Table 3.7 Current Occupational Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1997 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Total | | 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 employed 3/ |14,524| 100.0| 2,124| 100.0| 4,080| 100.0| 4,972| 100.0| 1,450| 100.0| 933| 100.0| 965| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 1,496| 10.3| 374| 17.6| 581| 14.3| 184| 3.7| 131| 9.1| 110| 11.8| 116| 12.0| |Professional speciality | 1,952| 13.4| 429| 20.2| 878| 21.5| 163| 3.3| 143| 9.9| 107| 11.5| 231| 23.9| |Technical and related support | 416| 2.9| 73| 3.5| 194| 4.8| 54| 1.1| 26| 1.8| 29| 3.1| 40| 4.2| |Sales | 1,466| 10.1| 241| 11.3| 564| 13.8| 279| 5.6| 150| 10.4| 98| 10.5| 134| 13.9| |Administrative support, including clerical | 1,359| 9.4| 232| 10.9| 443| 10.9| 273| 5.5| 192| 13.2| 114| 12.3| 104| 10.7| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,635| 11.3| 222| 10.4| 287| 7.0| 823| 16.6| 137| 9.5| 82| 8.8| 84| 8.7| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 1,610| 11.1| 90| 4.3| 383| 9.4| 871| 17.5| 120| 8.3| 99| 10.6| 47| 4.9| |Transportation and material moving | 467| 3.2| 52| 2.4| 61| 1.5| 220| 4.4| 65| 4.5| 42| 4.5| 28| 2.9| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 671| 4.6| 43| 2.0| 104| 2.5| 392| 7.9| 95| 6.6| 22| 2.3| 15| 1.6| |Service workers, private household | 227| 1.6| 22| 1.0| 26| 0.6| 126| 2.5| 19| 1.3| 30| 3.3| 3| 0.3| |Service workers, except private household | 2,547| 17.5| 326| 15.3| 506| 12.4| 1,035| 20.8| 336| 23.2| 188| 20.1| 157| 16.3| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 676| 4.7| 20| 0.9| 53| 1.3| 552| 11.1| 34| 2.4| 12| 1.3| 6| 0.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Male | | 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 employed 3/ | 8,659| 100.0| 1,114| 100.0| 2,267| 100.0| 3,429| 100.0| 774| 100.0| 504| 100.0| 572| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 878| 10.1| 225| 20.2| 328| 14.5| 119| 3.5| 71| 9.2| 62| 12.4| 72| 12.6| |Professional speciality | 1,094| 12.6| 236| 21.2| 534| 23.6| 75| 2.2| 58| 7.4| 59| 11.7| 133| 23.2| |Technical and related support | 224| 2.6| 41| 3.7| 99| 4.4| 25| 0.7| 11| 1.4| 17| 3.4| 30| 5.3| |Sales | 774| 8.9| 97| 8.7| 318| 14.0| 145| 4.2| 78| 10.1| 53| 10.5| 84| 14.6| |Administrative support, including clerical | 461| 5.3| 58| 5.3| 176| 7.8| 112| 3.3| 58| 7.4| 21| 4.1| 35| 6.2| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,469| 17.0| 200| 17.9| 223| 9.8| 773| 22.5| 129| 16.7| 72| 14.3| 73| 12.8| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 887| 10.2| 43| 3.9| 169| 7.5| 530| 15.5| 64| 8.2| 56| 11.1| 25| 4.4| |Transportation and material moving | 440| 5.1| 43| 3.9| 57| 2.5| 214| 6.2| 65| 8.4| 40| 8.0| 21| 3.6| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 543| 6.3| 39| 3.5| 65| 2.8| 327| 9.5| 85| 11.0| 13| 2.6| 13| 2.4| |Service workers, private household | 6| 0.1| -| -| 4| 0.2| 2| 0.1| -| -| -| -| -| -| |Service workers, except private household | 1,266| 14.6| 116| 10.4| 246| 10.8| 598| 17.4| 125| 16.1| 99| 19.7| 83| 14.4| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 618| 7.1| 16| 1.4| 47| 2.1| 509| 14.9| 31| 4.0| 11| 2.2| 3| 0.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Female | | 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 employed 3/ | 5,864| 100.0| 1,010| 100.0| 1,813| 100.0| 1,543| 100.0| 676| 100.0| 429| 100.0| 393| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 619| 10.5| 149| 14.8| 253| 14.0| 64| 4.2| 60| 8.9| 47| 11.0| 44| 11.2| |Professional speciality | 858| 14.6| 193| 19.1| 344| 19.0| 88| 5.7| 86| 12.7| 49| 11.3| 98| 24.9| |Technical and related support | 193| 3.3| 32| 3.2| 95| 5.2| 28| 1.8| 15| 2.3| 12| 2.7| 10| 2.6| |Sales | 692| 11.8| 144| 14.3| 246| 13.6| 135| 8.7| 72| 10.7| 45| 10.5| 50| 12.8| |Administrative support, including clerical | 898| 15.3| 174| 17.2| 267| 14.7| 161| 10.4| 134| 19.9| 94| 21.9| 68| 17.4| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 166| 2.8| 22| 2.2| 64| 3.5| 51| 3.3| 8| 1.2| 10| 2.4| 11| 2.7| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 723| 12.3| 47| 4.7| 213| 11.8| 340| 22.1| 57| 8.4| 43| 10.0| 22| 5.7| |Transportation and material moving | 27| 0.5| 9| 0.9| 4| 0.2| 6| 0.4| -| -| 1| 0.3| 7| 1.9| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 129| 2.2| 4| 0.4| 39| 2.2| 65| 4.2| 10| 1.5| 8| 2.0| 2| 0.5| |Service workers, private household | 221| 3.8| 22| 2.2| 22| 1.2| 124| 8.1| 19| 2.8| 30| 7.1| 3| 0.8| |Service workers, except private household | 1,282| 21.9| 210| 20.8| 260| 14.3| 437| 28.3| 211| 31.2| 88| 20.6| 75| 19.0| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 58| 1.0| 3| 0.3| 5| 0.3| 43| 2.8| 3| 0.4| 1| 0.3| 2| 0.6| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/ 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