CPH-L-149 Selected Characteristics for Persons of Basque Ancestry: 1990 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: February 18, 1998 AGE AND SEX LABOR FORCE STATUS All persons 37,842 Persons 16 years and over 29,914 100.0 Females 17,392 In labor force 21,918 73.3 Males 20,450 Civilian labor force 21,698 72.5 Median age 34.4 Employed 20,718 Sex ratio 117.6 Unemployed 980 4.5 Not in labor force 7,996 NATIVITY AND YEAR OF ENTRY All persons 37,842 OCCUPATION Native born 32,460 85.8 Employed persons 16 years and over 20,718 100.0 Foreign born 5,382 14.2 Managerial and professional 6,797 32.8 Entered 1980 to 1990 1,042 19.4 Technical, sales, and administrative 5,975 28.8 Entered before 1980 4,340 80.6 Service 2,385 11.5 Naturalized citizen 2,913 54.1 Farming, forestry, and fishing 1,451 7.0 Not a citizen 2,469 45.9 Production, craft, and repair 2,129 10.3 Operators, fabricators, and laborers 1,981 9.6 MARITAL STATUS Persons 15 years and over 30,382 100.0 CLASS OF WORKER Never married 8,230 27.1 Employed persons 16 years and over 20,718 100.0 Now married 17,468 57.5 Private wage and salary 14,121 68.2 Separated 418 1.4 Local government 1,918 9.3 Widowed 1,357 4.5 State government 1,504 7.3 Divorced 2,909 9.6 Federal government 671 3.2 Self-employed 2,384 11.5 Unpaid family worker 120 0.6 FERTILITY Women 35 to 44 years 3,403 Children ever born per 1000 women 1,699 WORKERS IN FAMILY Families 11,447 100.0 No workers 932 8.1 HOUSEHOLD TYPE 1 worker 3,221 28.1 All persons 37,842 2 workers 5,810 50.8 In households 37,023 97.8 3 or more workers 1,484 13.0 In group quarters 819 2.2 INCOME IN 1989 HOUSEHOLD SIZE Households Households 16,367 100.0 Median income (dollars) $37,123 1 person 3,810 23.3 Mean income (dollars) $47,303 2 persons 5,558 34.0 Families 3 persons 2,871 17.5 Median income (dollars) $43,014 4 persons 2,390 14.6 Mean income (dollars) $53,781 5 or more persons 1,738 10.6 Per capita income (dollars) $19,611 SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL POVERTY RATE Persons 3 years and over enrolled 10,479 100.0 Families 3.6 Preprimary school 742 7.1 Unrelated individuals 19.5 Elementary or high school 5,822 55.6 Persons 7.4 College 3,915 37.4 PLUMBING AND KITCHEN FACILITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Occupied housing units 16,249 100.0 Persons 25 years and over 25,371 100.0 Lacking complete plumbing facilities 82 0.5 High school graduate or higher 21,632 85.3 Lacking complete kitchen facilities 86 0.5 Bachelor's degree or higher 7,684 30.3 Graduate degree or higher 2,784 11.0 MORTGAGE STATUS AND GROSS RENT Specified owner-occupied housing units 8,351 100.0 ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH With a mortgage 6,158 73.7 Persons 5 years old and over 35,390 100.0 Not mortgaged 2,193 26.3 Speak a language other than English 9,428 26.6 Median mortgage (dollars) $204 Do not speak English "very well" 2,802 7.9 Specified renter-occupied housing units Persons 5 years and over in households 34,584 100.0 Median rent (dollars) $521 In linguistically isolated households 1,175 3.4