General Plan Update - City of Inglewood

2.9 Labor Force
Distribution by Type of Job
• As shown in Table 2-10, sales and office occupations are the largest category of the labor
force in the City of Inglewood at 30.7 percent. This is slightly higher than Los Angeles
County, which has 27.6 percent of the labor force employed in sales and office
occupations.
• The Management and Professional occupations comprised 24.6 percent of Inglewood’s
labor force while 34.3 percent of Los Angeles County’s labor force fell into this category.
• Within Inglewood, 20.5 percent of the labor force is employed in service occupations
compared with 14.7 percent for Los Angeles County.
• Production and Construction related occupations employ nearly identical proportions of
Inglewood’s and Los Angeles County’s labor forces.
Table 2-10
Labor Force: 1990 to 2000
City of Inglewood
2000 % of Total
Management and Professional 10,425 24.6%
Service 8,707 20.5%
Sales and Office 13,027 30.7%
Farming, fishing, and Forestry 84 0.2%
Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance 3,216 7.6%
Production, Transportation, and Material mov 6,916 16.3%
Total 42,375 100.0%
Los Angeles County
Management and Professional 1,355,973 34.3%
Service 580,809 14.7%
Sales and Office 1,090,059 27.6%
Farming, fishing, and Forestry 6,650 0.2%
Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance 306,450 7.8%
Production, Transportation, and Material mov 613,474 15.5%
Total 3,953,415 100.0%
2-10 Labor Force: 1990 to 2000
Sources: Stanley R. Hoffman Associates, Inc.
U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2000.
Stanley R. Hoffman Associates, Inc. 20 Economic Conditions and Trends
April 20, 2006
City of Inglewood General Plan Update