CPH-L-149 Selected Characteristics for Persons of Assyrian Ancestry: 1990 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: February 18, 1998 AGE AND SEX LABOR FORCE STATUS All persons 46,099 Persons 16 years and over 34,382 100.0 Females 22,630 In labor force 22,104 64.3 Males 23,469 Civilian labor force 22,043 64.1 Median age 31.5 Employed 20,045 Sex ratio 103.7 Unemployed 1,998 9.1 Not in labor force 12,278 NATIVITY AND YEAR OF ENTRY All persons 46,099 OCCUPATION Native born 19,066 41.4 Employed persons 16 years and over 20,045 100.0 Foreign born 27,033 58.6 Managerial and professional 4,619 23.0 Entered 1980 to 1990 10,250 37.9 Technical, sales, and administrative 7,672 38.3 Entered before 1980 16,783 62.1 Service 2,214 11.0 Naturalized citizen 13,883 51.4 Farming, forestry, and fishing 49 0.2 Not a citizen 13,150 48.6 Production, craft, and repair 2,089 10.4 Operators, fabricators, and laborers 3,402 17.0 MARITAL STATUS Persons 15 years and over 34,981 100.0 CLASS OF WORKER Never married 11,119 31.8 Employed persons 16 years and over 20,045 100.0 Now married 19,747 56.5 Private wage and salary 16,400 81.8 Separated 455 1.3 Local government 813 4.1 Widowed 2,158 6.2 State government 413 2.1 Divorced 1,502 4.3 Federal government 230 1.1 Self-employed 1,990 9.9 Unpaid family worker 199 1.0 FERTILITY Women 35 to 44 years 3,137 Children ever born per 1000 women 1,958 WORKERS IN FAMILY Families 11,409 100.0 No workers 1,164 10.2 HOUSEHOLD TYPE 1 worker 3,605 31.6 All persons 46,099 2 workers 4,555 39.9 In households 45,770 99.3 3 or more workers 2,085 18.3 In group quarters 329 0.7 INCOME IN 1989 HOUSEHOLD SIZE Households Households 14,106 100.0 Median income (dollars) $33,124 1 person 2,212 15.7 Mean income (dollars) $43,502 2 persons 3,081 21.8 Families 3 persons 2,415 17.1 Median income (dollars) $35,839 4 persons 2,660 18.9 Mean income (dollars) $46,356 5 or more persons 3,738 26.5 Per capita income (dollars) $13,238 SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL POVERTY RATE Persons 3 years and over enrolled 13,992 100.0 Families 13.2 Preprimary school 874 6.2 Unrelated individuals 17.2 Elementary or high school 8,951 64.0 Persons 14.7 College 4,167 29.8 PLUMBING AND KITCHEN FACILITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Occupied housing units 14,247 100.0 Persons 25 years and over 28,844 100.0 Lacking complete plumbing facilities 121 0.8 High school graduate or higher 18,561 64.3 Lacking complete kitchen facilities 94 0.7 Bachelor's degree or higher 5,345 18.5 Graduate degree or higher 1,885 6.5 MORTGAGE STATUS AND GROSS RENT Specified owner-occupied housing units 6,983 100.0 ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH With a mortgage 5,499 78.7 Persons 5 years old and over 42,114 100.0 Not mortgaged 1,484 21.3 Speak a language other than English 32,546 77.3 Median mortgage (dollars) $312 Do not speak English "very well" 13,591 32.3 Specified renter-occupied housing units Persons 5 years and over in households 41,785 100.0 Median rent (dollars) $526 In linguistically isolated households 7,025 16.8