[TABLE 11]

BRIDGEPORT: OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS, 1940 and 1960, 1980-1990
Branch of economy; number and percent of total workers employed in each occupation group


		     1940	      1960 (a)		      1980 (a)		     1990 (a)
-----------	------------	--------------------	--------------------	--------------------
Occupation	 NUM	  %	OCC	 NUM	  %	OCC	 NUM	  %	OCC	 NUM	  %
----------	 ----	----	----	 ----	----	----	 ----	----	----	 ----	----
Operatives	 6090	34.2	Oper	 4567	28.1	Cler	 3148	24.4	Cler	 3021	22.5
Laborers	 3279	18.4	Cler	 3596	22.1	Oper	 2373	18.4	Serv	 2563	19.1
Clerical	 3227	18.1	Crft	 2439	15.0	Serv	 1852	14.3	Oper	 2139	15.9
Sales (b)	   --	  --	Serv	 1490	 9.2	Crft	 1357	10.5 	Prof	 1574	11.7
Craft./foremen	 2021	11.3	Labr	 1365	 8.4	Labr	 1209	 9.4 	Crft	 1264	 9.4
Service		 1701	 9.6	Prof	  717	 4.4	Sale	 1042	 8.1	Sale	 1079	 8.0
Mgrl./offl	  847	 4.8	Sale	  656	 4.0	Prof	 1040	 8.1	Mgrl	  995	 7.4
Prof./tech	  438	 2.4	Mgrl	  632	 3.9	Mgrl	  885	 6.8	Labr	  799	 5.9
Domestic	  131	 0.7	Doms	   30	 0.2	Doms	  --	  --	Doms	   20	 0.1
Unreported	   90	 0.5	Unrep	  767	 4.7	Unrep	  --	  --	Unrep	   --	  --

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Total employed:	17824	 100		16259	 100		12906	 100		13454	  100



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Notes:

 a. Expansion of abbreviations for these columns: Cler=clerical,
    Crft=Craftsmen/foremen, Doms=domestic, Labr=laborers,
    Mgrl=managerial/official, Oper=operatives, Prof=professional/
    technical, Sale=Sales.

 b. Sales included as part of the clerical category in 1940.

Source:
 Local Community Fact Book, 1940, table 60D; 1960, p. 267; 1980, p. 394;
 1990, p. 438. See bibliography for publication information.