Table 3.6  Current Employment Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by World Region of Birth and Sex:

           March 1998 

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|                             |              |                                  WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                                  | 

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

|                             |              |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |              | 

|                             |    Total     |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  | 

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

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

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

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

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

|    Total 3/                 |16,201|  100.0| 2,267|  100.0| 4,477|  100.0| 5,612|  100.0| 1,743|  100.0| 1,100|  100.0| 1,001|  100.0| 

|    Employed                 |15,260|   94.2| 2,167|   95.6| 4,275|   95.5| 5,214|   92.9| 1,600|   91.8| 1,043|   94.8|   961|   96.0| 

|    Unemployed               |   941|    5.8|   101|    4.4|   202|    4.5|   399|    7.1|   143|    8.2|    57|    5.2|    40|    4.0| 

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

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

|    Total 3/                 | 9,640|  100.0| 1,252|  100.0| 2,515|  100.0| 3,760|  100.0|   939|  100.0|   610|  100.0|   564|  100.0| 

|    Employed                 | 9,099|   94.4| 1,189|   94.9| 2,404|   95.6| 3,514|   93.5|   872|   92.9|   575|   94.3|   545|   96.6| 

|    Unemployed               |   541|    5.6|    64|    5.1|   111|    4.4|   246|    6.5|    67|    7.1|    35|    5.7|    19|    3.4| 

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

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

|    Total 3/                 | 6,561|  100.0| 1,015|  100.0| 1,962|  100.0| 1,852|  100.0|   804|  100.0|   490|  100.0|   437|  100.0| 

|    Employed                 | 6,161|   93.9|   978|   96.4| 1,871|   95.3| 1,699|   91.7|   729|   90.6|   468|   95.4|   416|   95.3| 

|    Unemployed               |   400|    6.1|    37|    3.6|    91|    4.7|   153|    8.3|    76|    9.4|    22|    4.6|    21|    4.7| 

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

   born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada. 

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 1998

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000