Table 4.6  Current Employment Status and Sex of Experienced Latin Foreign-Born Workers: March 1998 

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|                             |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               | 

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

|                             |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              | 

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

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

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

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

|Total                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       | 

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

|    Total 3/                 | 8,456|  100.0| 5,612|  100.0| 1,743|  100.0| 1,100|  100.0| 

|    Employed                 | 7,858|   92.9| 5,214|   92.9| 1,600|   91.8| 1,043|   94.8| 

|    Unemployed               |   598|    7.1|   399|    7.1|   143|    8.2|    57|    5.2| 

|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       | 

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

|    Total 3/                 | 5,309|  100.0| 3,760|  100.0|   939|  100.0|   610|  100.0| 

|    Employed                 | 4,961|   93.5| 3,514|   93.5|   872|   92.9|   575|   94.3| 

|    Unemployed               |   347|    6.5|   246|    6.5|    67|    7.1|    35|    5.7| 

|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       | 

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

|    Total 3/                 | 3,147|  100.0| 1,852|  100.0|   804|  100.0|   490|  100.0| 

|    Employed                 | 2,896|   92.0| 1,699|   91.7|   729|   90.6|   468|   95.4| 

|    Unemployed               |   251|    8.0|   153|    8.3|    76|    9.4|    22|    4.6| 

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

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