Table 2.6  Current Employment Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1998 

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                             |               |                         Year of Entry                         | 

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

|                             |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  | 

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

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

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

|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 

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

|    Total 2/                 | 16,201|  100.0|  4,696|  100.0|  5,719|  100.0|  3,468|  100.0|  2,317|  100.0| 

|    Employed                 | 15,260|   94.2|  4,335|   92.3|  5,426|   94.9|  3,277|   94.5|  2,222|   95.9| 

|    Unemployed               |    941|    5.8|    361|    7.7|    293|    5.1|    191|    5.5|     96|    4.1| 

|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 

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

|    Total 2/                 |  9,640|  100.0|  2,983|  100.0|  3,392|  100.0|  1,961|  100.0|  1,304|  100.0| 

|    Employed                 |  9,099|   94.4|  2,763|   92.6|  3,218|   94.9|  1,860|   94.8|  1,257|   96.4| 

|    Unemployed               |    541|    5.6|    220|    7.4|    173|    5.1|    101|    5.2|     46|    3.6| 

|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 

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

|    Total 2/                 |  6,561|  100.0|  1,714|  100.0|  2,327|  100.0|  1,507|  100.0|  1,014|  100.0| 

|    Employed                 |  6,161|   93.9|  1,572|   91.8|  2,208|   94.9|  1,417|   94.0|    964|   95.1| 

|    Unemployed               |    400|    6.1|    141|    8.2|    119|    5.1|     90|    6.0|     49|    4.9| 

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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

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000