Table 4.6  Current Employment Status and Sex of Experienced Latin Foreign-Born Workers: March 1999 

           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/)



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|                             |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |

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

|                             |              |   CENTRAL    |              |              |

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

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

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

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

|Total                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|    Total 3/                 | 8,406|  100.0| 5,692|  100.0| 1,686|  100.0| 1,027|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 7,842|   93.3| 5,304|   93.2| 1,564|   92.8|   974|   94.8|

|    Unemployed               |   564|    6.7|   388|    6.8|   122|    7.2|    53|    5.2|

|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|    Total 3/                 | 5,224|  100.0| 3,782|  100.0|   886|  100.0|   556|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 4,932|   94.4| 3,565|   94.3|   837|   94.5|   530|   95.3|

|    Unemployed               |   292|    5.6|   217|    5.7|    49|    5.5|    26|    4.7|

|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |

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

|    Total 3/                 | 3,182|  100.0| 1,911|  100.0|   800|  100.0|   471|  100.0|

|    Employed                 | 2,910|   91.5| 1,739|   91.0|   727|   90.9|   443|   94.2|

|    Unemployed               |   272|    8.5|   172|    9.0|    73|    9.1|    27|    5.8|

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

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