Table 4.7 Current Occupational Status and Sex of Experienced Latin American Foreign-Born Workers: March 1996 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | REGION OF BIRTH | | | |--------------------------------------------| | | | CENTRAL | | | | |LATIN AMERICA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total employed 3/ | 6,560| 100.0| 4,485| 100.0| 1,350| 100.0| 725| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 364| 5.6| 164| 3.7| 141| 10.4| 60| 8.2| |Professional speciality | 328| 5.0| 114| 2.5| 130| 9.6| 84| 11.6| |Technical and related support | 105| 1.6| 35| 0.8| 43| 3.2| 26| 3.6| |Sales | 459| 7.0| 257| 5.7| 112| 8.3| 90| 12.4| |Administrative support, including clerical | 552| 8.4| 265| 5.9| 175| 13.0| 112| 15.4| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 858| 13.1| 685| 15.3| 112| 8.3| 61| 8.4| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 931| 14.2| 744| 16.6| 115| 8.5| 72| 9.9| |Transportation and material moving | 286| 4.4| 209| 4.7| 53| 3.9| 24| 3.3| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 472| 7.2| 385| 8.6| 62| 4.6| 25| 3.4| |Service workers, private household | 203| 3.1| 158| 3.5| 23| 1.7| 22| 3.0| |Service workers, except private household | 1,503| 22.9| 994| 22.2| 363| 26.9| 146| 20.1| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 498| 7.6| 475| 10.6| 20| 1.5| 3| 0.5| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | REGION OF BIRTH | | | |--------------------------------------------| | | | CENTRAL | | | | |LATIN AMERICA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total employed 3/ | 4,080| 100.0| 3,009| 100.0| 680| 100.0| 391| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 186| 4.6| 83| 2.8| 66| 9.7| 37| 9.5| |Professional speciality | 144| 3.5| 53| 1.8| 52| 7.6| 39| 10.0| |Technical and related support | 38| 0.9| 16| 0.5| 10| 1.5| 13| 3.2| |Sales | 211| 5.2| 119| 4.0| 50| 7.3| 42| 10.7| |Administrative support, including clerical | 208| 5.1| 101| 3.3| 62| 9.1| 45| 11.6| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 790| 19.4| 624| 20.7| 107| 15.8| 59| 15.0| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 549| 13.5| 458| 15.2| 57| 8.4| 33| 8.5| |Transportation and material moving | 279| 6.8| 205| 6.8| 51| 7.5| 23| 5.9| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 417| 10.2| 338| 11.2| 56| 8.3| 23| 5.8| |Service workers, private household | 14| 0.4| 14| 0.5| -| -| -| -| |Service workers, except private household | 807| 19.8| 585| 19.4| 149| 21.8| 74| 18.9| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 436| 10.7| 412| 13.7| 20| 3.0| 3| 0.9| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | REGION OF BIRTH | | | |--------------------------------------------| | | | CENTRAL | | | | |LATIN AMERICA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total employed 3/ | 2,480| 100.0| 1,476| 100.0| 669| 100.0| 334| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 178| 7.2| 81| 5.5| 75| 11.2| 22| 6.7| |Professional speciality | 184| 7.4| 61| 4.1| 78| 11.6| 45| 13.5| |Technical and related support | 66| 2.7| 19| 1.3| 33| 4.9| 14| 4.2| |Sales | 248| 10.0| 138| 9.3| 62| 9.3| 48| 14.4| |Administrative support, including clerical | 344| 13.9| 165| 11.2| 113| 16.9| 66| 19.8| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 68| 2.7| 61| 4.1| 5| 0.7| 2| 0.6| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 382| 15.4| 286| 19.4| 58| 8.6| 39| 11.6| |Transportation and material moving | 7| 0.3| 4| 0.3| 2| 0.3| 1| 0.3| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 55| 2.2| 47| 3.2| 6| 0.9| 2| 0.6| |Service workers, private household | 189| 7.6| 144| 9.7| 23| 3.4| 22| 6.6| |Service workers, except private household | 696| 28.1| 409| 27.7| 215| 32.1| 72| 21.6| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 62| 2.5| 62| 4.2| -| -| -| -| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. 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