CPH-L-149 Selected Characteristics for Persons of Slovene Ancestry: 1990 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: February 18, 1998 AGE AND SEX LABOR FORCE STATUS All persons 87,500 Persons 16 years and over 76,324 100.0 Females 46,263 In labor force 41,692 54.6 Males 41,237 Civilian labor force 41,512 54.4 Median age 46.7 Employed 39,882 Sex ratio 89.1 Unemployed 1,630 3.9 Not in labor force 34,632 NATIVITY AND YEAR OF ENTRY All persons 87,500 OCCUPATION Native born 80,704 92.2 Employed persons 16 years and over 39,882 100.0 Foreign born 6,796 7.8 Managerial and professional 14,248 35.7 Entered 1980 to 1990 441 6.5 Technical, sales, and administrative 13,173 33.0 Entered before 1980 6,355 93.5 Service 3,822 9.6 Naturalized citizen 5,837 85.9 Farming, forestry, and fishing 420 1.1 Not a citizen 959 14.1 Production, craft, and repair 3,930 9.9 Operators, fabricators, and laborers 4,289 10.8 MARITAL STATUS Persons 15 years and over 77,142 100.0 CLASS OF WORKER Never married 17,483 22.7 Employed persons 16 years and over 39,882 100.0 Now married 45,203 58.6 Private wage and salary 31,174 78.2 Separated 515 0.7 Local government 3,455 8.7 Widowed 9,313 12.1 State government 1,379 3.5 Divorced 4,628 6.0 Federal government 1,209 3.0 Self-employed 2,500 6.3 Unpaid family worker 165 0.4 FERTILITY Women 35 to 44 years 6,494 Children ever born per 1000 women 1,656 WORKERS IN FAMILY Families 26,735 100.0 No workers 6,069 22.7 HOUSEHOLD TYPE AND RELATIONSHIP 1 worker 6,756 25.3 All persons 87,500 2 workers 10,270 38.4 In households 86,307 98.6 3 or more workers 3,640 13.6 In group quarters 1,193 1.4 INCOME IN 1989 HOUSEHOLD SIZE Households Households 40,691 100.0 Median income (dollars) $31,554 1 person 12,711 31.2 Mean income (dollars) $40,064 2 persons 14,870 36.5 Families 3 persons 5,936 14.6 Median income (dollars) $39,673 4 persons 4,626 11.4 Mean income (dollars) $48,028 5 or more persons 2,548 6.3 Per capita income (dollars) $18,421 SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL INCOME IN 1989 BELOW POVERTY LEVEL Persons 3 years and over enrolled 16,115 100.0 Families 2.4 Preprimary school 1,046 6.5 Unrelated individuals 15.1 Elementary or high school 9,042 56.1 Persons 4.9 College 6,027 37.4 PLUMBING AND KITCHEN FACILITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Occupied housing units 40,443 100.0 Persons 25 years and over 69,072 100.0 Lacking complete plumbing facilities 138 0.3 High school graduate or higher 51,614 74.7 Lacking complete kitchen facilities 114 0.3 Bachelor's degree or higher 16,460 23.8 Graduate degree or higher 6,187 9.0 MORTGAGE STATUS AND GROSS RENT Specified owner-occupied housing units 28,361 100.0 ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH With a mortgage 12,651 44.6 Persons 5 years old and over 84,208 100.0 Not mortgaged 15,710 55.4 Speak a language other than English 12,618 15.0 Median mortgage (dollars) $219 Do not speak English "very well" 3,974 4.7 Specified renter-occupied housing units Persons 5 years and over in households 83,015 100.0 Median rent (dollars) $426 In linguistically isolated households 1,887 2.3