Table 4.10  Total Money Earnings and Sex of Year-Round Full-Time Latin American Foreign-Born 

            Workers: March 1997

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|Total               |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with earnings |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|3/                  | 5,195|  100.0| 3,425|  100.0| 1,087|  100.0|   682|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|    48|    0.9|    31|    0.9|     8|    0.8|     8|    1.2|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |    57|    1.1|    48|    1.4|     6|    0.6|     2|    0.3|

|$5,000 to $9,999    |   499|    9.6|   406|   11.8|    64|    5.8|    30|    4.4|

|$10,000 to $14,999  | 1,324|   25.5| 1,007|   29.4|   205|   18.9|   112|   16.4|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   952|   18.3|   645|   18.8|   192|   17.7|   115|   16.9|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   789|   15.2|   509|   14.9|   173|   15.9|   107|   15.7|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   756|   14.6|   439|   12.8|   163|   15.0|   154|   22.6|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   457|    8.8|   235|    6.9|   147|   13.5|    75|   10.9|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |   223|    4.3|    81|    2.4|   100|    9.2|    43|    6.2|

|$75,000 and over    |    90|    1.7|    25|    0.7|    29|    2.6|    36|    5.3|

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|Male                |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with earnings |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|3/                  | 3,515|  100.0| 2,495|  100.0|   612|  100.0|   408|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|    42|    1.2|    29|    1.2|     5|    0.8|     8|    1.9|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |    27|    0.8|    25|    1.0|     2|    0.3|     -|      -|

|$5,000 to $9,999    |   285|    8.1|   243|    9.7|    29|    4.7|    13|    3.3|

|$10,000 to $14,999  |   858|   24.4|   698|   28.0|   109|   17.7|    51|   12.6|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   661|   18.8|   492|   19.7|   101|   16.4|    69|   16.9|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   516|   14.7|   384|   15.4|    72|   11.8|    60|   14.7|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   545|   15.5|   343|   13.8|   110|   17.9|    92|   22.5|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   335|    9.5|   192|    7.7|    91|   14.8|    52|   12.7|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |   169|    4.8|    67|    2.7|    72|   11.7|    30|    7.3|

|$75,000 and over    |    77|    2.2|    21|    0.9|    23|    3.8|    33|    8.1|

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|Female              |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total with earnings |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

|3/                  | 1,680|  100.0|   931|  100.0|   475|  100.0|   274|  100.0|

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|     6|    0.4|     3|    0.3|     3|    0.7|     1|    0.2|

|$2,500 to $4,999    |    30|    1.8|    23|    2.4|     5|    1.0|     2|    0.8|

|$5,000 to $9,999    |   214|   12.8|   163|   17.5|    35|    7.4|    16|    6.0|

|$10,000 to $14,999  |   466|   27.7|   309|   33.2|    97|   20.3|    60|   22.0|

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   291|   17.3|   153|   16.4|    91|   19.2|    46|   16.8|

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   274|   16.3|   125|   13.4|   101|   21.2|    47|   17.3|

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   211|   12.6|    95|   10.2|    53|   11.2|    63|   22.9|

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   122|    7.2|    43|    4.6|    56|   11.8|    23|    8.3|

|$50,000 to $74,999  |    54|    3.2|    13|    1.4|    28|    6.0|    13|    4.6|

|$75,000 and over    |    12|    0.7|     4|    0.4|     6|    1.2|     3|    1.1|

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

2/ Age 15 years and over.

3/ Earnings for previous calendar year.

 

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