CPH-L-149 Selected Characteristics for Persons of Iraqi Ancestry: 1990 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: February 18, 1998 AGE AND SEX LABOR FORCE STATUS All persons 20,657 Persons 16 years and over 15,345 100.0 Females 8,803 In labor force 10,205 66.5 Males 11,854 Civilian labor force 10,191 66.4 Median age 30.3 Employed 9,365 Sex ratio 134.7 Unemployed 826 8.1 Not in labor force 5,140 NATIVITY AND YEAR OF ENTRY All persons 20,657 OCCUPATION Native born 6,298 30.5 Employed persons 16 years and over 9,365 100.0 Foreign born 14,359 69.5 Managerial and professional 3,090 33.0 Entered 1980 to 1990 6,336 44.1 Technical, sales, and administrative 3,714 39.7 Entered before 1980 8,023 55.9 Service 688 7.3 Naturalized citizen 7,543 52.5 Farming, forestry, and fishing 34 0.4 Not a citizen 6,816 47.5 Production, craft, and repair 853 9.1 Operators, fabricators, and laborers 986 10.5 MARITAL STATUS Persons 15 years and over 15,558 100.0 CLASS OF WORKER Never married 4,652 29.9 Employed persons 16 years and over 9,365 100.0 Now married 9,504 61.1 Private wage and salary 7,352 78.5 Separated 242 1.6 Local government 310 3.3 Widowed 590 3.8 State government 242 2.6 Divorced 570 3.7 Federal government 213 2.3 Self-employed 1,150 12.3 Unpaid family worker 98 1.0 FERTILITY Women 35 to 44 years 1,479 Children ever born per 1000 women 2,264 WORKERS IN FAMILY Families 5,543 100.0 No workers 412 7.4 HOUSEHOLD TYPE 1 worker 2,062 37.2 All persons 20,657 2 workers 2,110 38.1 In households 20,418 98.8 3 or more workers 959 17.3 In group quarters 239 1.2 INCOME IN 1989 HOUSEHOLD SIZE Households Households 7,332 100.0 Median income (dollars) $33,043 1 person 1,395 19.0 Mean income (dollars) $51,447 2 persons 1,449 19.8 Families 3 persons 1,255 17.1 Median income (dollars) $36,811 4 persons 1,355 18.5 Mean income (dollars) $57,519 5 or more persons 1,878 25.6 Per capita income (dollars) $18,645 SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL POVERTY RATE Persons 3 years and over enrolled 6,407 100.0 Families 15.6 Preprimary school 525 8.2 Unrelated individuals 23.8 Elementary or high school 3,632 56.7 Persons 17.6 College 2,250 35.1 PLUMBING AND KITCHEN FACILITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Occupied housing units 7,372 100.0 Persons 25 years and over 12,849 100.0 Lacking complete plumbing facilities 21 0.3 High school graduate or higher 9,528 74.2 Lacking complete kitchen facilities 7 0.1 Bachelor's degree or higher 4,399 34.2 Graduate degree or higher 2,180 17.0 MORTGAGE STATUS AND GROSS RENT Specified owner-occupied housing units 3,151 100.0 ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH With a mortgage 2,678 85.0 Persons 5 years old and over 18,723 100.0 Not mortgaged 473 15.0 Speak a language other than English 14,601 78.0 Median mortgage (dollars) $375 Do not speak English "very well" 5,516 29.5 Specified renter-occupied housing units Persons 5 years and over in households 18,484 100.0 Median rent (dollars) $589 In linguistically isolated households 2,840 15.4