Table 4.10  Total Money Earnings and Sex of Year-Round Full-Time Latin American 
		Foreign-Born Workers: March 1995

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|Total               |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with earnings |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|3/                  | 4,366|  100.0| 2,963|  100.0|   905|  100.0|   498|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|    44|    1.0|    28|    0.9|     7|    0.8|     9|    1.8|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |    38|    0.9|    27|    0.9|     4|    0.5|     7|    1.4|

|$5,000 to $9,999    |   583|   13.3|   461|   15.6|    81|    8.9|    41|    8.2|

|$10,000 to $14,999  | 1,110|   25.4|   867|   29.2|   163|   18.0|    81|   16.2|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   832|   19.1|   618|   20.8|   122|   13.5|    92|   18.4|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   600|   13.7|   417|   14.1|   122|   13.4|    61|   12.2|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   588|   13.5|   309|   10.4|   183|   20.2|    96|   19.2|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   359|    8.2|   169|    5.7|   123|   13.6|    66|   13.3|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |   134|    3.1|    47|    1.6|    56|    6.2|    31|    6.2|

|$75,000 and over    |    79|    1.8|    20|    0.7|    44|    4.9|    15|    3.1|

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|Male                |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with earnings |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|3/                  | 2,975|  100.0| 2,187|  100.0|   496|  100.0|   292|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|    31|    1.0|    21|    1.0|     4|    0.9|     5|    1.8|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |    19|    0.6|    15|    0.7|     2|    0.4|     2|    0.7|

|$5,000 to $9,999    |   321|   10.8|   272|   12.4|    38|    7.6|    11|    3.9|

|$10,000 to $14,999  |   742|   24.9|   628|   28.7|    81|   16.4|    32|   11.0|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   615|   20.7|   497|   22.7|    64|   12.9|    54|   18.5|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   425|   14.3|   324|   14.8|    61|   12.2|    41|   13.9|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   401|   13.5|   236|   10.8|   106|   21.4|    59|   20.1|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   249|    8.4|   137|    6.3|    61|   12.3|    50|   17.2|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |   106|    3.6|    39|    1.8|    42|    8.4|    26|    8.8|

|$75,000 and over    |    67|    2.2|    18|    0.8|    37|    7.4|    12|    4.1|

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|Female              |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with earnings |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|3/                  | 1,391|  100.0|   776|  100.0|   409|  100.0|   206|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|    13|    1.0|     7|    0.9|     3|    0.6|     4|    1.9|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |    19|    1.4|    11|    1.5|     3|    0.7|     5|    2.3|

|$5,000 to $9,999    |   261|   18.8|   189|   24.4|    43|   10.5|    29|   14.2|

|$10,000 to $14,999  |   368|   26.5|   238|   30.7|    81|   19.9|    48|   23.5|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   217|   15.6|   121|   15.6|    58|   14.2|    38|   18.3|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   175|   12.6|    94|   12.1|    61|   14.9|    20|    9.8|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   187|   13.4|    73|    9.4|    76|   18.7|    37|   18.0|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   110|    7.9|    32|    4.1|    62|   15.1|    16|    7.8|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |    28|    2.0|     8|    1.1|    15|    3.5|     5|    2.5|

|$75,000 and over    |    13|    0.9|     1|    0.2|     8|    1.9|     4|    1.7|

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

2/ Age 15 years and over.

3/ Earnings for previous calendar year.



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