Cover Story
The Decline in African-American Representation
In Unions and Manufacturing, 1979-2006
By John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer
Center for Economic and Policy Research
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TABLE 5                                                                                                                

Distribution of Manufacturing Workers by Race or Ethnicity, 1979-2006 (Percent)

 

Black

White

Hispanic

Other

Overall

1979

9.5

82.7

6.0

1.8

100.0

1980

9.1

82.4

6.3

2.2

100.0

1981

9.2

82.1

6.6

2.1

100.0

1982

8.9

82.4

6.5

2.2

100.0

1983

9.2

82.2

6.0

2.6

100.0

1984

9.6

81.4

6.3

2.7

100.0

1985

9.6

80.1

7.7

2.6

100.0

1986

9.7

79.5

7.9

2.9

100.0

1987

9.8

78.9

8.1

3.2

100.0

1988

9.7

79.1

8.3

2.9

100.0

1989

9.8

78.6

8.4

3.2

100.0

1990

9.9

78.4

8.7

3.0

100.0

1991

10.0

78.2

8.4

3.4

100.0

1992

10.1

77.9

8.6

3.4

100.0

1993

9.7

78.1

8.8

3.4

100.0

1994

9.8

76.9

10.0

3.3

100.0

1995

10.0

76.8

10.1

3.1

100.0

1996

10.0

75.5

10.0

4.5

100.0

1997

9.9

74.1

11.0

5.0

100.0

1998

10.0

74.3

11.0

4.7

100.0

1999

10.2

73.9

11.2

4.7

100.0

2000

9.9

72.9

12.1

5.1

100.0

2001

9.5

72.9

12.4

5.2

100.0

2002

9.7

73.1

12.1

5.1

100.0

2003

9.2

70.5

13.9

6.4

100.0

2004

9.2

70.2

14.4

6.2

100.0

2005

9.6

69.7

14.3

6.4

100.0

2006

9.2

69.9

14.5

6.4

100.0

Source: Authors' analysis of CEPR extract of the Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group.