[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 -- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total employed: 17824 100 16259 100 12906 100 13454 100 _______________ 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.