Table 2.6  Current Employment Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1995

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                             |               |                         Year of Entry                         |

|                             |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|

|                             |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |

|                             |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|

|                             |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|

|-----------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|

|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  In Civilian labor force    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|    Total 2/                 | 14,083|  100.0|  2,609|  100.0|  5,445|  100.0|  3,550|  100.0|  2,479|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 12,980|   92.2|  2,346|   89.9|  4,988|   91.6|  3,305|   93.1|  2,341|   94.4|

|    Unemployed               |  1,104|    7.8|    263|   10.1|    457|    8.4|    245|    6.9|    138|    5.6|

|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  In Civilian labor force    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|    Total 2/                 |  8,352|  100.0|  1,690|  100.0|  3,307|  100.0|  1,991|  100.0|  1,364|  100.0|

|    Employed                 |  7,706|   92.3|  1,539|   91.0|  3,048|   92.2|  1,845|   92.7|  1,274|   93.4|

|    Unemployed               |    646|    7.7|    152|    9.0|    259|    7.8|    146|    7.3|     90|    6.6|

|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  In Civilian labor force    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|    Total 2/                 |  5,731|  100.0|    919|  100.0|  2,138|  100.0|  1,559|  100.0|  1,115|  100.0|

|    Employed                 |  5,273|   92.0|    807|   87.8|  1,940|   90.7|  1,460|   93.6|  1,067|   95.7|

|    Unemployed               |    458|    8.0|    112|   12.2|    199|    9.3|     99|    6.4|     48|    4.3|

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1/ Age 16 years and over.

2/ Employment status refers to reference week of the survey.



SOURCE: Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census

        Current Population Survey, March 1995

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000