CPH-L-149 Selected Characteristics for Persons of Guyanese Ancestry: 1990 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: February 18, 1998 AGE AND SEX LABOR FORCE STATUS All persons 75,765 Persons 16 years and over 59,839 100.0 Females 40,425 In labor force 44,375 74.2 Males 35,340 Civilian labor force 43,835 73.3 Median age 30.6 Employed 40,403 Sex ratio 87.4 Unemployed 3,432 7.8 Not in labor force 15,464 NATIVITY AND YEAR OF ENTRY All persons 75,765 OCCUPATION Native born 11,163 14.7 Employed persons 16 years and over 40,403 100.0 Foreign born 64,602 85.3 Managerial and professional 9,120 22.6 Entered 1980 to 1990 39,255 60.8 Technical, sales, and administrative 14,715 36.4 Entered before 1980 25,347 39.2 Service 8,012 19.8 Naturalized citizen 24,787 38.4 Farming, forestry, and fishing 63 0.2 Not a citizen 39,815 61.6 Production, craft, and repair 3,503 8.7 Operators, fabricators, and laborers 4,990 12.4 MARITAL STATUS Persons 15 years and over 61,164 100.0 CLASS OF WORKER Never married 21,070 34.4 Employed persons 16 years and over 40,403 100.0 Now married 30,952 50.6 Private wage and salary 23,611 58.4 Separated 2,718 4.4 Local government 4,245 10.5 Widowed 2,215 3.6 State government 1,439 3.6 Divorced 4,209 6.9 Federal government 935 2.3 Self-employed 1,087 2.7 Unpaid family worker 86 0.2 FERTILITY Women 35 to 44 years 7,106 Children ever born per 1000 women 2,290 WORKERS IN FAMILY Families 20,569 100.0 No workers 1,016 4.9 HOUSEHOLD TYPE 1 worker 5,971 29.0 All persons 75,765 2 workers 8,965 43.6 In households 74,668 98.6 3 or more workers 4,617 22.4 In group quarters 1,097 1.5 INCOME IN 1989 HOUSEHOLD SIZE Households Households 24,198 100.0 Median income (dollars) $33,904 1 person 3,141 13.0 Mean income (dollars) $40,004 2 persons 4,362 18.0 Families 3 persons 5,026 20.8 Median income (dollars) $35,761 4 persons 4,874 20.1 Mean income (dollars) $41,734 5 or more persons 6,795 28.1 Per capita income (dollars) $12,549 SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL POVERTY RATE Persons 3 years and over enrolled 24,849 100.0 Families 10.7 Preprimary school 682 2.7 Unrelated individuals 25.5 Elementary or high school 15,178 61.1 Persons 12.1 College 8,989 36.2 PLUMBING AND KITCHEN FACILITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Occupied housing units 24,141 100.0 Persons 25 years and over 46,441 100.0 Lacking complete plumbing facilities 207 0.9 High school graduate or higher 32,436 69.8 Lacking complete kitchen facilities 184 0.8 Bachelor's degree or higher 7,108 15.3 Graduate degree or higher 2,265 4.9 MORTGAGE STATUS AND GROSS RENT Specified owner-occupied housing units 6,216 100.0 ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH With a mortgage 5,844 94.0 Persons 5 years old and over 71,802 100.0 Not mortgaged 372 6.0 Speak a language other than English 3,420 4.8 Median mortgage (dollars) $286 Do not speak English "very well" 865 1.2 Specified renter-occupied housing units Persons 5 years and over in households 70,705 100.0 Median rent (dollars) $559 In linguistically isolated households 333 0.5