Table 3.6  Current Employment Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1995

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|                             |              |                                  WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                                  |

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

|                             |              |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |              |

|                             |    Total     |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |

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

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

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

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

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

|    Total 3/                 |14,083|  100.0| 1,926|  100.0| 3,485|  100.0| 5,013|  100.0| 1,345|  100.0|   757|  100.0| 1,557|  100.0|

|    Employed                 |12,980|   92.2| 1,803|   93.6| 3,326|   95.4| 4,468|   89.1| 1,219|   90.6|   704|   92.9| 1,460|   93.8|

|    Unemployed               | 1,104|    7.8|   123|    6.4|   159|    4.6|   544|   10.9|   126|    9.4|    54|    7.1|    97|    6.2|

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

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

|    Total 3/                 | 8,352|  100.0| 1,039|  100.0| 1,894|  100.0| 3,404|  100.0|   668|  100.0|   416|  100.0|   931|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 7,706|   92.3|   967|   93.1| 1,808|   95.4| 3,070|   90.2|   604|   90.5|   383|   92.3|   874|   93.8|

|    Unemployed               |   646|    7.7|    72|    6.9|    86|    4.6|   334|    9.8|    64|    9.5|    32|    7.7|    57|    6.2|

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

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

|    Total 3/                 | 5,731|  100.0|   887|  100.0| 1,591|  100.0| 1,609|  100.0|   677|  100.0|   342|  100.0|   625|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 5,273|   92.0|   836|   94.3| 1,518|   95.4| 1,399|   86.9|   614|   90.7|   320|   93.7|   586|   93.7|

|    Unemployed               |   458|    8.0|    51|    5.7|    73|    4.6|   210|   13.1|    63|    9.3|    21|    6.3|    40|    6.3|

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1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. Those

   born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.

2/ Age 16 years and over.

3/ 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