Table 1.6  Current Employment Status of Experienced Workers by Citizenship Status and Sex: March 1997

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                             |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |

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

|                             |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |

|                             |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |

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

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

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

|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|    Total 2/                 |135,227|  100.0|119,635|  100.0|  5,792|  100.0|  9,800|  100.0|

|    Employed                 |127,680|   94.4|113,156|   94.6|  5,542|   95.7|  8,981|   91.6|

|    Unemployed               |  7,547|    5.6|  6,479|    5.4|    250|    4.3|    819|    8.4|

|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|    Total 2/                 | 72,329|  100.0| 63,069|  100.0|  3,198|  100.0|  6,061|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 68,026|   94.1| 59,367|   94.1|  3,072|   96.1|  5,587|   92.2|

|    Unemployed               |  4,302|    5.9|  3,702|    5.9|    126|    3.9|    474|    7.8|

|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|    Total 2/                 | 62,899|  100.0| 56,565|  100.0|  2,594|  100.0|  3,739|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 59,654|   94.8| 53,789|   95.1|  2,470|   95.2|  3,395|   90.8|

|    Unemployed               |  3,245|    5.2|  2,776|    4.9|    124|    4.8|    344|    9.2|

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1/ Age 16 years and over.

2/ 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 1997, PPL-129

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000