Table 2.6  Current Employment Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1997

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                             |               |                         Year of Entry                         |

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

|                             |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |

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

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

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

|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|    Total 2/                 | 15,593|  100.0|  3,806|  100.0|  5,770|  100.0|  3,717|  100.0|  2,300|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 14,524|   93.1|  3,447|   90.6|  5,384|   93.3|  3,496|   94.0|  2,197|   95.5|

|    Unemployed               |  1,069|    6.9|    359|    9.4|    386|    6.7|    221|    6.0|    103|    4.5|

|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|    Total 2/                 |  9,259|  100.0|  2,387|  100.0|  3,539|  100.0|  2,098|  100.0|  1,235|  100.0|

|    Employed                 |  8,659|   93.5|  2,177|   91.2|  3,341|   94.4|  1,968|   93.8|  1,173|   95.0|

|    Unemployed               |    600|    6.5|    211|    8.8|    198|    5.6|    130|    6.2|     61|    5.0|

|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|    Total 2/                 |  6,333|  100.0|  1,419|  100.0|  2,231|  100.0|  1,619|  100.0|  1,065|  100.0|

|    Employed                 |  5,864|   92.6|  1,270|   89.6|  2,043|   91.6|  1,527|   94.3|  1,024|   96.1|

|    Unemployed               |    469|    7.4|    148|   10.4|    188|    8.4|     91|    5.7|     41|    3.9|

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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

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000