CPH-L-149 Selected Characteristics for Persons of Maltese Ancestry: 1990 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: February 18, 1998 AGE AND SEX LABOR FORCE STATUS All persons 30,292 Persons 16 years and over 23,538 100.0 Females 14,826 In labor force 16,423 69.8 Males 15,466 Civilian labor force 16,294 69.2 Median age 32.7 Employed 15,657 Sex ratio 104.3 Unemployed 637 3.9 Not in labor force 7,115 NATIVITY AND YEAR OF ENTRY All persons 30,292 OCCUPATION Native born 21,075 69.6 Employed persons 16 years and over 15,657 100.0 Foreign born 9,217 30.4 Managerial and professional 4,470 28.5 Entered 1980 to 1990 1,088 11.8 Technical, sales, and administrative 5,243 33.5 Entered before 1980 8,129 88.2 Service 2,019 12.9 Naturalized citizen 6,238 67.7 Farming, forestry, and fishing 78 0.5 Not a citizen 2,979 32.3 Production, craft, and repair 2,084 13.3 Operators, fabricators, and laborers 1,763 11.3 MARITAL STATUS Persons 15 years and over 23,784 100.0 CLASS OF WORKER Never married 6,002 25.2 Employed persons 16 years and over 15,657 100.0 Now married 15,005 63.1 Private wage and salary 13,011 83.1 Separated 258 1.1 Local government 953 6.1 Widowed 1,084 4.6 State government 417 2.7 Divorced 1,435 6.0 Federal government 378 2.4 Self-employed 885 5.7 Unpaid family worker 13 0.1 FERTILITY Women 35 to 44 years 2,326 Children ever born per 1000 women 2,095 WORKERS IN FAMILY Families 8,293 100.0 No workers 936 11.3 HOUSEHOLD TYPE 1 worker 2,393 28.9 All persons 30,292 2 workers 3,802 45.8 In households 29,966 98.9 3 or more workers 1,162 14.0 In group quarters 326 1.1 INCOME IN 1989 HOUSEHOLD SIZE Households Households 11,192 100.0 Median income (dollars) $40,552 1 person 2,244 20.1 Mean income (dollars) $46,295 2 persons 3,586 32.0 Families 3 persons 2,107 18.8 Median income (dollars) $44,896 4 persons 1,922 17.2 Mean income (dollars) $51,154 5 or more persons 1,333 11.9 Per capita income (dollars) $17,184 SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL POVERTY RATE Persons 3 years and over enrolled 8,072 100.0 Families 5.0 Preprimary school 644 8.0 Unrelated individuals 14.5 Elementary or high school 4,722 58.5 Persons 5.9 College 2,706 33.5 PLUMBING AND KITCHEN FACILITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Occupied housing units 11,016 100.0 Persons 25 years and over 19,903 100.0 Lacking complete plumbing facilities 30 0.3 High school graduate or higher 15,186 76.3 Lacking complete kitchen facilities 42 0.4 Bachelor's degree or higher 3,183 16.0 Graduate degree or higher 1,070 5.4 MORTGAGE STATUS AND GROSS RENT Specified owner-occupied housing units 6,692 100.0 ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH With a mortgage 4,822 72.1 Persons 5 years old and over 27,978 100.0 Not mortgaged 1,870 27.9 Speak a language other than English 7,757 27.7 Median mortgage (dollars) $255 Do not speak English "very well" 2,415 8.6 Specified renter-occupied housing units Persons 5 years and over in households 27,652 100.0 Median rent (dollars) $553 In linguistically isolated households 1,020 3.7