Table 3.6  Current Employment Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1996

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|                             |              |                                  WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                                  |

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

|                             |              |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |              |

|                             |    Total     |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |

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

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

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

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

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

|    Total 3/                 |14,298|  100.0| 2,072|  100.0| 3,896|  100.0| 4,991|  100.0| 1,508|  100.0|   793|  100.0| 1,038|  100.0|

|    Employed                 |13,203|   92.3| 1,946|   93.9| 3,707|   95.2| 4,485|   89.9| 1,350|   89.5|   725|   91.4|   991|   95.4|

|    Unemployed               | 1,095|    7.7|   126|    6.1|   189|    4.8|   506|   10.1|   158|   10.5|    68|    8.6|    48|    4.6|

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

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

|    Total 3/                 | 8,386|  100.0| 1,079|  100.0| 2,214|  100.0| 3,333|  100.0|   763|  100.0|   415|  100.0|   583|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 7,734|   92.2| 1,008|   93.4| 2,097|   94.7| 3,009|   90.3|   680|   89.2|   391|   94.3|   549|   94.2|

|    Unemployed               |   652|    7.8|    71|    6.6|   117|    5.3|   324|    9.7|    82|   10.8|    24|    5.7|    34|    5.8|

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

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

|    Total 3/                 | 5,912|  100.0|   993|  100.0| 1,682|  100.0| 1,659|  100.0|   745|  100.0|   379|  100.0|   456|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 5,469|   92.5|   937|   94.4| 1,610|   95.7| 1,476|   89.0|   669|   89.8|   334|   88.2|   442|   97.0|

|    Unemployed               |   443|    7.5|    55|    5.6|    72|    4.3|   182|   11.0|    76|   10.2|    44|   11.8|    14|    3.0|

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

   born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.

2/ Age 16 years and over.

3/ 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