Manufacturing |
202,277 |
13.20% |
|
Wholesale trade |
60,691 |
3.96% |
|
Retail trade |
158,118 |
10.32% |
|
Transportation & warehousing, & utilities |
60,867 |
3.97% |
|
Transportation & warehousing |
55,775 |
3.64% |
|
Utilities |
5,092 |
0.33% |
|
Information |
107,285 |
7.00% |
|
Finance, insurance, real estate & rental & leasing |
108,032 |
7.05% |
|
Finance & insurance |
70,408 |
4.60% |
|
Real estate & rental & leasing |
37,624 |
2.46% |
|
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, & waste management
services |
197,876 |
12.92% |
|
Professional, scientific, & technical services |
118,016 |
7.70% |
|
Management of companies & enterprises |
548 |
0.04% |
|
Administrative & support & waste management services |
79,312 |
5.18% |
|
Educational, health & social services |
265,613 |
17.34% |
|
Educational services |
119,609 |
7.81% |
|
Health care & social assistance |
146,004 |
9.53% |
|
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food services |
147,462 |
9.62% |
|
Arts, entertainment, & recreation |
48,242 |
3.15% |
|
Accommodation & food services |
99,220 |
6.48% |
|
Other services (except public administration) |
105,037 |
6.86% |
|
Public administration |
34,626 |
2.26% |
OCCUPATION
1990 Census
|
Occupation |
Total |
Male |
Female |
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
| Employed Persons
Age 16+ |
1,532,074 |
225.06% |
851,341 |
100.00% |
680,733 |
100.00% |
|
Management, professional, & related occupations |
524,440 |
77.04% |
279,647 |
32.85% |
244,793 |
35.96% |
|
Management, business, & financial operations occupations |
193,353 |
28.40% |
109,450 |
12.86% |
83,903 |
12.33% |
|
Management occupations, except farmers & farm managers |
125,650 |
18.46% |
75,667 |
8.89% |
49,983 |
7.34% |
|
Farmers & farm managers |
406 |
0.06% |
257 |
0.03% |
149 |
0.02% |
|
Business & financial operations occupations |
67,297 |
9.89% |
33,526 |
3.94% |
33,771 |
4.96% |
|
Business operations specialists |
32,828 |
4.82% |
16,232 |
1.91% |
16,596 |
2.44% |
|
Financial specialists |
34,469 |
5.06% |
17,294 |
2.03% |
17,175 |
2.52% |
|
Professional & related occupations |
331,087 |
48.64% |
170,197 |
19.99% |
160,890 |
23.63% |
|
Computer & mathematical occupations |
30,041 |
4.41% |
22,360 |
2.63% |
7,681 |
1.13% |
|
Architecture & engineering occupations |
21,565 |
3.17% |
18,309 |
2.15% |
3,256 |
0.48% |
|
Architects, surveyors, cartographers, & engineers |
16,355 |
2.40% |
14,186 |
1.67% |
2,169 |
0.32% |
|
Drafters, engineering, & mapping technicians |
5,210 |
0.77% |
4,123 |
0.48% |
1,087 |
0.16% |
|
Life, physical, & social science occupations |
13,470 |
1.98% |
6,475 |
0.76% |
6,995 |
1.03% |
|
Community & social services occupations |
18,647 |
2.74% |
7,387 |
0.87% |
11,260 |
1.65% |
|
Legal occupations |
27,081 |
3.98% |
15,772 |
1.85% |
11,309 |
1.66% |
|
Education, training, & library occupations |
78,676 |
11.56% |
25,071 |
2.94% |
53,605 |
7.87% |
|
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations |
87,629 |
12.87% |
55,333 |
6.50% |
32,296 |
4.74% |
|
Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations |
53,978 |
7.93% |
19,490 |
2.29% |
34,488 |
5.07% |
|
Health diagnosing & treating practitioners & technical occupations |
37,653 |
5.53% |
14,277 |
1.68% |
23,376 |
3.43% |
|
Health technologists & technicians |
16,325 |
2.40% |
5,213 |
0.61% |
11,112 |
1.63% |
|
Occupation |
Total |
Male |
Female |
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
|
Service occupations |
245,498 |
36.06% |
119,157 |
14.00% |
126,341 |
18.56% |
|
Healthcare support occupations |
25,380 |
3.73% |
5,117 |
0.60% |
20,263 |
2.98% |
|
Protective service occupations |
23,398 |
3.44% |
18,572 |
2.18% |
4,826 |
0.71% |
|
Fire fighting, prevention, & law enforcement workers, including supervisors |
5,681 |
0.83% |
4,231 |
0.50% |
1,450 |
0.21% |
|
Other protective service workers, including supervisors |
17,717 |
2.60% |
14,341 |
1.68% |
3,376 |
0.50% |
|
Food preparation & serving related occupations |
72,940 |
10.71% |
43,705 |
5.13% |
29,235 |
4.29% |
|
Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance occupations |
74,319 |
10.92% |
39,681 |
4.66% |
34,638 |
5.09% |
|
Personal care & service occupations |
49,461 |
7.27% |
12,082 |
1.42% |
37,379 |
5.49% |
|
Sales & office occupations |
409,696 |
60.18% |
172,276 |
20.24% |
237,420 |
34.88% |
|
Sales & related occupations |
175,152 |
25.73% |
94,579 |
11.11% |
80,573 |
11.84% |
|
Office & administrative support occupations |
234,544 |
34.45% |
77,697 |
9.13% |
156,847 |
23.04% |
|
Farming, fishing, & forestry occupations |
