Table 4.10  Total Money Earnings and Sex of Year-Round Full-Time Latin American

            Foreign-Born Workers: March 1998 

            (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|Total               |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               | 

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              | 

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

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

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

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

|Total with earnings |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       | 

|3/                  | 5,602|  100.0| 3,679|  100.0| 1,199|  100.0|   724|  100.0| 

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|    43|    0.8|    31|    0.8|     9|    0.8|     2|    0.3| 

|$2,500 to $4,999    |    56|    1.0|    42|    1.1|     7|    0.6|     8|    1.0| 

|$5,000 to $9,999    |   473|    8.4|   372|   10.1|    63|    5.3|    38|    5.2| 

|$10,000 to $14,999  | 1,398|   25.0| 1,076|   29.2|   214|   17.8|   109|   15.1| 

|$15,000 to $19,999  | 1,033|   18.4|   707|   19.2|   196|   16.3|   130|   17.9| 

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   814|   14.5|   547|   14.9|   157|   13.1|   110|   15.2| 

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   857|   15.3|   504|   13.7|   214|   17.9|   138|   19.1| 

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   541|    9.7|   264|    7.2|   184|   15.3|    93|   12.9| 

|$50,000 to $74,999  |   268|    4.8|   100|    2.7|   108|    9.0|    60|    8.3| 

|$75,000 and over    |   119|    2.1|    35|    1.0|    47|    3.9|    37|    5.1| 

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|Male                |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               | 

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              | 

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

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

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

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

|Total with earnings |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       | 

|3/                  | 3,868|  100.0| 2,697|  100.0|   723|  100.0|   448|  100.0| 

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|    30|    0.8|    21|    0.8|     7|    0.9|     2|    0.5| 

|$2,500 to $4,999    |    25|    0.7|    19|    0.7|     5|    0.7|     1|    0.3| 

|$5,000 to $9,999    |   292|    7.6|   237|    8.8|    40|    5.6|    15|    3.4| 

|$10,000 to $14,999  |   901|   23.3|   725|   26.9|   116|   16.0|    60|   13.5| 

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   699|   18.1|   529|   19.6|   101|   14.0|    68|   15.3| 

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   589|   15.2|   424|   15.7|    93|   12.8|    73|   16.3| 

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   626|   16.2|   405|   15.0|   133|   18.4|    88|   19.8| 

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   405|   10.5|   222|    8.2|   121|   16.7|    62|   13.8| 

|$50,000 to $74,999  |   203|    5.3|    81|    3.0|    75|   10.3|    47|   10.6| 

|$75,000 and over    |    97|    2.5|    34|    1.3|    33|    4.6|    30|    6.7| 

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|Female              |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               | 

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

|                    |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              | 

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

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

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

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

|Total with earnings |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       | 

|3/                  | 1,734|  100.0|   982|  100.0|   476|  100.0|   276|  100.0| 

|$1 to $2,499 or loss|    13|    0.8|    11|    1.1|     3|    0.6|     -|      -| 

|$2,500 to $4,999    |    31|    1.8|    23|    2.3|     2|    0.4|     6|    2.3| 

|$5,000 to $9,999    |   181|   10.4|   136|   13.8|    23|    4.8|    23|    8.1| 

|$10,000 to $14,999  |   497|   28.7|   351|   35.7|    98|   20.5|    49|   17.7| 

|$15,000 to $19,999  |   333|   19.2|   178|   18.1|    94|   19.8|    61|   22.1| 

|$20,000 to $24,999  |   225|   13.0|   123|   12.6|    65|   13.6|    37|   13.4| 

|$25,000 to $34,999  |   231|   13.3|   100|   10.2|    81|   17.0|    50|   18.0| 

|$35,000 to $49,999  |   137|    7.9|    42|    4.3|    63|   13.3|    31|   11.4| 

|$50,000 to $74,999  |    64|    3.7|    18|    1.9|    33|    7.0|    12|    4.5| 

|$75,000 and over    |    22|    1.2|     1|    0.1|    14|    2.9|     7|    2.4| 

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

2/ Age 15 years and over.

3/ Earnings for previous calendar year.

 

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