Employment

Contents:

• Labor Force
• Unemployment Rates
• Occupation Types
• Commutation Data

Labor Force

Unemployment Rates

Occupation Types

 

Table C4-a					Table C4-b
Service Occupations (including private household)					% of Total Occupations that are Service Occupations
	1970	1980	1990			1970	1980	1990
Alorton	200		179		Alorton	23.6%		28.2%
Brooklyn			55		Brooklyn			21.1%
Centreville	665	485	486		Centreville	20.9%	21.4%	23.5%
Washington Park	479	403	499		Washington Park	13.0%	18.1%	27.1%
East Saint Louis	3,778	3,018	3,069		East Saint Louis	19.5%	22.9%	28.2%
Average of 5 ECs	1,281	1,302	858		Average of 5 ECs	18.9%	22.1%	27.3%
St. Clair County	13,022	14,406	16,988		St. Clair County	13.6%	15.0%	16.1%
Suburban Ring	11,742	13,104	16,130		Suburban Ring	13.2%	14.5%	15.8%
Saint Louis	46,097	35,736	32,372		Saint Louis	19.9%	20.6%	20.1%
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA	115,474	138,776	153,820		St. Louis, MO-IL MSA	12.9%	13.6%	13.3%
State of Illinois	523,933	634,021	684,660		State of Illinois	11.9%	12.5%	12.6%

 

Table C5-a					Table C5-b
Craftsmen and Foremen					% of Total Occupations that are Craftsmen or Foremen
	1970	1980	1990			1970	1980	1990
Alorton	112		12		Alorton	13.2%		1.9%
Brooklyn			11		Brooklyn			4.2%
Centreville	406	258	170		Centreville	12.7%	11.4%	8.2%
Washington Park	659	260	81		Washington Park	17.9%	11.7%	4.4%
East Saint Louis	2,136	1,220	648		East Saint Louis	11.0%	9.3%	6.0%
Average of 5 ECs	828	579	184		Average of 5 ECs	12.2%	9.8%	5.9%
St. Clair County	14,254	12,523	11,485		St. Clair County	14.8%	13.0%	10.9%
Suburban Ring	13,426	11,944	11,301		Suburban Ring	15.0%	13.2%	11.0%
Saint Louis	24,121	15,508	12,431		Saint Louis	10.4%	9.0%	7.7%
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA	126,128	121,977	120,822		St. Louis, MO-IL MSA	14.0%	12.0%	10.5%
State of Illinois	616,543	608,183	579,171		State of Illinois	13.9%	12.0%	10.7%

 

 

Table C6-a					Table C6-b
Operators					% of Total Occupations that are Operators
	1970	1980	1990			1970	1980	1990
Alorton	273		141		Alorton	32.3%		22.2%
Brooklyn			25		Brooklyn			9.6%
Centreville	802	313	348		Centreville	25.2%	13.8%	16.8%
Washington Park	951	609	343		Washington Park	25.8%	27.4%	18.6%
East Saint Louis	4,490	2,277	1,481		East Saint Louis	23.2%	17.3%	13.6%
Average of 5 ECs	1,629	1,066	468		Average of 5 ECs	24.1%	18.1%	14.9%
St. Clair County	18,852	13,559	11,491		St. Clair County	19.6%	14.1%	10.9%
Suburban Ring	17,223	12,493	11,023		Suburban Ring	19.3%	13.8%	10.8%
Saint Louis	50,123	26,172	17,768		Saint Louis	21.6%	15.1%	11.0%
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA	154,793	131,106	113,013		St. Louis, MO-IL MSA	17.2%	12.9%	9.8%
State of Illinois	813,304	730,463	604,372		State of Illinois	18.4%	14.4%	11.2%

 

Table C7-a					Table C7-b
Unskilled (Laborers)					% of Total Occupations that are Laborers
	1970	1980	1990			1970	1980	1990
Alorton	76		41		Alorton	9.0%		6.5%
Brooklyn			18		Brooklyn			6.9%
Centreville	281	204	87		Centreville	8.8%	9.0%	4.2%
Washington Park	254	191	120		Washington Park	6.9%	8.6%	6.5%
East Saint Louis	1,503	1,013	635		East Saint Louis	7.8%	7.7%	5.8%
Average of 5 ECs	529	469	180		Average of 5 ECs	7.8%	8.0%	5.7%
St. Clair County	5,234	5,297	4,463		St. Clair County	5.5%	5.5%	4.2%
Suburban Ring	4,706	4,828	4,283		Suburban Ring	5.3%	5.3%	4.2%
Saint Louis	13,066	9,989	7,448		Saint Louis	5.6%	5.8%	4.6%
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA	38,832	46,248	44,164		St. Louis, MO-IL MSA	4.3%	4.5%	3.8%
State of Illinois	190,896	243,094	224,534		State of Illinois	4.3%	4.8%	4.1%

 

Table C8-a					Table C8-b
Miscellaneous (All Farming, Forestry, and Fishing)					% of Total Occupations that are Miscellaneous Occupations
	1970	1980	1990			1970	1980	1990
Alorton	21		-		Alorton	2.5%		0.0%
Brooklyn			-		Brooklyn			0.0%
Centreville	14	5	-		Centreville	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%
Washington Park	-	50	7		Washington Park	0.0%	2.2%	0.4%
East Saint Louis	179	84	22		East Saint Louis	0.9%	0.6%	0.2%
Average of 5 ECs	54	46	6		Average of 5 ECs	0.8%	0.8%	0.2%
St. Clair County	1,489	1,612	1,410		St. Clair County	1.6%	1.7%	1.3%
Suburban Ring	1,436	1,566	1,404		Suburban Ring	1.6%	1.7%	1.4%
Saint Louis	685	1,052	1,151		Saint Louis	0.3%	0.6%	0.7%
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA	7,218	11,844	12,188		St. Louis, MO-IL MSA	0.8%	1.2%	1.1%
State of Illinois	104,800	106,862	96,328		State of Illinois	2.4%	2.1%	1.8%

Commutation
 

Table C9
Commutation (1990)
	Drive Alone	Carpool	Use Public Transp.	Walk or Work at Home	Use other Means	Mean Travel Time to Work (minutes)
Alorton	62.5	22.7	9.3	3.3	2.2	23.5
Brooklyn	57.0	13.5	13.1	15.6	2.0	20.2
Centreville	73.7	13.9	10.1	2.2	0.0	23.6
Washington Park	62.1	19.3	13.0	3.7	2.5	25.3
East Saint Louis	63.1	18.5	14.9	2.6	1.3	22.7
Average of 5 ECs	63.7	17.6	12.1	5.5	1.6	23.1
St. Clair County	76.7	14.4	3.6	4.5	0.7	21.6
Saint Louis	66.5	14.1	12.2	6.3	1.0	22.0
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA	79.7	12.0	3.0	4.5	0.7	23.1
State of Illinois	69.9	12.2	10.1	6.9	0.9	25.1
* "workers" are those age 16 and over who are in the labor force

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