[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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total employed: 19572 100 16259 100 12906 100 13454 100 _______________ 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.