[TABLE 10]

BRIDGEPORT: EMPLOYMENT IN BRANCH OF ECONOMY OR INDUSTRY, 1950-1960, 1980-1990
Branch of economy; number and percent of total workers employed in each branch


Branch		   1950 	       1960 (a) 	      1980 (a)		      1990 (a)
-------------	------------	--------------------	--------------------	---------------------
BRANCH		 NUM	  %	BRAN	 NUM	  %	BRAN	 NUM	  %	BRAN	 NUM	  %
-------------	 ----	----	----	 ----	----	----	 ----	----	----	 ----	----
Manufacturing	 8564	43.7	Mfg	 6015	37.0	Mfg	 3327	25.8	Retl	 3142	23.3
Retail sales	 3322	17.0	Retl(b)	 2022	12.4	Retl	 2243 	17.4	Mfg	 2861	21.3
Transportation	 2501	12.8	Trsp	 2401	14.8	Prof	 1564	12.1	Prof	 1893	14.1
Wholsale	  873	 4.4	Serv	 1264	 7.8	Trsp	 1146	 8.9	FIRE	 1227	 9.1
F/I/R/E (c)	  721	 3.7	Oind	  915	 5.6	FIRE	 1017	 7.9	Serv	 1059	 7.9
Public Admin.	  679	 3.5	Prof	  760	 4.7	Whol	  963	 7.4	Trsp	  883	 6.6
Professional	  647	 3.3	Whol	  703	 4.3	Pbad	  912	 7.1	Oind	  869	 6.4
Other/unspecif.	 2265	11.6	Pbad	  649	 4.0	Serv	  883	 6.8	Pbad	  825	 6.1
				Unsp	 1530	 9.4	Oind	  851	 6.6	Whol	  695	 5.2
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Total employed:	19572	 100		16259	 100		12906	 100		13454	 100



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Notes:

a. Expansion of abbreviations for these columns: Mfg=manufacturing,
   Oind=other industrial, Pbad=Public adminisration,
   Prof=profesional/technical, Retl=retail, Serv=service industry,
   Trsp=transportation, Whol=wholesale, Unsp=unspecified/unreported.

b. In 1958 the total employed in local retail was 1142 (which would be
   3.8% of the total employed in 1960 and 56.5% of the total employed in
   retail in 1960).

c. FIRE: finance, insurance, and real estate.

Source:
 Local Community Fact Book, 1950, p. 249; 1960, p. 267; 1980, 394; 1990,
 p.438. See bibliography for publication information.