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Affirmative Action Statistics For Kent County

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Kent County
Table 1
Population by Sex and Minority Status - 2000
Population	Both Sexes		Male		Female
Population	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All Persons	126,697	100	61,070	48.2	65,627	51.8
White	93,106	73.49	45,226	35.7	47,880	37.79
Black	26,180	20.66	12,338	9.74	13,842	10.93
American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	806	0.64	398	0.31	408	0.32
Asian or Pacific Islander	2,187	1.73	899	0.71	1288	1.02
Other Race	4,418	3.49	2209	1.74	2209	1.74
Hispanic Origin	4,069	3.21	2,051	1.62	2,018	1.59
All Minorities	33,591	26.51	15,844	12.51	17,747	14.01

Kent County
Table 2
Labor Force Estimates by Sex and Minority Status - 2000
Civilian Labor Force	Both Sexes		Male		Female
Civilian Labor Force	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All Persons	61,308	100	31,154	50.82	30,154	49.18
White	46,197	75.4	23,934	39.04	22,263	36.31
Black	11,809	19.26	5,653	9.22	6,156	10.04
American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	546	0.89	273	0.45	273	0.45
Asian or Pacific Islander	1,084	1.77	436	0.71	648	1.06
Other Race	1,672	2.73	858	1.4	814	1.33
Hispanic Origin	1,743	2.84	943	1.54	800	1.3
All Minorities	15,111	24.65	7,220	11.78	7,891	12.87

Employment Level	Both Sexes		Male		Female
Employment Level	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All Persons	57,895	100	29,418	50.81	28,477	49.19
White	44,451	76.8	23,085	39.87	21,366	36.9
Black	10,397	17.96	4,847	8.37	5,550	9.59
American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	508	0.88	253	0.44	255	0.44
Asian or Pacific Islander	1,025	1.77	427	0.74	598	1.03
Other Race	1,514	2.62	806	1.39	708	1.22
Hispanic Origin	1,599	2.76	861	1.49	738	1.27
All Minorities	13,444	23.22	6,333	10.94	7,111	12.28

Unemployment Level	Both Sexes		Male		Female
Unemployment Level	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All Persons	3,413	100	1,736	50.86	1,677	49.14
White	1,746	51.2	849	24.88	897	26.28
Black	1,412	41.37	806	23.62	606	17.76
American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	38	1.11	20	0.59	18	0.53
Asian or Pacific Islander	59	1.73	9	0.26	50	1.46
Other Race	158	4.63	52	1.52	106	3.11
Hispanic Origin	144	4.22	82	2.4	62	1.82
All Minorities	1,667	48.84	887	25.99	780	22.85

Unemployment Rate	Both Sexes	Male	Female
Unemployment Rate	Rate (%)	Rate (%)	Rate (%)
All Persons	5.6	5.6	5.6
White	3.8	3.5	4
Black	12	14.3	9.8
American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	7	7.3	6.6
Asian or Pacific Islander	5.4	2.1	7.7
Other Race	9.4	6.1	13
Hispanic Origin	8.3	8.7	7.8
All Minorities	11	12.3	9.9

Kent County
Table 3
Occupation by Sex and Minority Status -- Percent Distribution
Both Sexes	All Persons	White Not Hispanic	Black Not Hispanic	American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut Not Hispanic	Asian or Pacific Islander Not Hispanic	Other Races Not Hispanic	Hispanic of All Races
All Occupations	61300	74.1	19	0.8	1.7	1.4	2.9
Management, Business and Financial Workers	5980	83.6	12.1	0.2	2.2	0.6	1.3
Science, Engineering and Computer Professionals	1600	78.8	8.1	1.6	6.6	1.6	2.8
Healthcare Practitioner Professionals	1635	82.3	11.6	0	2.1	1.1	2.8
Other Professional Workers	5995	76.5	19.2	0.4	1.7	0.7	1.8
Technicians	1365	85.3	10.3	1.8	0.6	0.3	1.8
Sales Workers	6655	76.6	17.8	0.7	1.2	1.8	1.9
Administrative Support Workers	10770	74.4	18.6	1	1.4	1.8	2.8
Construction and Extractive Craft Workers	3385	86.1	8	0.9	0.4	1.8	2.4
Installation, Maintenance and Repair Craft Workers	3590	84.5	10	1.5	0.7	0.6	2.6
Production Operative Workers	4450	61	27.3	0.8	3.5	1.3	6.1
Transportation and Material Moving Operative Workers	3225	66.5	27.8	1.4	1.1	1	2.8
Laborers and Helpers	2650	66.6	24.9	0.8	0.5	1.3	5.8
Protective Service Workers	1870	70.9	24.3	0.2	0.5	3	1.3
Service Workers, except Protective	7800	63.2	27	1	2.2	2.3	4
Unemployed, No Civilian Work Experience Since 1995	330	39.4	56.1	0	6.1	0	0

Female	All Females	White Not Hispanic	Black Not Hispanic	American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut Not Hispanic	Asian or Pacific Islander Not Hispanic	Other Races Not Hispanic	Hispanic of All Races
All Occupations	30164	35.7	9.9	0.4	1	0.8	1.3
Management, Business and Financial Workers	2472	33.4	6.2	0	0.9	0.5	0.5
Science, Engineering and Computer Professionals	404	20	3.1	0.6	1.3	0	0.3
Healthcare Practitioner Professionals	1204	61.8	8.9	0	0.9	1.1	0.9
Other Professional Workers	3969	50.1	12.9	0.3	1.1	0.3	1.6
Technicians	722	46.9	4.4	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3
Sales Workers	3875	42.5	11.3	0.6	0.8	1.6	1.6
Administrative Support Workers	8384	60.4	12.7	0.7	1.2	0.9	1.9
Construction and Extractive Craft Workers	103	2.5	0.3	0	0	0.2	0
Installation, Maintenance and Repair Craft Workers	324	6.7	1.5	0.3	0.4	0.1	0
Production Operative Workers	1518	17	11.6	0.7	2.2	0.8	1.9
Transportation and Material Moving Operative Workers	822	15.2	8.4	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.9
Laborers and Helpers	369	9.6	2.8	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.6
Protective Service Workers	358	10.7	6.7	0.2	0	1.5	0
Service Workers, except Protective	5505	45	18.8	0.6	1.7	1.6	2.9
Unemployed, No Civilian Work Experience Since 1995	135	16.7	18.2	0	6.1	0	0

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