Table 3.7 Current Occupational Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1996 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Total | | 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 employed 3/ |13,203| 100.0| 1,946| 100.0| 3,707| 100.0| 4,485| 100.0| 1,350| 100.0| 725| 100.0| 991| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 1,402| 10.6| 351| 18.0| 502| 13.5| 164| 3.7| 141| 10.4| 60| 8.2| 186| 18.7| |Professional speciality | 1,725| 13.1| 381| 19.6| 794| 21.4| 114| 2.5| 130| 9.6| 84| 11.6| 222| 22.4| |Technical and related support | 370| 2.8| 63| 3.2| 176| 4.7| 35| 0.8| 43| 3.2| 26| 3.6| 27| 2.7| |Sales | 1,223| 9.3| 153| 7.9| 477| 12.9| 257| 5.7| 112| 8.3| 90| 12.4| 134| 13.5| |Administrative support, including clerical | 1,394| 10.6| 242| 12.4| 469| 12.7| 265| 5.9| 175| 13.0| 112| 15.4| 131| 13.2| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,400| 10.6| 194| 10.0| 292| 7.9| 685| 15.3| 112| 8.3| 61| 8.4| 57| 5.7| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 1,401| 10.6| 121| 6.2| 310| 8.4| 744| 16.6| 115| 8.5| 72| 9.9| 39| 4.0| |Transportation and material moving | 449| 3.4| 52| 2.7| 74| 2.0| 209| 4.7| 53| 3.9| 24| 3.3| 37| 3.7| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 628| 4.8| 44| 2.3| 85| 2.3| 385| 8.6| 62| 4.6| 25| 3.4| 27| 2.7| |Service workers, private household | 260| 2.0| 37| 1.9| 15| 0.4| 158| 3.5| 23| 1.7| 22| 3.0| 6| 0.6| |Service workers, except private household | 2,383| 18.0| 287| 14.7| 470| 12.7| 994| 22.2| 363| 26.9| 146| 20.1| 124| 12.5| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 567| 4.3| 22| 1.2| 44| 1.2| 475| 10.6| 20| 1.5| 3| 0.5| 2| 0.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Male | | 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 employed 3/ | 7,734| 100.0| 1,008| 100.0| 2,097| 100.0| 3,009| 100.0| 680| 100.0| 391| 100.0| 549| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 867| 11.2| 228| 22.7| 329| 15.7| 83| 2.8| 66| 9.7| 37| 9.5| 123| 22.5| |Professional speciality | 953| 12.3| 212| 21.0| 475| 22.7| 53| 1.8| 52| 7.6| 39| 10.0| 122| 22.3| |Technical and related support | 147| 1.9| 21| 2.1| 78| 3.7| 16| 0.5| 10| 1.5| 13| 3.2| 9| 1.7| |Sales | 612| 7.9| 61| 6.1| 271| 12.9| 119| 4.0| 50| 7.3| 42| 10.7| 69| 12.6| |Administrative support, including clerical | 475| 6.1| 42| 4.2| 185| 8.8| 101| 3.3| 62| 9.1| 45| 11.6| 40| 7.2| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,244| 16.1| 171| 16.9| 235| 11.2| 624| 20.7| 107| 15.8| 59| 15.0| 48| 8.8| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 767| 9.9| 54| 5.3| 144| 6.9| 458| 15.2| 57| 8.4| 33| 8.5| 20| 3.6| |Transportation and material moving | 430| 5.6| 50| 4.9| 70| 3.3| 205| 6.8| 51| 7.5| 23| 5.9| 31| 5.7| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 533| 6.9| 41| 4.1| 56| 2.7| 338| 11.2| 56| 8.3| 23| 5.8| 20| 3.6| |Service workers, private household | 16| 0.2| -| -| 2| 0.1| 14| 0.5| -| -| -| -| -| -| |Service workers, except private household | 1,203| 15.6| 115| 11.4| 214| 10.2| 585| 19.4| 149| 21.8| 74| 18.9| 67| 12.2| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 487| 6.3| 12| 1.2| 38| 1.8| 412| 13.7| 20| 3.0| 3| 0.9| -| -| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Female | | 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 employed 3/ | 5,469| 100.0| 937| 100.0| 1,610| 100.0| 1,476| 100.0| 669| 100.0| 334| 100.0| 442| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 536| 9.8| 122| 13.0| 173| 10.8| 81| 5.5| 75| 11.2| 22| 6.7| 62| 14.0| |Professional speciality | 772| 14.1| 169| 18.1| 318| 19.8| 61| 4.1| 78| 11.6| 45| 13.5| 100| 22.6| |Technical and related support | 222| 4.1| 42| 4.4| 97| 6.0| 19| 1.3| 33| 4.9| 14| 4.2| 18| 4.0| |Sales | 611| 11.2| 91| 9.8| 206| 12.8| 138| 9.3| 62| 9.3| 48| 14.4| 65| 14.8| |Administrative support, including clerical | 919| 16.8| 200| 21.3| 284| 17.6| 165| 11.2| 113| 16.9| 66| 19.8| 91| 20.7| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 156| 2.8| 23| 2.4| 57| 3.5| 61| 4.1| 5| 0.7| 2| 0.6| 8| 1.9| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 635| 11.6| 67| 7.1| 166| 10.3| 286| 19.4| 58| 8.6| 39| 11.6| 20| 4.5| |Transportation and material moving | 19| 0.4| 2| 0.2| 4| 0.2| 4| 0.3| 2| 0.3| 1| 0.3| 6| 1.3| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 96| 1.8| 3| 0.4| 30| 1.9| 47| 3.2| 6| 0.9| 2| 0.6| 7| 1.6| |Service workers, private household | 244| 4.5| 37| 3.9| 14| 0.8| 144| 9.7| 23| 3.4| 22| 6.6| 6| 1.3| |Service workers, except private household | 1,180| 21.6| 171| 18.3| 255| 15.9| 409| 27.7| 215| 32.1| 72| 21.6| 57| 12.9| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 80| 1.5| 10| 1.1| 7| 0.4| 62| 4.2| -| -| -| -| 2| 0.3| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/ 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