Table 4.7 Current Occupational Status and Sex of Experienced Latin American Foreign-Born Workers: March 1995 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | REGION OF BIRTH | | | |--------------------------------------------| | | | CENTRAL | | | | |LATIN AMERICA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total employed 3/ | 6,391| 100.0| 4,468| 100.0| 1,219| 100.0| 704| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 322| 5.0| 155| 3.5| 93| 7.7| 74| 10.5| |Professional speciality | 300| 4.7| 93| 2.1| 143| 11.7| 64| 9.1| |Technical and related support | 96| 1.5| 34| 0.8| 37| 3.0| 25| 3.6| |Sales | 454| 7.1| 233| 5.2| 140| 11.5| 81| 11.5| |Administrative support, including clerical | 497| 7.8| 259| 5.8| 146| 12.0| 92| 13.1| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 896| 14.0| 679| 15.2| 134| 11.0| 83| 11.7| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 904| 14.1| 740| 16.6| 101| 8.3| 63| 8.9| |Transportation and material moving | 284| 4.4| 173| 3.9| 70| 5.8| 41| 5.8| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 498| 7.8| 437| 9.8| 38| 3.1| 23| 3.2| |Service workers, private household | 195| 3.1| 158| 3.5| 15| 1.2| 23| 3.2| |Service workers, except private household | 1,460| 22.8| 1,040| 23.3| 293| 24.1| 127| 18.1| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 485| 7.6| 467| 10.5| 9| 0.7| 9| 1.3| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | REGION OF BIRTH | | | |--------------------------------------------| | | | CENTRAL | | | | |LATIN AMERICA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total employed 3/ | 4,057| 100.0| 3,070| 100.0| 604| 100.0| 383| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 182| 4.5| 96| 3.1| 43| 7.1| 43| 11.3| |Professional speciality | 128| 3.2| 31| 1.0| 52| 8.6| 45| 11.8| |Technical and related support | 56| 1.4| 23| 0.8| 18| 2.9| 15| 3.9| |Sales | 230| 5.7| 108| 3.5| 74| 12.3| 48| 12.6| |Administrative support, including clerical | 163| 4.0| 102| 3.3| 39| 6.5| 22| 5.8| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 793| 19.5| 608| 19.8| 112| 18.5| 73| 19.1| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 567| 14.0| 494| 16.1| 45| 7.4| 29| 7.6| |Transportation and material moving | 275| 6.8| 169| 5.5| 66| 11.0| 40| 10.4| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 431| 10.6| 390| 12.7| 25| 4.2| 16| 4.2| |Service workers, private household | 4| 0.1| 3| 0.1| -| -| 1| 0.2| |Service workers, except private household | 810| 20.0| 645| 21.0| 121| 20.1| 44| 11.4| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 418| 10.3| 402| 13.1| 9| 1.4| 7| 1.8| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | REGION OF BIRTH | | | |--------------------------------------------| | | | CENTRAL | | | | |LATIN AMERICA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total employed 3/ | 2,334| 100.0| 1,399| 100.0| 614| 100.0| 320| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 140| 6.0| 59| 4.2| 50| 8.2| 31| 9.5| |Professional speciality | 172| 7.4| 62| 4.5| 91| 14.7| 19| 5.9| |Technical and related support | 40| 1.7| 11| 0.8| 19| 3.0| 10| 3.2| |Sales | 224| 9.6| 125| 9.0| 66| 10.7| 33| 10.3| |Administrative support, including clerical | 334| 14.3| 157| 11.3| 107| 17.4| 70| 21.9| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 103| 4.4| 71| 5.1| 22| 3.6| 9| 3.0| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 336| 14.4| 247| 17.6| 56| 9.2| 34| 10.5| |Transportation and material moving | 10| 0.4| 4| 0.3| 4| 0.7| 1| 0.4| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 66| 2.8| 47| 3.3| 13| 2.1| 7| 2.0| |Service workers, private household | 191| 8.2| 155| 11.0| 15| 2.4| 22| 6.9| |Service workers, except private household | 650| 27.9| 395| 28.2| 172| 28.0| 83| 26.0| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 67| 2.9| 65| 4.7| -| -| 2| 0.5| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. 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