Table III-6 Labor Force Characteristics Kalamazoo City

   
          Percent Change
    1990.0 1980.0 1970.0 1990-1980 1980-1970
             
             
  LABOR FORCE STATUS          
  Persons 16 years and over 64,177 63,879   0.5  
  in labor force 39,921 38,237   4.4  
  Percent of persons 16 years and over 62.2 59.9      
  Civilian labor force 39,872 38,219   4.3  
  Employed 36,210 35,203   2.9  
  Unemployed 3,662 3,016   21.4  
  Percent of civilian labor force 9.2 7.9      
             
  OCCUPATION AND SELECTED INDUSTRIES          
  Employed persons 16 years and over 36,210 35,203 33,533 2.9 5.0
  Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations 4,087 3,363   21.5  
  Professional specialty occupations 6,343 5,840   8.6  
  Technicians and related support occupations 1,506 1,359   10.8  
  Sales occupations 4,337 3,626   19.6  
  Administrative support occupations, including clerical 5,225 5,937   -12.0  
  Private household occupations 197 254   -22.4  
  Protective service occupations 558 370   50.8  
  Service occupations, except protective and household 6,317 5,903   7.0  
  Farming, forestry, and fishing occupations 483 295   63.7  
  Precision production, craft, and repair occupations 2,446 2,703   -9.5  
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors 2,357 3,182   -25.9  
  Transportation and material moving occupations 932 1,087   -14.3  
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 1,422 1,284   10.7  
             
  Manufacturing 6,376 7,437 9,638 -14.3 -22.8
  Wholesale and retail trade 8,511 7,411 6,649 14.8 11.5
  Professional and related services 12,254 11,839 10,108 3.5 17.1
             
  JOURNEY TO WORK          
  Worked and resided in Kalamazoo County 32,551 29,194 28,498 11.5 2.4
  Kalamazoo city 22,539 22,056 22,494 2.2 -1.9
  Portage city 4,439 2,955   50.2  
  Remainder of Kalamazoo County 5,573 4,183 6,004 33.2 -30.3
  Worked outside Kalamazoo County 3,133 1,967 1,310 59.3 50.2
             
  Source: U.S. Census