Table 3.7 Current Occupational Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1998 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Total | | 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 employed 3/ |15,260| 100.0| 2,167| 100.0| 4,275| 100.0| 5,214| 100.0| 1,600| 100.0| 1,043| 100.0| 961| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 1,503| 9.9| 347| 16.0| 567| 13.3| 205| 3.9| 121| 7.6| 122| 11.7| 141| 14.6| |Professional speciality | 2,096| 13.7| 445| 20.6| 929| 21.7| 144| 2.8| 170| 10.6| 126| 12.1| 281| 29.3| |Technical and related support | 430| 2.8| 69| 3.2| 198| 4.6| 52| 1.0| 45| 2.8| 28| 2.7| 38| 3.9| |Sales | 1,479| 9.7| 247| 11.4| 552| 12.9| 304| 5.8| 181| 11.3| 102| 9.7| 93| 9.7| |Administrative support, including clerical | 1,406| 9.2| 213| 9.8| 480| 11.2| 286| 5.5| 178| 11.1| 145| 13.9| 106| 11.0| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,826| 12.0| 257| 11.8| 336| 7.9| 866| 16.6| 192| 12.0| 117| 11.2| 58| 6.0| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 1,493| 9.8| 95| 4.4| 348| 8.2| 825| 15.8| 105| 6.6| 81| 7.7| 39| 4.1| |Transportation and material moving | 583| 3.8| 54| 2.5| 88| 2.1| 261| 5.0| 95| 6.0| 41| 4.0| 43| 4.5| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 738| 4.8| 61| 2.8| 104| 2.4| 446| 8.6| 80| 5.0| 30| 2.9| 16| 1.7| |Service workers, private household | 303| 2.0| 21| 1.0| 26| 0.6| 171| 3.3| 33| 2.0| 49| 4.7| 3| 0.3| |Service workers, except private household | 2,785| 18.3| 330| 15.2| 593| 13.9| 1,144| 21.9| 392| 24.5| 192| 18.4| 135| 14.0| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 619| 4.1| 29| 1.4| 53| 1.2| 509| 9.8| 8| 0.5| 12| 1.2| 8| 0.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Male | | 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 employed 3/ | 9,099| 100.0| 1,189| 100.0| 2,404| 100.0| 3,514| 100.0| 872| 100.0| 575| 100.0| 545| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 896| 9.9| 215| 18.0| 315| 13.1| 133| 3.8| 56| 6.5| 82| 14.3| 95| 17.4| |Professional speciality | 1,181| 13.0| 253| 21.3| 559| 23.3| 86| 2.5| 70| 8.1| 67| 11.6| 146| 26.7| |Technical and related support | 226| 2.5| 39| 3.3| 103| 4.3| 30| 0.8| 20| 2.3| 16| 2.8| 18| 3.4| |Sales | 795| 8.7| 101| 8.5| 324| 13.5| 152| 4.3| 106| 12.1| 46| 7.9| 66| 12.1| |Administrative support, including clerical | 469| 5.2| 55| 4.6| 166| 6.9| 103| 2.9| 56| 6.4| 47| 8.2| 42| 7.8| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,614| 17.7| 244| 20.6| 246| 10.2| 793| 22.6| 178| 20.5| 102| 17.6| 51| 9.4| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 814| 8.9| 46| 3.9| 187| 7.8| 464| 13.2| 64| 7.4| 36| 6.2| 17| 3.1| |Transportation and material moving | 557| 6.1| 51| 4.3| 88| 3.7| 245| 7.0| 92| 10.5| 39| 6.7| 43| 7.8| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 609| 6.7| 41| 3.4| 78| 3.2| 389| 11.1| 65| 7.4| 22| 3.9| 14| 2.5| |Service workers, private household | 18| 0.2| 2| 0.2| 3| 0.1| 11| 0.3| -| -| 2| 0.4| -| -| |Service workers, except private household | 1,397| 15.3| 120| 10.1| 296| 12.3| 670| 19.1| 157| 18.0| 105| 18.3| 48| 8.8| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 523| 5.8| 20| 1.7| 39| 1.6| 439| 12.5| 8| 0.9| 12| 2.1| 5| 1.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Female | | 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 employed 3/ | 6,161| 100.0| 978| 100.0| 1,871| 100.0| 1,699| 100.0| 729| 100.0| 468| 100.0| 416| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 607| 9.9| 132| 13.5| 252| 13.5| 72| 4.3| 65| 8.9| 40| 8.5| 46| 11.0| |Professional speciality | 915| 14.9| 192| 19.7| 370| 19.8| 58| 3.4| 100| 13.7| 59| 12.6| 136| 32.6| |Technical and related support | 204| 3.3| 29| 3.0| 95| 5.1| 22| 1.3| 26| 3.5| 12| 2.6| 20| 4.7| |Sales | 684| 11.1| 145| 14.9| 228| 12.2| 153| 9.0| 75| 10.3| 56| 11.9| 27| 6.5| |Administrative support, including clerical | 937| 15.2| 158| 16.1| 314| 16.8| 183| 10.8| 122| 16.8| 97| 20.7| 63| 15.2| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 212| 3.4| 12| 1.2| 90| 4.8| 74| 4.3| 14| 1.9| 16| 3.3| 7| 1.6| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 679| 11.0| 48| 4.9| 162| 8.6| 361| 21.3| 41| 5.6| 45| 9.6| 22| 5.3| |Transportation and material moving | 26| 0.4| 2| 0.2| -| -| 16| 0.9| 4| 0.5| 3| 0.6| 1| 0.2| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 129| 2.1| 21| 2.1| 26| 1.4| 57| 3.4| 15| 2.1| 8| 1.7| 2| 0.6| |Service workers, private household | 284| 4.6| 19| 2.0| 23| 1.2| 160| 9.4| 33| 4.5| 47| 9.9| 3| 0.8| |Service workers, except private household | 1,388| 22.5| 210| 21.4| 297| 15.9| 474| 27.9| 235| 32.2| 87| 18.5| 87| 20.8| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 96| 1.6| 9| 0.9| 14| 0.7| 70| 4.1| -| -| -| -| 3| 0.7| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/ 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