Table 4.7 Current Occupational Status and Sex of Experienced Latin American Foreign-Born Workers: March 1997 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | REGION OF BIRTH | | | |--------------------------------------------| | | | CENTRAL | | | | |LATIN AMERICA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total employed 3/ | 7,355| 100.0| 4,972| 100.0| 1,450| 100.0| 933| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 425| 5.8| 184| 3.7| 131| 9.1| 110| 11.8| |Professional speciality | 414| 5.6| 163| 3.3| 143| 9.9| 107| 11.5| |Technical and related support | 108| 1.5| 54| 1.1| 26| 1.8| 29| 3.1| |Sales | 528| 7.2| 279| 5.6| 150| 10.4| 98| 10.5| |Administrative support, including clerical | 579| 7.9| 273| 5.5| 192| 13.2| 114| 12.3| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,043| 14.2| 823| 16.6| 137| 9.5| 82| 8.8| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 1,090| 14.8| 871| 17.5| 120| 8.3| 99| 10.6| |Transportation and material moving | 327| 4.4| 220| 4.4| 65| 4.5| 42| 4.5| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 509| 6.9| 392| 7.9| 95| 6.6| 22| 2.3| |Service workers, private household | 176| 2.4| 126| 2.5| 19| 1.3| 30| 3.3| |Service workers, except private household | 1,559| 21.2| 1,035| 20.8| 336| 23.2| 188| 20.1| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 598| 8.1| 552| 11.1| 34| 2.4| 12| 1.3| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | REGION OF BIRTH | | | |--------------------------------------------| | | | CENTRAL | | | | |LATIN AMERICA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total employed 3/ | 4,707| 100.0| 3,429| 100.0| 774| 100.0| 504| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 253| 5.4| 119| 3.5| 71| 9.2| 62| 12.4| |Professional speciality | 191| 4.1| 75| 2.2| 58| 7.4| 59| 11.7| |Technical and related support | 53| 1.1| 25| 0.7| 11| 1.4| 17| 3.4| |Sales | 276| 5.9| 145| 4.2| 78| 10.1| 53| 10.5| |Administrative support, including clerical | 190| 4.0| 112| 3.3| 58| 7.4| 21| 4.1| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 974| 20.7| 773| 22.5| 129| 16.7| 72| 14.3| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 650| 13.8| 530| 15.5| 64| 8.2| 56| 11.1| |Transportation and material moving | 319| 6.8| 214| 6.2| 65| 8.4| 40| 8.0| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 425| 9.0| 327| 9.5| 85| 11.0| 13| 2.6| |Service workers, private household | 2| 0.0| 2| 0.1| -| -| -| -| |Service workers, except private household | 822| 17.5| 598| 17.4| 125| 16.1| 99| 19.7| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 552| 11.7| 509| 14.9| 31| 4.0| 11| 2.2| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | REGION OF BIRTH | | | |--------------------------------------------| | | | CENTRAL | | | | |LATIN AMERICA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total employed 3/ | 2,648| 100.0| 1,543| 100.0| 676| 100.0| 429| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 172| 6.5| 64| 4.2| 60| 8.9| 47| 11.0| |Professional speciality | 223| 8.4| 88| 5.7| 86| 12.7| 49| 11.3| |Technical and related support | 55| 2.1| 28| 1.8| 15| 2.3| 12| 2.7| |Sales | 252| 9.5| 135| 8.7| 72| 10.7| 45| 10.5| |Administrative support, including clerical | 389| 14.7| 161| 10.4| 134| 19.9| 94| 21.9| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 69| 2.6| 51| 3.3| 8| 1.2| 10| 2.4| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 440| 16.6| 340| 22.1| 57| 8.4| 43| 10.0| |Transportation and material moving | 7| 0.3| 6| 0.4| -| -| 1| 0.3| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 83| 3.2| 65| 4.2| 10| 1.5| 8| 2.0| |Service workers, private household | 174| 6.6| 124| 8.1| 19| 2.8| 30| 7.1| |Service workers, except private household | 737| 27.8| 437| 28.3| 211| 31.2| 88| 20.6| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 47| 1.8| 43| 2.8| 3| 0.4| 1| 0.3| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. 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