Table 4.6  Current Employment Status and Sex of Experienced Latin Foreign-Born Workers: March 1996

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|                             |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                             |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

|                             |LATIN AMERICA |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA |

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

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

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

|Total                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|    Total 3/                 | 7,292|  100.0| 4,991|  100.0| 1,508|  100.0|   793|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 6,560|   90.0| 4,485|   89.9| 1,350|   89.5|   725|   91.4|

|    Unemployed               |   732|   10.0|   506|   10.1|   158|   10.5|    68|    8.6|

|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|    Total 3/                 | 4,510|  100.0| 3,333|  100.0|   763|  100.0|   415|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 4,080|   90.5| 3,009|   90.3|   680|   89.2|   391|   94.3|

|    Unemployed               |   430|    9.5|   324|    9.7|    82|   10.8|    24|    5.7|

|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|    Total 3/                 | 2,782|  100.0| 1,659|  100.0|   745|  100.0|   379|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 2,480|   89.1| 1,476|   89.0|   669|   89.8|   334|   88.2|

|    Unemployed               |   302|   10.9|   182|   11.0|    76|   10.2|    44|   11.8|

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

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