Table 3.6  Current Employment Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1997

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|                             |              |                                  WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                                  |

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

|                             |              |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |              |

|                             |    Total     |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |

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

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

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

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

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

|    Total 3/                 |15,593|  100.0| 2,256|  100.0| 4,269|  100.0| 5,438|  100.0| 1,644|  100.0|   982|  100.0| 1,004|  100.0|

|    Employed                 |14,524|   93.1| 2,124|   94.1| 4,080|   95.6| 4,972|   91.4| 1,450|   88.2|   933|   95.0|   965|   96.1|

|    Unemployed               | 1,069|    6.9|   132|    5.9|   189|    4.4|   466|    8.6|   194|   11.8|    49|    5.0|    39|    3.9|

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

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

|    Total 3/                 | 9,259|  100.0| 1,176|  100.0| 2,372|  100.0| 3,712|  100.0|   874|  100.0|   536|  100.0|   590|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 8,659|   93.5| 1,114|   94.7| 2,267|   95.6| 3,429|   92.4|   774|   88.5|   504|   94.1|   572|   97.0|

|    Unemployed               |   600|    6.5|    62|    5.3|   105|    4.4|   283|    7.6|   100|   11.5|    32|    5.9|    18|    3.0|

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

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

|    Total 3/                 | 6,333|  100.0| 1,080|  100.0| 1,896|  100.0| 1,726|  100.0|   770|  100.0|   446|  100.0|   415|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 5,864|   92.6| 1,010|   93.5| 1,813|   95.6| 1,543|   89.4|   676|   87.8|   429|   96.1|   393|   94.7|

|    Unemployed               |   469|    7.4|    70|    6.5|    83|    4.4|   183|   10.6|    94|   12.2|    17|    3.9|    22|    5.3|

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

   born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.

2/ Age 16 years and over.

3/ 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