Table 2.7 Current Occupational Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1996 (Numbers in thousands. 1/) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |-------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total employed 2/ | 13,203| 100.0| 2,701| 100.0| 5,032| 100.0| 3,289| 100.0| 2,182| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 1,402| 10.6| 174| 6.4| 416| 8.3| 403| 12.3| 410| 18.8| |Professional speciality | 1,725| 13.1| 326| 12.0| 591| 11.8| 477| 14.5| 331| 15.2| |Technical and related support | 370| 2.8| 74| 2.7| 130| 2.6| 85| 2.6| 81| 3.7| |Sales | 1,223| 9.3| 246| 9.1| 488| 9.7| 293| 8.9| 196| 9.0| |Administrative support, including clerical | 1,394| 10.6| 183| 6.8| 505| 10.0| 407| 12.4| 299| 13.7| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,400| 10.6| 231| 8.6| 572| 11.4| 371| 11.3| 225| 10.3| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 1,401| 10.6| 333| 12.3| 566| 11.3| 346| 10.5| 156| 7.1| |Transportation and material moving | 449| 3.4| 108| 4.0| 165| 3.3| 118| 3.6| 58| 2.6| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 628| 4.8| 180| 6.7| 283| 5.6| 116| 3.5| 50| 2.3| |Service workers, private household | 260| 2.0| 89| 3.3| 109| 2.2| 30| 0.9| 33| 1.5| |Service workers, except private household | 2,383| 18.0| 584| 21.6| 991| 19.7| 519| 15.8| 289| 13.3| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 567| 4.3| 173| 6.4| 215| 4.3| 124| 3.8| 56| 2.5| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |-------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total employed 2/ | 7,734| 100.0| 1,694| 100.0| 3,076| 100.0| 1,815| 100.0| 1,149| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 867| 11.2| 122| 7.2| 248| 8.1| 235| 13.0| 261| 22.7| |Professional speciality | 953| 12.3| 200| 11.8| 315| 10.2| 258| 14.2| 181| 15.8| |Technical and related support | 147| 1.9| 29| 1.7| 54| 1.8| 36| 2.0| 28| 2.4| |Sales | 612| 7.9| 137| 8.1| 238| 7.7| 147| 8.1| 90| 7.9| |Administrative support, including clerical | 475| 6.1| 94| 5.6| 216| 7.0| 97| 5.3| 68| 5.9| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,244| 16.1| 218| 12.8| 514| 16.7| 318| 17.5| 195| 16.9| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 767| 9.9| 178| 10.5| 323| 10.5| 190| 10.5| 77| 6.7| |Transportation and material moving | 430| 5.6| 104| 6.1| 161| 5.2| 111| 6.1| 54| 4.7| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 533| 6.9| 158| 9.3| 233| 7.6| 99| 5.5| 42| 3.7| |Service workers, private household | 16| 0.2| 5| 0.3| 11| 0.4| -| -| -| -| |Service workers, except private household | 1,203| 15.6| 304| 17.9| 572| 18.6| 219| 12.0| 109| 9.5| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 487| 6.3| 146| 8.6| 191| 6.2| 106| 5.8| 44| 3.8| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |-------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total employed 2/ | 5,469| 100.0| 1,007| 100.0| 1,956| 100.0| 1,473| 100.0| 1,033| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 536| 9.8| 51| 5.1| 168| 8.6| 167| 11.4| 149| 14.4| |Professional speciality | 772| 14.1| 126| 12.5| 277| 14.1| 219| 14.9| 150| 14.5| |Technical and related support | 222| 4.1| 45| 4.5| 76| 3.9| 49| 3.3| 53| 5.1| |Sales | 611| 11.2| 110| 10.9| 250| 12.8| 145| 9.8| 106| 10.2| |Administrative support, including clerical | 919| 16.8| 89| 8.8| 289| 14.8| 310| 21.1| 231| 22.4| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 156| 2.8| 14| 1.4| 59| 3.0| 53| 3.6| 30| 2.9| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 635| 11.6| 155| 15.4| 243| 12.4| 157| 10.6| 79| 7.7| |Transportation and material moving | 19| 0.4| 4| 0.4| 4| 0.2| 7| 0.5| 3| 0.3| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 96| 1.8| 22| 2.2| 50| 2.6| 17| 1.1| 7| 0.7| |Service workers, private household | 244| 4.5| 84| 8.4| 98| 5.0| 30| 2.0| 33| 3.2| |Service workers, except private household | 1,180| 21.6| 280| 27.8| 419| 21.4| 301| 20.4| 180| 17.5| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 80| 1.5| 27| 2.7| 24| 1.2| 18| 1.2| 11| 1.1| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Age 16 years and over. 2/ 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