Table 3.7 Current Occupational Status of Experienced Foreign-Born Workers by World Region of Birth and Sex: March 1999 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Total | | 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 employed 3/ |15,238| 100.0| 2,174| 100.0| 4,240| 100.0| 5,304| 100.0| 1,564| 100.0| 974| 100.0| 982| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 1,620| 10.6| 389| 17.9| 639| 15.1| 168| 3.2| 164| 10.5| 107| 11.0| 153| 15.5| |Professional speciality | 2,104| 13.8| 422| 19.4| 1,011| 23.9| 161| 3.0| 147| 9.4| 120| 12.3| 243| 24.8| |Technical and related support | 390| 2.6| 74| 3.4| 177| 4.2| 42| 0.8| 37| 2.4| 30| 3.1| 31| 3.1| |Sales | 1,481| 9.7| 207| 9.5| 539| 12.7| 328| 6.2| 177| 11.3| 95| 9.8| 134| 13.7| |Administrative support, including clerical | 1,347| 8.8| 211| 9.7| 420| 9.9| 300| 5.7| 190| 12.2| 128| 13.1| 98| 9.9| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,753| 11.5| 248| 11.4| 266| 6.3| 933| 17.6| 140| 8.9| 97| 9.9| 70| 7.1| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 1,446| 9.5| 116| 5.4| 372| 8.8| 743| 14.0| 119| 7.6| 74| 7.6| 21| 2.1| |Transportation and material moving | 618| 4.1| 73| 3.4| 97| 2.3| 250| 4.7| 112| 7.2| 39| 4.0| 47| 4.8| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 874| 5.7| 73| 3.4| 125| 3.0| 511| 9.6| 85| 5.4| 52| 5.3| 28| 2.9| |Service workers, private household | 275| 1.8| 24| 1.1| 17| 0.4| 178| 3.4| 24| 1.5| 27| 2.8| 4| 0.4| |Service workers, except private household | 2,687| 17.6| 313| 14.4| 543| 12.8| 1,141| 21.5| 356| 22.7| 196| 20.1| 139| 14.1| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 643| 4.2| 25| 1.1| 33| 0.8| 547| 10.3| 13| 0.8| 10| 1.0| 14| 1.5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Male | | 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 employed 3/ | 9,022| 100.0| 1,190| 100.0| 2,303| 100.0| 3,565| 100.0| 837| 100.0| 530| 100.0| 597| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 959| 10.6| 240| 20.1| 354| 15.4| 106| 3.0| 94| 11.2| 72| 13.6| 93| 15.6| |Professional speciality | 1,169| 13.0| 222| 18.7| 594| 25.8| 85| 2.4| 55| 6.6| 55| 10.3| 158| 26.4| |Technical and related support | 198| 2.2| 44| 3.7| 81| 3.5| 24| 0.7| 17| 2.0| 20| 3.8| 12| 2.0| |Sales | 830| 9.2| 131| 11.0| 315| 13.7| 154| 4.3| 98| 11.7| 43| 8.1| 90| 15.1| |Administrative support, including clerical | 373| 4.1| 33| 2.7| 149| 6.5| 90| 2.5| 45| 5.4| 26| 4.9| 30| 5.0| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,567| 17.4| 224| 18.8| 212| 9.2| 858| 24.1| 128| 15.3| 90| 16.9| 55| 9.2| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 826| 9.2| 58| 4.9| 188| 8.2| 455| 12.8| 75| 9.0| 37| 7.0| 13| 2.2| |Transportation and material moving | 578| 6.4| 65| 5.4| 87| 3.8| 238| 6.7| 106| 12.6| 36| 6.9| 47| 7.8| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 707| 7.8| 52| 4.3| 78| 3.4| 445| 12.5| 68| 8.1| 47| 8.8| 18| 3.1| |Service workers, private household | 17| 0.2| 6| 0.5| -| -| 10| 0.3| -| -| 2| 0.4| -| -| |Service workers, except private household | 1,246| 13.8| 103| 8.7| 217| 9.4| 616| 17.3| 143| 17.0| 94| 17.7| 73| 12.2| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 551| 6.1| 14| 1.2| 28| 1.2| 484| 13.6| 9| 1.1| 9| 1.7| 7| 1.2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Female | | 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 employed 3/ | 6,215| 100.0| 983| 100.0| 1,937| 100.0| 1,739| 100.0| 727| 100.0| 443| 100.0| 386| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 661| 10.6| 149| 15.1| 285| 14.7| 62| 3.6| 71| 9.8| 35| 7.8| 59| 15.4| |Professional speciality | 936| 15.1| 200| 20.3| 417| 21.5| 77| 4.4| 92| 12.6| 65| 14.7| 86| 22.2| |Technical and related support | 192| 3.1| 30| 3.0| 95| 4.9| 18| 1.0| 20| 2.8| 10| 2.3| 18| 4.8| |Sales | 651| 10.5| 77| 7.8| 225| 11.6| 174| 10.0| 79| 10.9| 53| 11.9| 44| 11.4| |Administrative support, including clerical | 974| 15.7| 178| 18.1| 270| 14.0| 211| 12.1| 145| 19.9| 102| 23.0| 68| 17.5| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 186| 3.0| 24| 2.4| 54| 2.8| 74| 4.3| 12| 1.6| 7| 1.6| 15| 3.8| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 620| 10.0| 58| 5.9| 184| 9.5| 289| 16.6| 44| 6.0| 37| 8.4| 8| 2.0| |Transportation and material moving | 40| 0.6| 8| 0.8| 10| 0.5| 12| 0.7| 6| 0.9| 2| 0.5| 1| 0.1| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 167| 2.7| 22| 2.2| 47| 2.4| 66| 3.8| 18| 2.4| 5| 1.1| 10| 2.6| |Service workers, private household | 258| 4.1| 19| 1.9| 17| 0.9| 169| 9.7| 24| 3.3| 25| 5.6| 4| 1.1| |Service workers, except private household | 1,441| 23.2| 210| 21.3| 326| 16.8| 525| 30.2| 213| 29.3| 102| 23.0| 66| 17.1| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 92| 1.5| 10| 1.1| 6| 0.3| 63| 3.6| 4| 0.5| 1| 0.3| 7| 1.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/ 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