Table 3.7 Current Occupational Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1995 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Total | | 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 employed 3/ |12,980| 100.0| 1,803| 100.0| 3,326| 100.0| 4,468| 100.0| 1,219| 100.0| 704| 100.0| 1,460| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 1,245| 9.6| 299| 16.6| 382| 11.5| 155| 3.5| 93| 7.7| 74| 10.5| 243| 16.6| |Professional speciality | 1,709| 13.2| 324| 18.0| 757| 22.7| 93| 2.1| 143| 11.7| 64| 9.1| 328| 22.5| |Technical and related support | 368| 2.8| 57| 3.1| 162| 4.9| 34| 0.8| 37| 3.0| 25| 3.6| 53| 3.7| |Sales | 1,254| 9.7| 164| 9.1| 420| 12.6| 233| 5.2| 140| 11.5| 81| 11.5| 215| 14.8| |Administrative support, including clerical | 1,257| 9.7| 231| 12.8| 378| 11.4| 259| 5.8| 146| 12.0| 92| 13.1| 150| 10.3| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,481| 11.4| 213| 11.8| 239| 7.2| 679| 15.2| 134| 11.0| 83| 11.7| 134| 9.2| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 1,406| 10.8| 111| 6.2| 305| 9.2| 740| 16.6| 101| 8.3| 63| 8.9| 85| 5.8| |Transportation and material moving | 434| 3.3| 45| 2.5| 58| 1.7| 173| 3.9| 70| 5.8| 41| 5.8| 48| 3.3| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 692| 5.3| 47| 2.6| 115| 3.5| 437| 9.8| 38| 3.1| 23| 3.2| 33| 2.2| |Service workers, private household | 250| 1.9| 21| 1.2| 20| 0.6| 158| 3.5| 15| 1.2| 23| 3.2| 14| 1.0| |Service workers, except private household | 2,340| 18.0| 269| 14.9| 467| 14.1| 1,040| 23.3| 293| 24.1| 127| 18.1| 144| 9.8| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 545| 4.2| 24| 1.3| 24| 0.7| 467| 10.5| 9| 0.7| 9| 1.3| 13| 0.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Male | | 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 employed 3/ | 7,706| 100.0| 967| 100.0| 1,808| 100.0| 3,070| 100.0| 604| 100.0| 383| 100.0| 874| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 760| 9.9| 200| 20.7| 212| 11.7| 96| 3.1| 43| 7.1| 43| 11.3| 166| 19.0| |Professional speciality | 919| 11.9| 170| 17.6| 442| 24.5| 31| 1.0| 52| 8.6| 45| 11.8| 179| 20.5| |Technical and related support | 192| 2.5| 25| 2.6| 76| 4.2| 23| 0.8| 18| 2.9| 15| 3.9| 35| 4.0| |Sales | 671| 8.7| 81| 8.3| 222| 12.3| 108| 3.5| 74| 12.3| 48| 12.6| 138| 15.8| |Administrative support, including clerical | 400| 5.2| 51| 5.3| 153| 8.5| 102| 3.3| 39| 6.5| 22| 5.8| 33| 3.7| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,290| 16.7| 190| 19.6| 192| 10.6| 608| 19.8| 112| 18.5| 73| 19.1| 116| 13.3| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 825| 10.7| 67| 6.9| 137| 7.6| 494| 16.1| 45| 7.4| 29| 7.6| 54| 6.2| |Transportation and material moving | 418| 5.4| 40| 4.1| 57| 3.1| 169| 5.5| 66| 11.0| 40| 10.4| 47| 5.4| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 564| 7.3| 32| 3.3| 77| 4.3| 390| 12.7| 25| 4.2| 16| 4.2| 24| 2.7| |Service workers, private household | 10| 0.1| 1| 0.1| 3| 0.1| 3| 0.1| -| -| 1| 0.2| 2| 0.2| |Service workers, except private household | 1,196| 15.5| 96| 9.9| 219| 12.1| 645| 21.0| 121| 20.1| 44| 11.4| 72| 8.3| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 462| 6.0| 17| 1.7| 19| 1.0| 402| 13.1| 9| 1.4| 7| 1.8| 9| 1.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Female | | 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 employed 3/ | 5,273| 100.0| 836| 100.0| 1,518| 100.0| 1,399| 100.0| 614| 100.0| 320| 100.0| 586| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 485| 9.2| 99| 11.8| 170| 11.2| 59| 4.2| 50| 8.2| 31| 9.5| 77| 13.2| |Professional speciality | 789| 15.0| 154| 18.4| 314| 20.7| 62| 4.5| 91| 14.7| 19| 5.9| 149| 25.5| |Technical and related support | 176| 3.3| 32| 3.8| 85| 5.6| 11| 0.8| 19| 3.0| 10| 3.2| 18| 3.1| |Sales | 583| 11.0| 83| 9.9| 198| 13.1| 125| 9.0| 66| 10.7| 33| 10.3| 77| 13.2| |Administrative support, including clerical | 857| 16.2| 180| 21.5| 225| 14.8| 157| 11.3| 107| 17.4| 70| 21.9| 118| 20.1| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 191| 3.6| 23| 2.8| 47| 3.1| 71| 5.1| 22| 3.6| 9| 3.0| 18| 3.1| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 581| 11.0| 45| 5.4| 168| 11.1| 247| 17.6| 56| 9.2| 34| 10.5| 31| 5.4| |Transportation and material moving | 17| 0.3| 5| 0.6| 1| 0.1| 4| 0.3| 4| 0.7| 1| 0.4| 1| 0.1| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 128| 2.4| 15| 1.8| 38| 2.5| 47| 3.3| 13| 2.1| 7| 2.0| 9| 1.5| |Service workers, private household | 240| 4.6| 20| 2.4| 17| 1.1| 155| 11.0| 15| 2.4| 22| 6.9| 12| 2.0| |Service workers, except private household | 1,144| 21.7| 173| 20.7| 249| 16.4| 395| 28.2| 172| 28.0| 83| 26.0| 72| 12.2| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 83| 1.6| 7| 0.9| 5| 0.4| 65| 4.7| -| -| 2| 0.5| 4| 0.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/ 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