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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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