CPH-L-149 Selected Characteristics for Persons of Nigerian Ancestry: 1990 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: February 18, 1998 AGE AND SEX LABOR FORCE STATUS All persons 86,875 Persons 16 years and over 61,200 100.0 Females 33,945 In labor force 46,482 76.0 Males 52,930 Civilian labor force 45,900 75.0 Median age 28.8 Employed 41,046 Sex ratio 155.9 Unemployed 4,854 10.6 Not in labor force 14,718 NATIVITY AND YEAR OF ENTRY All persons 86,875 OCCUPATION Native born 38,693 44.5 Employed persons 16 years and over 41,046 100.0 Foreign born 48,182 55.5 Managerial and professional 13,708 33.4 Entered 1980 to 1990 33,189 68.9 Technical, sales, and administrative 11,040 26.9 Entered before 1980 14,993 31.1 Service 8,136 19.8 Naturalized citizen 8,218 17.1 Farming, forestry, and fishing 195 0.5 Not a citizen 39,964 82.9 Production, craft, and repair 1,692 4.1 Operators, fabricators, and laborers 6,275 15.3 MARITAL STATUS Persons 15 years and over 61,929 100.0 CLASS OF WORKER Never married 18,524 29.9 Employed persons 16 years and over 41,046 100.0 Now married 32,619 52.7 Private wage and salary 30,614 74.6 Separated 4,229 6.8 Local government 3,493 8.5 Widowed 1,536 2.5 State government 4,045 9.9 Divorced 5,021 8.1 Federal government 842 2.1 Self-employed 2,024 4.9 Unpaid family worker 28 0.1 FERTILITY Women 35 to 44 years 4,105 Children ever born per 1000 women 2,883 WORKERS IN FAMILY Families 22,798 100.0 No workers 1,488 6.5 HOUSEHOLD TYPE AND RELATIONSHIP 1 worker 7,142 31.3 All persons 86,875 2 workers 12,361 54.2 In households 83,361 96.0 3 or more workers 1,807 7.9 In group quarters 3,514 4.2 INCOME IN 1989 HOUSEHOLD SIZE Households Households 34,628 100.0 Median income (dollars) $22,364 1 person 9,728 28.1 Mean income (dollars) $28,363 2 persons 7,069 20.4 Families 3 persons 5,692 16.4 Median income (dollars) $26,837 4 persons 5,270 15.2 Mean income (dollars) $32,942 5 or more persons 6,869 19.8 Per capita income (dollars) $10,902 SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL INCOME IN 1989 BELOW POVERTY LEVEL Persons 3 years and over enrolled 35,863 100.0 Families 18.5 Preprimary school 3,006 8.4 Unrelated individuals 27.7 Elementary or high school 14,676 40.9 Persons 22.2 College 18,181 50.7 PLUMBING AND KITCHEN FACILITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Occupied housing units 34,389 100.0 Persons 25 years and over 52,388 100.0 Lacking complete plumbing facilities 445 1.3 High school graduate or higher 45,879 87.6 Lacking complete kitchen facilities 336 1.0 Bachelor's degree or higher 27,738 52.9 Graduate degree or higher 13,790 26.3 MORTGAGE STATUS AND GROSS RENT Specified owner-occupied housing units 5,843 100.0 ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH With a mortgage 4,926 84.3 Persons 5 years old and over 75,457 100.0 Not mortgaged 917 15.7 Speak a language other than English 40,105 53.1 Median mortgage (dollars) $179 Do not speak English "very well" 7,140 9.5 Specified renter-occupied housing units Persons 5 years and over in households 71,954 100.0 Median rent (dollars) $457 In linguistically isolated households 3,378 4.7