Table 1.6  Current Employment Status of Experienced Workers by Citizenship Status and Sex: March 1998

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                             |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |

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

|                             |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |

|                             |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |

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

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

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

|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|    Total 2/                 |136,926|  100.0|120,725|  100.0|  6,160|  100.0| 10,041|  100.0|

|    Employed                 |130,007|   94.9|114,746|   95.0|  5,927|   96.2|  9,333|   92.9|

|    Unemployed               |  6,919|    5.1|  5,979|    5.0|    232|    3.8|    708|    7.1|

|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|    Total 2/                 | 73,026|  100.0| 63,386|  100.0|  3,424|  100.0|  6,215|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 69,117|   94.6| 60,018|   94.7|  3,315|   96.8|  5,784|   93.1|

|    Unemployed               |  3,908|    5.4|  3,368|    5.3|    110|    3.2|    431|    6.9|

|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|    Total 2/                 | 63,900|  100.0| 57,339|  100.0|  2,735|  100.0|  3,826|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 60,889|   95.3| 54,728|   95.4|  2,613|   95.5|  3,549|   92.8|

|    Unemployed               |  3,011|    4.7|  2,611|    4.6|    123|    4.5|    277|    7.2|

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1/ Age 16 years and over.

2/ 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 1998, PPL-117

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000