Table 4.10  Total Money Earnings and Sex of Year-Round Full-Time Latin American Foreign-Born Workers: March 1996

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|Total               |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with earnings |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|3/                  | 4,613|  100.0| 3,079|  100.0|   991|  100.0|   543|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|    71|    1.5|    45|    1.5|    18|    1.8|     7|    1.3|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |    46|    1.0|    43|    1.4|     1|    0.1|     2|    0.4|

|$5,000 to $9,999    |   482|   10.5|   388|   12.6|    62|    6.2|    33|    6.0|

|$10,000 to $14,999  | 1,155|   25.0|   878|   28.5|   190|   19.1|    88|   16.1|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   956|   20.7|   691|   22.4|   158|   15.9|   107|   19.8|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   581|   12.6|   396|   12.9|   118|   11.9|    67|   12.4|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   696|   15.1|   363|   11.8|   219|   22.1|   114|   21.0|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   423|    9.2|   202|    6.6|   135|   13.7|    86|   15.8|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |   144|    3.1|    60|    1.9|    62|    6.3|    22|    4.0|

|$75,000 and over    |    58|    1.3|    13|    0.4|    28|    2.9|    16|    3.0|

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|Male                |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with earnings |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|3/                  | 3,074|  100.0| 2,193|  100.0|   544|  100.0|   337|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|    53|    1.7|    34|    1.6|    13|    2.3|     6|    1.8|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |    30|    1.0|    30|    1.4|     -|      -|     -|      -|

|$5,000 to $9,999    |   242|    7.9|   208|    9.5|    16|    2.9|    18|    5.3|

|$10,000 to $14,999  |   730|   23.7|   593|   27.0|    85|   15.6|    52|   15.4|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   644|   20.9|   512|   23.4|    88|   16.2|    44|   12.9|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   413|   13.4|   297|   13.5|    75|   13.8|    41|   12.0|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   498|   16.2|   298|   13.6|   116|   21.3|    83|   24.7|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   308|   10.0|   159|    7.3|    86|   15.9|    63|   18.6|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |   107|    3.5|    50|    2.3|    39|    7.2|    18|    5.4|

|$75,000 and over    |    50|    1.6|    11|    0.5|    26|    4.8|    13|    3.9|

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|Female              |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with earnings |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|3/                  | 1,539|  100.0|   886|  100.0|   448|  100.0|   205|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|    18|    1.2|    11|    1.3|     6|    1.2|     1|    0.6|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |    16|    1.1|    13|    1.5|     1|    0.3|     2|    1.0|

|$5,000 to $9,999    |   240|   15.6|   180|   20.3|    46|   10.3|    15|    7.2|

|$10,000 to $14,999  |   425|   27.6|   285|   32.2|   105|   23.4|    36|   17.4|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   313|   20.3|   179|   20.2|    70|   15.7|    64|   31.1|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   168|   10.9|    99|   11.2|    42|    9.5|    27|   13.0|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   199|   12.9|    65|    7.3|   103|   23.0|    31|   15.0|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   115|    7.5|    43|    4.9|    49|   11.0|    23|   11.2|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |    36|    2.4|    10|    1.1|    23|    5.1|     4|    1.7|

|$75,000 and over    |     8|    0.5|     2|    0.3|     2|    0.5|     3|    1.7|

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

2/ Age 15 years and over.

3/ Earnings for previous calendar year.

 

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