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* TABLE 10B *
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* PERCENT DISTRIBUTION, INDUSTRY OF EMPLOYED PERSONS, 1980 & 1990 *
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COMPARISON OF UNITED STATES, STATE OF ARKANSAS,
AND PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS
Prepared by the Census State Data Center, Arkansas Institute for
Economic Advancement, College of Business Administration,
University of Arkansas at Little Rock from the 1980 and 1990
Census of Population and Housing, Bureau of the Census,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
Mining
Agri. And
Forestry Con-
Total And struc- Manu-
Employment Fisheries tion facturing
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1980
United States 100.0 3.0 6.9 22.4
Arkansas 100.0 6.0 7.7 25.1
Northwest 100.0 7.4 7.4 24.7
White River 100.0 8.9 9.7 25.5
East 100.0 9.4 6.0 28.2
Western 100.0 4.7 7.7 29.6
West Central 100.0 5.4 9.2 26.6
Central 100.0 2.6 6.9 18.7
Southwest 100.0 4.7 9.7 30.0
Southeast 100.0 8.5 7.7 25.4
1990
United States 100.0 2.7 6.9 17.7
Arkansas 100.0 4.9 6.5 22.5
Northwest 100.0 5.6 5.8 24.3
White River 100.0 6.8 7.0 24.4
East 100.0 7.2 5.7 24.8
Western 100.0 4.0 6.6 29.1
West Central 100.0 5.4 8.0 22.4
Central 100.0 2.2 6.1 14.2
Southwest 100.0 4.4 7.7 28.3
Southeast 100.0 6.6 6.3 24.3
Whole- Finance
Trans- Commun. sale & Insurance
porta- & Public Retail & Real
tion Utilities Trade Estate
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1980
United States 4.4 2.9 20.4 6.0
Arkansas 4.0 3.1 19.8 4.3
Northwest 3.7 2.6 20.9 4.0
White River 3.7 2.6 19.4 3.8
East 3.6 2.7 19.2 3.2
Western 4.0 2.5 20.2 4.0
West Central 2.9 3.0 18.6 3.6
Central 4.5 4.1 21.7 6.4
Southwest 3.9 2.7 18.2 3.0
Southeast 5.5 3.1 17.5 3.5
1990
United States 4.4 2.7 21.2 6.9
Arkansas 4.6 2.7 21.3 4.7
Northwest 4.7 2.1 23.6 4.5
White River 5.1 2.4 20.5 3.7
East 4.4 2.3 20.6 4.1
Western 4.7 2.3 20.6 4.0
West Central 3.4 3.7 20.6 3.9
Central 5.0 3.3 22.8 6.9
Southwest 4.5 2.3 19.7 3.4
Southeast 4.7 2.2 18.4 3.8
Public
Services Admin.
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1980
United States 28.4 5.3
Arkansas 26.0 4.0
Northwest 26.6 2.8
White River 23.6 2.8
East 24.4 3.2
Western 23.9 3.4
West Central 27.3 3.3
Central 29.4 5.8
Southwest 24.0 3.7
Southeast 24.1 4.7
1990
United States 32.7 4.8
Arkansas 29.0 4.0
Northwest 27.5 2.0
White River 27.2 2.9
East 27.4 3.4
Western 25.2 3.4
West Central 29.7 3.0
Central 33.9 5.7
Southwest 25.9 3.8
Southeast 27.7 6.0
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