Table 4.6  Current Employment Status and Sex of Experienced Latin Foreign-Born Workers: March 1995

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|                             |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                             |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

|                             |LATIN AMERICA |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA |

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

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

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

|Total                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|    Total 3/                 | 7,115|  100.0| 5,013|  100.0| 1,345|  100.0|   757|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 6,391|   89.8| 4,468|   89.1| 1,219|   90.6|   704|   92.9|

|    Unemployed               |   724|   10.2|   544|   10.9|   126|    9.4|    54|    7.1|

|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|    Total 3/                 | 4,488|  100.0| 3,404|  100.0|   668|  100.0|   416|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 4,057|   90.4| 3,070|   90.2|   604|   90.5|   383|   92.3|

|    Unemployed               |   430|    9.6|   334|    9.8|    64|    9.5|    32|    7.7|

|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|    Total 3/                 | 2,628|  100.0| 1,609|  100.0|   677|  100.0|   342|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 2,334|   88.8| 1,399|   86.9|   614|   90.7|   320|   93.7|

|    Unemployed               |   294|   11.2|   210|   13.1|    63|    9.3|    21|    6.3|

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

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