2,511 |
0.37% |
1,793 |
0.21% |
718 |
0.11% |
|
Construction, extraction, & maintenance occupations |
117,561 |
17.27% |
113,469 |
13.33% |
4,092 |
0.60% |
|
Construction & extraction occupations |
71,710 |
10.53% |
69,852 |
8.20% |
1,858 |
0.27% |
|
Supervisors, construction & extraction workers |
6,069 |
0.89% |
5,794 |
0.68% |
275 |
0.04% |
|
Construction trades workers |
65,510 |
9.62% |
63,927 |
7.51% |
1,583 |
0.23% |
|
Extraction workers |
131 |
0.02% |
131 |
0.02% |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Installation, maintenance, & repair occupations |
45,851 |
6.74% |
43,617 |
5.12% |
2,234 |
0.33% |
|
Occupation |
Total |
Male |
Female |
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
|
Production, transportation, & material moving occupations |
232,368 |
34.13% |
164,999 |
19.38% |
67,369 |
9.90% |
|
Production occupations |
150,806 |
22.15% |
95,980 |
11.27% |
54,826 |
8.05% |
|
Transportation & material moving occupations |
81,562 |
11.98% |
69,019 |
8.11% |
12,543 |
1.84% |
|
Supervisors, transportation & material moving workers |
2,720 |
0.40% |
2,369 |
0.28% |
351 |
0.05% |
|
Aircraft & traffic control occupations |
684 |
0.10% |
574 |
0.07% |
110 |
0.02% |
|
Motor vehicle operators |
37,716 |
5.54% |
34,661 |
4.07% |
3,055 |
0.45% |
|
Rail, water & other transportation occupations |
5,273 |
0.77% |
4,848 |
0.57% |
425 |
0.06% |
|
Material moving workers |
35,169 |
5.17% |
26,567 |
3.12% |
8,602 |
1.26% |
CLASS OF WORKER
|
Class of Worker |
Total |
Male |
Female |
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
| Employed Persons
Age 16+ |
1,532,074 |
100.00% |
851,341 |
100.00% |
680,733 |
100.00% |
|
All industries except agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting, & mining |
1,528,916 |
99.79% |
849,082 |
99.73% |
679,834 |
99.87% |
|
Private for-profit wage & salary workers |
1,120,073 |
73.11% |
648,446 |
76.17% |
471,627 |
69.28% |
|
Employee of private company |
1,066,982 |
69.64% |
609,583 |
71.60% |
457,399 |
67.19% |
|
Self-employed in own incorporated business |
53,091 |
3.47% |
38,863 |
4.56% |
14,228 |
2.09% |
|
Private not-for-profit wage & salary workers |
87,453 |
5.71% |
34,389 |
4.04% |
53,064 |
7.80% |
|
Local government workers |
101,004 |
6.59% |
39,778 |
4.67% |
61,226 |
8.99% |
|
State government workers |
39,722 |
2.59% |
16,826 |
1.98% |
22,896 |
3.36% |
|
Federal government workers |
21,577 |
1.41% |
11,159 |
1.31% |
10,418 |
1.53% |
|
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business |
153,071 |
9.99% |
95,690 |
11.24% |
57,381 |
8.43% |
|
Unpaid family workers |
6,016 |
0.39% |
2,794 |
0.33% |
3,222 |
0.47% |
|
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting, & mining |
3,158 |
0.21% |
2,259 |
0.27% |
899 |
0.13% |
|
Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting |
2,638 |
0.17% |
1,845 |
0.22% |
793 |
0.12% |
|
Private for-profit wage & salary workers |
1,900 |
0.12% |
1,353 |
0.16% |
547 |
0.08% |
|
Employee of private company |
1,731 |
0.11% |
1,203 |
0.14% |
528 |
0.08% |
|
Self-employed in own incorporated business |
169 |
0.01% |
150 |
0.02% |
19 |
0.00% |
|
Private not-for-profit wage & salary workers |
38 |
0.00% |
22 |
0.00% |
16 |
0.00% |
|
Local government workers |
14 |
0.00% |
14 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
|
State government workers |
10 |
0.00% |
10 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Federal government workers |
75 |
0.00% |
62 |
0.01% |
13 |
0.00% |
|
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business |
444 |
0.03% |
259 |
0.03% |
185 |
0.03% |
|
Unpaid family workers |
157 |
0.01% |
125 |
0.01% |
32 |
0.00% |
|
Mining |
520 |
0.03% |
414 |
0.05% |
106 |
0.02% |
|
Private for-profit wage & salary workers |
478 |
0.03% |
372 |
0.04% |
106 |
0.02% |
|
Employee of private company |
460 |
0.03% |
362 |
0.04% |
98 |
0.01% |
|
Self-employed in own incorporated business |
18 |
0.00% |
10 |
0.00% |
8 |
0.00% |
|
Private not-for-profit wage & salary workers |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Local government workers |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
|
State government workers |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Federal government workers |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business |
36 |
0.00% |
36 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
|
Unpaid family workers |
6 |
0.00% |
6 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.00% |
Source: U.S.
Census Bureau
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