Table 2.7 Current Occupational Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1997 (Numbers in thousands. 1/) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |-------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total employed 2/ | 14,524| 100.0| 3,447| 100.0| 5,384| 100.0| 3,496| 100.0| 2,197| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 1,496| 10.3| 218| 6.3| 490| 9.1| 431| 12.3| 356| 16.2| |Professional speciality | 1,952| 13.4| 444| 12.9| 608| 11.3| 536| 15.3| 363| 16.5| |Technical and related support | 416| 2.9| 68| 2.0| 161| 3.0| 120| 3.4| 67| 3.1| |Sales | 1,466| 10.1| 336| 9.7| 534| 9.9| 337| 9.7| 259| 11.8| |Administrative support, including clerical | 1,359| 9.4| 212| 6.1| 464| 8.6| 414| 11.9| 268| 12.2| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,635| 11.3| 399| 11.6| 623| 11.6| 377| 10.8| 236| 10.7| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 1,610| 11.1| 468| 13.6| 649| 12.1| 336| 9.6| 158| 7.2| |Transportation and material moving | 467| 3.2| 89| 2.6| 200| 3.7| 121| 3.5| 58| 2.6| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 671| 4.6| 236| 6.8| 263| 4.9| 131| 3.8| 41| 1.9| |Service workers, private household | 227| 1.6| 76| 2.2| 96| 1.8| 33| 0.9| 22| 1.0| |Service workers, except private household | 2,547| 17.5| 701| 20.3| 986| 18.3| 554| 15.9| 306| 13.9| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 676| 4.7| 200| 5.8| 309| 5.7| 104| 3.0| 63| 2.9| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |-------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total employed 2/ | 8,659| 100.0| 2,177| 100.0| 3,341| 100.0| 1,968| 100.0| 1,173| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 878| 10.1| 128| 5.9| 317| 9.5| 258| 13.1| 176| 15.0| |Professional speciality | 1,094| 12.6| 262| 12.0| 341| 10.2| 279| 14.2| 213| 18.1| |Technical and related support | 224| 2.6| 39| 1.8| 87| 2.6| 66| 3.3| 31| 2.7| |Sales | 774| 8.9| 176| 8.1| 274| 8.2| 184| 9.3| 140| 12.0| |Administrative support, including clerical | 461| 5.3| 93| 4.3| 173| 5.2| 113| 5.7| 81| 6.9| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,469| 17.0| 360| 16.5| 569| 17.0| 334| 17.0| 206| 17.6| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 887| 10.2| 258| 11.9| 362| 10.8| 190| 9.6| 78| 6.6| |Transportation and material moving | 440| 5.1| 85| 3.9| 191| 5.7| 112| 5.7| 52| 4.4| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 543| 6.3| 194| 8.9| 215| 6.4| 101| 5.1| 32| 2.7| |Service workers, private household | 6| 0.1| 0| 0.0| 5| 0.2| -| -| -| -| |Service workers, except private household | 1,266| 14.6| 391| 17.9| 531| 15.9| 234| 11.9| 110| 9.3| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 618| 7.1| 191| 8.8| 275| 8.2| 98| 5.0| 54| 4.6| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |-------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total employed 2/ | 5,864| 100.0| 1,270| 100.0| 2,043| 100.0| 1,527| 100.0| 1,024| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 619| 10.5| 91| 7.2| 173| 8.5| 174| 11.4| 181| 17.6| |Professional speciality | 858| 14.6| 182| 14.4| 268| 13.1| 257| 16.9| 150| 14.7| |Technical and related support | 193| 3.3| 28| 2.2| 74| 3.6| 54| 3.5| 36| 3.5| |Sales | 692| 11.8| 160| 12.6| 260| 12.7| 154| 10.1| 118| 11.5| |Administrative support, including clerical | 898| 15.3| 118| 9.3| 291| 14.3| 302| 19.8| 187| 18.2| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 166| 2.8| 40| 3.1| 54| 2.6| 43| 2.8| 30| 2.9| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 723| 12.3| 210| 16.5| 288| 14.1| 146| 9.5| 80| 7.8| |Transportation and material moving | 27| 0.5| 4| 0.4| 8| 0.4| 9| 0.6| 5| 0.5| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 129| 2.2| 41| 3.3| 48| 2.3| 30| 2.0| 9| 0.9| |Service workers, private household | 221| 3.8| 76| 6.0| 90| 4.4| 33| 2.1| 22| 2.2| |Service workers, except private household | 1,282| 21.9| 311| 24.4| 455| 22.3| 320| 21.0| 196| 19.2| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 58| 1.0| 9| 0.7| 34| 1.7| 6| 0.4| 9| 0.9| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Age 16 years and over. 2/ 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