Table 4.7 Current Occupational Status and Sex of Experienced Latin American Foreign-Born Workers: March 1998 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | REGION OF BIRTH | | | |--------------------------------------------| | | | CENTRAL | | | | |LATIN AMERICA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total employed 3/ | 7,858| 100.0| 5,214| 100.0| 1,600| 100.0| 1,043| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 448| 5.7| 205| 3.9| 121| 7.6| 122| 11.7| |Professional speciality | 440| 5.6| 144| 2.8| 170| 10.6| 126| 12.1| |Technical and related support | 125| 1.6| 52| 1.0| 45| 2.8| 28| 2.7| |Sales | 587| 7.5| 304| 5.8| 181| 11.3| 102| 9.7| |Administrative support, including clerical | 608| 7.7| 286| 5.5| 178| 11.1| 145| 13.9| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,175| 15.0| 866| 16.6| 192| 12.0| 117| 11.2| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 1,011| 12.9| 825| 15.8| 105| 6.6| 81| 7.7| |Transportation and material moving | 398| 5.1| 261| 5.0| 95| 6.0| 41| 4.0| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 557| 7.1| 446| 8.6| 80| 5.0| 30| 2.9| |Service workers, private household | 252| 3.2| 171| 3.3| 33| 2.0| 49| 4.7| |Service workers, except private household | 1,727| 22.0| 1,144| 21.9| 392| 24.5| 192| 18.4| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 529| 6.7| 509| 9.8| 8| 0.5| 12| 1.2| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | REGION OF BIRTH | | | |--------------------------------------------| | | | CENTRAL | | | | |LATIN AMERICA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total employed 3/ | 4,961| 100.0| 3,514| 100.0| 872| 100.0| 575| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 271| 5.5| 133| 3.8| 56| 6.5| 82| 14.3| |Professional speciality | 223| 4.5| 86| 2.5| 70| 8.1| 67| 11.6| |Technical and related support | 65| 1.3| 30| 0.8| 20| 2.3| 16| 2.8| |Sales | 303| 6.1| 152| 4.3| 106| 12.1| 46| 7.9| |Administrative support, including clerical | 206| 4.2| 103| 2.9| 56| 6.4| 47| 8.2| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,073| 21.6| 793| 22.6| 178| 20.5| 102| 17.6| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 564| 11.4| 464| 13.2| 64| 7.4| 36| 6.2| |Transportation and material moving | 375| 7.6| 245| 7.0| 92| 10.5| 39| 6.7| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 477| 9.6| 389| 11.1| 65| 7.4| 22| 3.9| |Service workers, private household | 13| 0.3| 11| 0.3| -| -| 2| 0.4| |Service workers, except private household | 932| 18.8| 670| 19.1| 157| 18.0| 105| 18.3| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 459| 9.2| 439| 12.5| 8| 0.9| 12| 2.1| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | REGION OF BIRTH | | | |--------------------------------------------| | | | CENTRAL | | | | |LATIN AMERICA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total employed 3/ | 2,896| 100.0| 1,699| 100.0| 729| 100.0| 468| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 177| 6.1| 72| 4.3| 65| 8.9| 40| 8.5| |Professional speciality | 217| 7.5| 58| 3.4| 100| 13.7| 59| 12.6| |Technical and related support | 60| 2.1| 22| 1.3| 26| 3.5| 12| 2.6| |Sales | 284| 9.8| 153| 9.0| 75| 10.3| 56| 11.9| |Administrative support, including clerical | 402| 13.9| 183| 10.8| 122| 16.8| 97| 20.7| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 103| 3.5| 74| 4.3| 14| 1.9| 16| 3.3| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 447| 15.4| 361| 21.3| 41| 5.6| 45| 9.6| |Transportation and material moving | 23| 0.8| 16| 0.9| 4| 0.5| 3| 0.6| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 80| 2.8| 57| 3.4| 15| 2.1| 8| 1.7| |Service workers, private household | 239| 8.3| 160| 9.4| 33| 4.5| 47| 9.9| |Service workers, except private household | 795| 27.5| 474| 27.9| 235| 32.2| 87| 18.5| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 70| 2.4| 70| 4.1| -| -| -| -| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. 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