Table 1.6  Current Employment Status of Experienced Workers by Citizenship Status and Sex: March 1996

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                             |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |

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

|                             |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |

|                             |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |

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

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

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

|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|    Total 2/                 |132,324|  100.0|118,026|  100.0|  4,883|  100.0|  9,416|  100.0|

|    Employed                 |124,513|   94.1|111,309|   94.3|  4,674|   95.7|  8,530|   90.6|

|    Unemployed               |  7,811|    5.9|  6,716|    5.7|    209|    4.3|    886|    9.4|

|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|    Total 2/                 | 71,095|  100.0| 62,709|  100.0|  2,641|  100.0|  5,745|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 66,429|   93.4| 58,695|   93.6|  2,532|   95.9|  5,203|   90.6|

|    Unemployed               |  4,666|    6.6|  4,014|    6.4|    110|    4.1|    542|    9.4|

|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|    Total 2/                 | 61,229|  100.0| 55,317|  100.0|  2,241|  100.0|  3,671|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 58,084|   94.9| 52,615|   95.1|  2,142|   95.6|  3,327|   90.6|

|    Unemployed               |  3,145|    5.1|  2,702|    4.9|     99|    4.4|    344|    9.4|

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1/ Age 16 years and over.

2/ 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 1996

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000