CPH-L-149 Selected Characteristics for Persons of Trinidadian and Tobagonian Ancestry: 1990 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: February 18, 1998 AGE AND SEX LABOR FORCE STATUS All persons 71,720 Persons 16 years and over 58,644 100.0 Females 39,761 In labor force 45,171 77.0 Males 31,959 Civilian labor force 44,320 75.6 Median age 32.1 Employed 40,371 Sex ratio 80.4 Unemployed 3,949 8.9 Not in labor force 13,473 NATIVITY AND YEAR OF ENTRY All persons 71,720 OCCUPATION Native born 13,748 19.2 Employed persons 16 years and over 40,371 100.0 Foreign born 57,972 80.8 Managerial and professional 9,073 22.5 Entered 1980 to 1990 23,148 39.9 Technical, sales, and administrative 14,572 36.1 Entered before 1980 34,824 60.1 Service 8,953 22.2 Naturalized citizen 16,256 28.0 Farming, forestry, and fishing 139 0.3 Not a citizen 41,716 72.0 Production, craft, and repair 3,812 9.4 Operators, fabricators, and laborers 3,822 9.5 MARITAL STATUS Persons 15 years and over 59,666 100.0 CLASS OF WORKER Never married 22,145 37.1 Employed persons 16 years and over 40,371 100.0 Now married 26,336 44.1 Private wage and salary 31,580 78.2 Separated 3,899 6.5 Local government 4,268 10.6 Widowed 1,979 3.3 State government 1,748 4.3 Divorced 5,307 8.9 Federal government 1,108 2.7 Self-employed 1,597 4.0 Unpaid family worker 70 0.2 FERTILITY Women 35 to 44 years 7,779 Children ever born per 1000 women 2,060 WORKERS IN FAMILY Families 20,172 100.0 No workers 1,246 6.2 HOUSEHOLD TYPE AND RELATIONSHIP 1 worker 6,355 31.5 All persons 71,720 2 workers 8,884 44.0 In households 69,832 97.4 3 or more workers 3,687 18.3 In group quarters 1,888 2.7 INCOME IN 1989 HOUSEHOLD SIZE Households Households 26,662 100.0 Median income (dollars) $30,305 1 person 5,465 20.5 Mean income (dollars) $35,663 2 persons 5,863 22.0 Families 3 persons 5,605 21.0 Median income (dollars) $33,206 4 persons 5,051 18.9 Mean income (dollars) $38,090 5 or more persons 4,678 17.5 Per capita income (dollars) $13,383 SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL INCOME IN 1989 BELOW POVERTY LEVEL Persons 3 years and over enrolled 21,809 100.0 Families 12.7 Preprimary school 872 4.0 Unrelated individuals 24.8 Elementary or high school 11,600 53.2 Persons 14.4 College 9,337 42.8 PLUMBING AND KITCHEN FACILITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Occupied housing units 26,516 100.0 Persons 25 years and over 47,980 100.0 Lacking complete plumbing facilities 235 0.9 High school graduate or higher 35,593 74.2 Lacking complete kitchen facilities 214 0.8 Bachelor's degree or higher 7,773 16.2 Graduate degree or higher 2,777 5.8 MORTGAGE STATUS AND GROSS RENT Specified owner-occupied housing units 6,786 100.0 ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH With a mortgage 6,305 92.9 Persons 5 years old and over 67,989 100.0 Not mortgaged 481 7.1 Speak a language other than English 3,411 5.0 Median mortgage (dollars) $304 Do not speak English "very well" 858 1.3 Specified renter-occupied housing units Persons 5 years and over in households 66,115 100.0 Median rent (dollars) $529 In linguistically isolated households 236 0.4