The first survey I consulted from the Bureau of the Census was a population survey (att. 2). It shows the white population grew at roughly 7.8% from 1980 to 1990 and the black population grew at about 16.7% from 1980 to 1990. The civilians eligible to be considered as part of the labor force increased by about nine percent from 1980 to 1990 and from 1990 to 1995 for white Americans. Now for black Americans, they was roughly an increase in these same time frames of about seven percent in the civilians eligible for the labor force. The actual distribution of white Americans and black Americans in the civilian labor force increased from 1980 to 1995 at the same rate, to a relatively similar participation level of 64.1% to 67.1% from 1980 to 1990 for white Americans and 61.0% to 63.7% respectively for black Americans. Civilians employed in the non-institutional sectors for both African Americans and white Americans in 1980 and then in 1995 vary proportionally according to the population. In the civilian labor force, not considering salary, the employment levels seem to reflect a relatively positive level of employment of black Americans compared to white Americans.

The government survey I looked at was the representation in the civil labor force according to race and highest level of education attained from 1970 to 1991 and from 1992 to 1995. For black