CPH-L-149 Selected Characteristics for Persons of Latvian Ancestry: 1990 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: February 18, 1998 AGE AND SEX LABOR FORCE STATUS All persons 75,747 Persons 16 years and over 66,344 100.0 Females 38,272 In labor force 40,092 60.4 Males 37,475 Civilian labor force 39,785 60.0 Median age 46.3 Employed 38,132 Sex ratio 97.9 Unemployed 1,653 4.2 Not in labor force 26,252 NATIVITY AND YEAR OF ENTRY All persons 75,747 OCCUPATION Native born 48,207 63.6 Employed persons 16 years and over 38,132 100.0 Foreign born 27,540 36.4 Managerial and professional 18,484 48.5 Entered 1980 to 1990 1,006 3.7 Technical, sales, and administrative 11,689 30.7 Entered before 1980 26,534 96.3 Service 2,550 6.7 Naturalized citizen 23,138 84.0 Farming, forestry, and fishing 327 0.9 Not a citizen 4,402 16.0 Production, craft, and repair 2,702 7.1 Operators, fabricators, and laborers 2,380 6.2 MARITAL STATUS Persons 15 years and over 66,908 100.0 CLASS OF WORKER Never married 15,330 22.9 Employed persons 16 years and over 38,132 100.0 Now married 37,836 56.5 Private wage and salary 28,062 73.6 Separated 860 1.3 Local government 2,395 6.3 Widowed 7,742 11.6 State government 2,194 5.8 Divorced 5,140 7.7 Federal government 1,412 3.7 Self-employed 3,929 10.3 Unpaid family worker 140 0.4 FERTILITY Women 35 to 44 years 4,969 Children ever born per 1000 women 1,332 WORKERS IN FAMILY Families 23,196 100.0 No workers 4,097 17.7 HOUSEHOLD TYPE 1 worker 6,050 26.1 All persons 75,747 2 workers 10,248 44.2 In households 74,284 98.1 3 or more workers 2,801 12.1 In group quarters 1,463 2.0 INCOME IN 1989 HOUSEHOLD SIZE Households Households 37,574 100.0 Median income (dollars) $38,586 1 person 12,341 32.8 Mean income (dollars) $55,607 2 persons 14,211 37.8 Families 3 persons 5,010 13.3 Median income (dollars) $51,209 4 persons 3,985 10.6 Mean income (dollars) $70,743 5 or more persons 2,027 5.4 Per capita income (dollars) $26,482 SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL POVERTY RATE Persons 3 years and over enrolled 15,141 100.0 Families 2.2 Preprimary school 1,117 7.4 Unrelated individuals 13.9 Elementary or high school 7,274 48.0 Persons 5.0 College 6,750 44.6 PLUMBING AND KITCHEN FACILITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Occupied housing units 37,707 100.0 Persons 25 years and over 59,228 100.0 Lacking complete plumbing facilities 111 0.3 High school graduate or higher 53,079 89.6 Lacking complete kitchen facilities 165 0.4 Bachelor's degree or higher 25,942 43.8 Graduate degree or higher 12,090 20.4 MORTGAGE STATUS AND GROSS RENT Specified owner-occupied housing units 20,549 100.0 ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH With a mortgage 12,470 60.7 Persons 5 years old and over 72,744 100.0 Not mortgaged 8,079 39.3 Speak a language other than English 26,635 36.6 Median mortgage (dollars) $265 Do not speak English "very well" 10,163 14.0 Specified renter-occupied housing units Persons 5 years and over in households 71,281 100.0 Median rent (dollars) $525 In linguistically isolated households 6,568 9.2