Place of work data for 1970 are not generally available. For 1980, place of work data are only available for principal cities and suburban places with a 1980 population of 25,000 or more. Also, due to the large number of respondents not reporting Place of Work in the 1980 Census, the 1980 data have been allocated to provide a more accurate comparison with the 1990 and 2000 data.
Total Workers and Workers by Class in Place of Work| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area | Central city of: Torrance city, CA |
Suburbs* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Workers | 1980 | 4,467,306 | 79,813 | 1,548,751 |
| 1990 | 5,625,425 | 97,425 | 2,013,052 | |
| 2000 | 5,367,400 | 99,000 | 1,984,205 | |
| Private Wage and Salary Workers |
1980 | 3,538,162 | 68,318 | 1,226,300 |
| 1990 | 4,487,108 | 83,173 | 1,606,125 | 2000 | 4,056,765 | 81,890 | 1,496,975 |
| Federal Government |
1980 | 128,530 | 983 | 44,678 |
| 1990 | 147,590 | 984 | 48,215 | |
| 2000 | 92,015 | 965 | 35,590 | |
| State and Local Government |
1980 | 478,098 | 5,998 | 478,098 |
| 1990 | 532,936 | 6,473 | 532,936 | |
| 2000 | 580,590 | 6,275 | 580,590 | |
| Self-Employed | 1980 | 304,385 | 4,235 | 304,385 |
| 1990 | 434,435 | 6,513 | 434,435 | |
| 2000 | 617,990 | 9,570 | 617,990 | |
| Unpaid Family Work |
1980 | 17,714 | 319 | 7,433 |
| 1990 | 23,356 | 282 | 9,617 | |
| 2000 | 20,040 | 305 | 8,285 | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area | Central city of: Torrance city, CA |
Suburbs* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Wage and Salary Workers |
1980 | 79.2 | 85.6 | 79.2 |
| 1990 | 79.8 | 85.4 | 79.8 | |
| 2000 | 75.6 | 82.7 | 75.4 | |
| Federal Government |
1980 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 2.9 |
| 1990 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 2.4 | |
| 2000 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.8 | |
| State and Local Government |
1980 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 30.9 |
| 1990 | 9.5 | 6.6 | 26.5 | |
| 2000 | 10.8 | 6.3 | 29.3 | |
| Self-Employed | 1980 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 19.7 |
| 1990 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 21.6 | |
| 2000 | 11.5 | 9.7 | 31.1 | |
| Unpaid Family Work |
1980 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| 1990 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
| 2000 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
*Suburb data are defined as the total for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area less the sum
of data for these cities:
Anaheim city, CA
; Arcadia city, CA
; Burbank city, CA
; Carson city, CA
; Cerritos city, CA
; Compton city, CA
; Costa Mesa city, CA
; Fountain Valley city, CA
; Fullerton city, CA
; Gardena city, CA
; Glendale city, CA
; Irvine city, CA
; Long Beach city, CA
; Los Angeles city, CA
; Montebello city, CA
; Monterey Park city, CA
; Newport Beach city, CA
; Orange city, CA
; Paramount city, CA
; Pasadena city, CA
; Pomona city, CA
; Santa Ana city, CA
; Santa Monica city, CA
; Torrance city, CA
; Tustin city, CA
; click a highlighted city to see its Total Workers table.
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