Table 2.7 Current Occupational Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by Year of Entry and Sex: March 1999 (Numbers in thousands. 1/) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |-------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total employed 2/ | 15,238| 100.0| 4,698| 100.0| 5,127| 100.0| 3,304| 100.0| 2,109| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 1,620| 10.6| 315| 6.7| 545| 10.6| 394| 11.9| 367| 17.4| |Professional speciality | 2,104| 13.8| 651| 13.9| 572| 11.2| 472| 14.3| 409| 19.4| |Technical and related support | 390| 2.6| 132| 2.8| 134| 2.6| 78| 2.4| 46| 2.2| |Sales | 1,481| 9.7| 428| 9.1| 520| 10.1| 318| 9.6| 215| 10.2| |Administrative support, including clerical | 1,347| 8.8| 294| 6.3| 429| 8.4| 385| 11.7| 238| 11.3| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,753| 11.5| 536| 11.4| 618| 12.0| 391| 11.8| 209| 9.9| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 1,446| 9.5| 490| 10.4| 548| 10.7| 286| 8.7| 121| 5.7| |Transportation and material moving | 618| 4.1| 160| 3.4| 203| 4.0| 176| 5.3| 79| 3.8| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 874| 5.7| 398| 8.5| 286| 5.6| 118| 3.6| 72| 3.4| |Service workers, private household | 275| 1.8| 102| 2.2| 105| 2.0| 38| 1.1| 31| 1.4| |Service workers, except private household | 2,687| 17.6| 960| 20.4| 951| 18.5| 507| 15.3| 269| 12.8| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 643| 4.2| 232| 4.9| 216| 4.2| 141| 4.3| 53| 2.5| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |-------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total employed 2/ | 9,022| 100.0| 2,974| 100.0| 3,031| 100.0| 1,879| 100.0| 1,138| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 959| 10.6| 209| 7.0| 326| 10.8| 217| 11.5| 207| 18.2| |Professional speciality | 1,169| 13.0| 410| 13.8| 295| 9.7| 255| 13.5| 209| 18.4| |Technical and related support | 198| 2.2| 63| 2.1| 63| 2.1| 50| 2.7| 22| 1.9| |Sales | 830| 9.2| 231| 7.8| 294| 9.7| 186| 9.9| 120| 10.5| |Administrative support, including clerical | 373| 4.1| 105| 3.5| 111| 3.7| 102| 5.4| 55| 4.9| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,567| 17.4| 483| 16.2| 555| 18.3| 349| 18.6| 179| 15.8| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 826| 9.2| 293| 9.9| 311| 10.3| 161| 8.6| 61| 5.4| |Transportation and material moving | 578| 6.4| 156| 5.2| 187| 6.2| 162| 8.6| 74| 6.5| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 707| 7.8| 320| 10.8| 235| 7.8| 89| 4.7| 63| 5.6| |Service workers, private household | 17| 0.2| 9| 0.3| 4| 0.1| 2| 0.1| 3| 0.2| |Service workers, except private household | 1,246| 13.8| 496| 16.7| 457| 15.1| 194| 10.3| 99| 8.7| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 551| 6.1| 199| 6.7| 193| 6.4| 114| 6.0| 45| 3.9| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | Year of Entry | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Total | 1990+ | 1980-1989 | 1970-1979 | Before 1970 | | |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |-------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total employed 2/ | 6,215| 100.0| 1,723| 100.0| 2,095| 100.0| 1,426| 100.0| 971| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 661| 10.6| 106| 6.2| 219| 10.4| 177| 12.4| 159| 16.4| |Professional speciality | 936| 15.1| 242| 14.0| 277| 13.2| 218| 15.3| 199| 20.5| |Technical and related support | 192| 3.1| 69| 4.0| 70| 3.4| 28| 2.0| 24| 2.4| |Sales | 651| 10.5| 197| 11.4| 226| 10.8| 132| 9.3| 96| 9.9| |Administrative support, including clerical | 974| 15.7| 189| 11.0| 319| 15.2| 283| 19.8| 183| 18.8| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 186| 3.0| 52| 3.0| 62| 3.0| 42| 2.9| 30| 3.0| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 620| 10.0| 197| 11.4| 237| 11.3| 125| 8.8| 60| 6.2| |Transportation and material moving | 40| 0.6| 4| 0.2| 15| 0.7| 14| 1.0| 6| 0.6| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 167| 2.7| 78| 4.5| 51| 2.4| 30| 2.1| 9| 0.9| |Service workers, private household | 258| 4.1| 93| 5.4| 101| 4.8| 36| 2.5| 28| 2.9| |Service workers, except private household | 1,441| 23.2| 464| 26.9| 494| 23.6| 313| 22.0| 170| 17.5| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 92| 1.5| 32| 1.9| 23| 1.1| 28| 1.9| 9| 0.9| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Age 16 years and over. 2/ 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