Table 2.6  Current Employment Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1999

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/)



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|                             |               |                         Year of Entry                         |

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

|                             |     Total     |     1990+     |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |

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

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

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

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

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

|    Total 2/                 | 16,114|  100.0|  5,007|  100.0|  5,437|  100.0|  3,456|  100.0|  2,215|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 15,238|   94.6|  4,698|   93.8|  5,127|   94.3|  3,304|   95.6|  2,109|   95.2|

|    Unemployed               |    876|    5.4|    309|    6.2|    310|    5.7|    151|    4.4|    106|    4.8|

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

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

|    Total 2/                 |  9,490|  100.0|  3,158|  100.0|  3,192|  100.0|  1,955|  100.0|  1,185|  100.0|

|    Employed                 |  9,022|   95.1|  2,974|   94.2|  3,031|   95.0|  1,879|   96.1|  1,138|   96.0|

|    Unemployed               |    467|    4.9|    184|    5.8|    160|    5.0|     76|    3.9|     47|    4.0|

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

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

|    Total 2/                 |  6,624|  100.0|  1,848|  100.0|  2,245|  100.0|  1,501|  100.0|  1,030|  100.0|

|    Employed                 |  6,215|   93.8|  1,723|   93.2|  2,095|   93.3|  1,426|   95.0|    971|   94.3|

|    Unemployed               |    409|    6.2|    125|    6.8|    150|    6.7|     75|    5.0|     59|    5.7|

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1/ Age 16 years and over.

2/ 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 1999

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000