CPH-L-149 Selected Characteristics for Persons of Belizean Ancestry: 1990 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: February 18, 1998 AGE AND SEX LABOR FORCE STATUS All persons 21,205 Persons 16 years and over 16,135 100.0 Females 11,782 In labor force 11,974 74.2 Males 9,423 Civilian labor force 11,799 73.1 Median age 29.0 Employed 10,460 Sex ratio 80.0 Unemployed 1,339 11.3 Not in labor force 4,161 NATIVITY AND YEAR OF ENTRY All persons 21,205 OCCUPATION Native born 5,234 24.7 Employed persons 16 years and over 10,460 100.0 Foreign born 15,971 75.3 Managerial and professional 2,115 20.2 Entered 1980 to 1990 6,753 42.3 Technical, sales, and administrative 3,432 32.8 Entered before 1980 9,218 57.7 Service 2,359 22.6 Naturalized citizen 4,828 30.2 Farming, forestry, and fishing 87 0.8 Not a citizen 11,143 69.8 Production, craft, and repair 1,013 9.7 Operators, fabricators, and laborers 1,454 13.9 MARITAL STATUS Persons 15 years and over 16,551 100.0 CLASS OF WORKER Never married 6,289 38.0 Employed persons 16 years and over 10,460 100.0 Now married 7,628 46.1 Private wage and salary 8,802 84.1 Separated 839 5.1 Local government 755 7.2 Widowed 527 3.2 State government 288 2.8 Divorced 1,268 7.7 Federal government 158 1.5 Self-employed 434 4.1 Unpaid family worker 23 0.2 FERTILITY Women 35 to 44 years 1,798 Children ever born per 1000 women 2,252 WORKERS IN FAMILY Families 5,540 100.0 No workers 408 7.4 HOUSEHOLD TYPE AND RELATIONSHIP 1 worker 1,726 31.2 All persons 21,205 2 workers 2,457 44.4 In households 20,892 98.5 3 or more workers 949 17.1 In group quarters 313 1.5 INCOME IN 1989 HOUSEHOLD SIZE Households Households 6,768 100.0 Median income (dollars) $27,449 1 person 991 14.6 Mean income (dollars) $32,769 2 persons 1,397 20.6 Families 3 persons 1,183 17.5 Median income (dollars) $28,441 4 persons 1,490 22.0 Mean income (dollars) $33,724 5 or more persons 1,707 25.2 Per capita income (dollars) $10,728 SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL INCOME IN 1989 BELOW POVERTY LEVEL Persons 3 years and over enrolled 7,016 100.0 Families 15.0 Preprimary school 353 5.0 Unrelated individuals 28.5 Elementary or high school 4,133 58.9 Persons 17.2 College 2,530 36.1 PLUMBING AND KITCHEN FACILITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Occupied housing units 6,657 100.0 Persons 25 years and over 12,437 100.0 Lacking complete plumbing facilities 8 0.1 High school graduate or higher 8,616 69.3 Lacking complete kitchen facilities 28 0.4 Bachelor's degree or higher 1,172 9.4 Graduate degree or higher 370 3.0 MORTGAGE STATUS AND GROSS RENT Specified owner-occupied housing units 1,458 100.0 ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH With a mortgage 1,349 92.5 Persons 5 years old and over 19,760 100.0 Not mortgaged 109 7.5 Speak a language other than English 5,146 26.0 Median mortgage (dollars) $209 Do not speak English "very well" 1,407 7.1 Specified renter-occupied housing units Persons 5 years and over in households 19,447 100.0 Median rent (dollars) $536 In linguistically isolated households 801 4.1