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6 Occupation, Industry, and Class of WorJ:e r (Table P-4) Dunbar residents uere employed in ~. variety of occupations in 1980. They included 1~2 in service occupations, except protective and household. Another 55 persons srlid they were in professional specialty occupations, ,md 44 persons LIe:re machine operatoI:S, assemblers, and inspectors.* Occupation describes the J\Ìnd of W 0 r J{ done by a person, whexeas the industry classification of a peI:son's job describes the m~l.Ìn activity of the employer:. Residents of this neighborhood were employed in the following industI:ies: 1 6 1 pexsons J:.lere employed in professional and xelated se.rvices, 60 peI:sons \oler..e employed in retail tI:ade, and 46 peJ:sons were emplo);'ed in manufacturing.* Of the 41 1 employed persons in DunbaI:, 58.2 percent w orJte d £01': wages or salary for a private company, business, or individual. * Another 35.5 percent held local, state, or Federal Government jobs.~ The self-employed represented 6.3 percent of the employed. * The major occupation and indush:y groups are listed in Table P-4. Income and Poverty Status (Tables P-5 and P-6) Perhaps the main indicators oJ a IJOpula-tioIl' s economic 1..:ell-being are income meRsu:r:es. The median income in 1979 of. households in Dunbar 1.Jas $9,974. (This means it is estimated that half had incomes below and 11<:1£ ahove this figure). Households to!Ì t h incomes less than $7,500 1.J e 1: e 36.3 rercenl: of all households in the neighborhood, while households I.JÌ t h incomes of $25,000 or more constituted 9 . 1 percpnt of t'1e households; the remaining 54.7 percent of the households had incomes hetwE~en $7,500 and $25,000.* The median inccme in 1979 :E 0 J: f <'H.1i.] i C 5 i.n the ncir;hhor..hood was $12.,865.~ The neùi.an income for White f<1IIJilif>s in the neighborhood 1~ a s $15,973.:r The nte[lié\!1 income for. Black families in the neighborhood 1JaS ~~8,?,50.:r. The median income fox Spanish origin iC\.milie>s in tl1 e neighborhood LJ<\S $12,003. :r. for unrelated individuals 15 years old ê1ncl over: in the neighborhood, the median income in 1979 was $3,342. * On a pE:'r c3pita income b;t.sis, every man, woman, and child in Dunbar averaged $t¡, 08lf in 1979. The poverty threshold fen: a four:--pex:son family was $7 ,1+ 1 7. in 1979. There LIas a tot~l.l of 1 9 1 FeY-sons bclol.J the poVE~rty level in 1979 in Dunbar, or. 18.2 I'p1:r::ent of all persons fo!: whom poverty status was de teJ:I11.í.L( Ü..f H "- 1 ;1 t (.? '1 C 11 i 1 tl. 1: (' 11 U Il tl (;. r. 113 years represented 7.0. If percent: oJ the rOVf~:rt)' ropulatio:l in Dunhar. f\!lìong the Jnnj<'.J: <:()1~(;(..Tn" :ì n r.1 :\)1 Ÿ ;:1. 1: e "';; (1.~e ti)(' er:onomic situatioJls of thf~ 01 [1,> l'Oi'1!l:tt.10n <~ 11 cl 0:;; i ; \ If. i .1. j f>:; 1'1,,1.n LatHed by N? 1..:- 153 ~; ~ n M <.\ r: co", l€'x. NEIGHBORHOOD: 002 Dunhë>1: