Table 4.6  Current Employment Status and Sex of Experienced Latin Foreign-Born Workers: March 1997

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|                             |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                             |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

|                             |LATIN AMERICA |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA |

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

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

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

|Total                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|    Total 3/                 | 8,064|  100.0| 5,438|  100.0| 1,644|  100.0|   982|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 7,355|   91.2| 4,972|   91.4| 1,450|   88.2|   933|   95.0|

|    Unemployed               |   709|    8.8|   466|    8.6|   194|   11.8|    49|    5.0|

|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|    Total 3/                 | 5,122|  100.0| 3,712|  100.0|   874|  100.0|   536|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 4,707|   91.9| 3,429|   92.4|   774|   88.5|   504|   94.1|

|    Unemployed               |   415|    8.1|   283|    7.6|   100|   11.5|    32|    5.9|

|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|    Total 3/                 | 2,942|  100.0| 1,726|  100.0|   770|  100.0|   446|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 2,648|   90.0| 1,543|   89.4|   676|   87.8|   429|   96.1|

|    Unemployed               |   294|   10.0|   183|   10.6|    94|   12.2|    17|    3.9|

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

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