Table 3.6  Current Employment Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1999

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|                             |              |                                  WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                                  |

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

|                             |              |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |              |

|                             |    Total     |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |   AMERICA    |  CARIBBEAN   |SOUTH AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |

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

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

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

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

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

|    Total 3/                 |16,114|  100.0| 2,257|  100.0| 4,418|  100.0| 5,692|  100.0| 1,686|  100.0| 1,027|  100.0| 1,033|  100.0|

|    Employed                 |15,238|   94.6| 2,174|   96.3| 4,240|   96.0| 5,304|   93.2| 1,564|   92.8|   974|   94.8|   982|   95.1|

|    Unemployed               |   876|    5.4|    83|    3.7|   178|    4.0|   388|    6.8|   122|    7.2|    53|    5.2|    51|    4.9|

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

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

|    Total 3/                 | 9,490|  100.0| 1,246|  100.0| 2,404|  100.0| 3,782|  100.0|   886|  100.0|   556|  100.0|   615|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 9,022|   95.1| 1,190|   95.5| 2,303|   95.8| 3,565|   94.3|   837|   94.5|   530|   95.3|   597|   97.0|

|    Unemployed               |   467|    4.9|    56|    4.5|   101|    4.2|   217|    5.7|    49|    5.5|    26|    4.7|    19|    3.0|

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

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

|    Total 3/                 | 6,624|  100.0| 1,011|  100.0| 2,014|  100.0| 1,911|  100.0|   800|  100.0|   471|  100.0|   418|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 6,215|   93.8|   983|   97.3| 1,937|   96.2| 1,739|   91.0|   727|   90.9|   443|   94.2|   386|   92.2|

|    Unemployed               |   409|    6.2|    28|    2.7|    77|    3.8|   172|    9.0|    73|    9.1|    27|    5.8|    32|    7.8|

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

   born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.

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 1999

Internet Release date:  September 12, 2000