Table 2.6  Current Employment Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1996

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                             |               |                         Year of Entry                         |

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

|                             |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |

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

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

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

|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|    Total 2/                 | 14,298|  100.0|  3,051|  100.0|  5,440|  100.0|  3,513|  100.0|  2,294|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 13,203|   92.3|  2,701|   88.5|  5,032|   92.5|  3,289|   93.6|  2,182|   95.1|

|    Unemployed               |  1,095|    7.7|    350|   11.5|    408|    7.5|    224|    6.4|    113|    4.9|

|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|    Total 2/                 |  8,386|  100.0|  1,890|  100.0|  3,343|  100.0|  1,947|  100.0|  1,205|  100.0|

|    Employed                 |  7,734|   92.2|  1,694|   89.6|  3,076|   92.0|  1,815|   93.2|  1,149|   95.3|

|    Unemployed               |    652|    7.8|    196|   10.4|    267|    8.0|    132|    6.8|     57|    4.7|

|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|    Total 2/                 |  5,912|  100.0|  1,161|  100.0|  2,096|  100.0|  1,566|  100.0|  1,089|  100.0|

|    Employed                 |  5,469|   92.5|  1,007|   86.7|  1,956|   93.3|  1,473|   94.1|  1,033|   94.9|

|    Unemployed               |    443|    7.5|    154|   13.3|    141|    6.7|     93|    5.9|     56|    5.1|

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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