Table 4.7 Current Occupational Status and Sex of Experienced Latin American Foreign-Born Workers: March 1999 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total | | REGION OF BIRTH | | | |--------------------------------------------| | | | CENTRAL | | | | |LATIN AMERICA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total employed 3/ | 7,842| 100.0| 5,304| 100.0| 1,564| 100.0| 974| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 440| 5.6| 168| 3.2| 164| 10.5| 107| 11.0| |Professional speciality | 428| 5.5| 161| 3.0| 147| 9.4| 120| 12.3| |Technical and related support | 109| 1.4| 42| 0.8| 37| 2.4| 30| 3.1| |Sales | 600| 7.7| 328| 6.2| 177| 11.3| 95| 9.8| |Administrative support, including clerical | 618| 7.9| 300| 5.7| 190| 12.2| 128| 13.1| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,169| 14.9| 933| 17.6| 140| 8.9| 97| 9.9| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 937| 11.9| 743| 14.0| 119| 7.6| 74| 7.6| |Transportation and material moving | 401| 5.1| 250| 4.7| 112| 7.2| 39| 4.0| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 648| 8.3| 511| 9.6| 85| 5.4| 52| 5.3| |Service workers, private household | 229| 2.9| 178| 3.4| 24| 1.5| 27| 2.8| |Service workers, except private household | 1,692| 21.6| 1,141| 21.5| 356| 22.7| 196| 20.1| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 570| 7.3| 547| 10.3| 13| 0.8| 10| 1.0| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Male | | REGION OF BIRTH | | | |--------------------------------------------| | | | CENTRAL | | | | |LATIN AMERICA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total employed 3/ | 4,932| 100.0| 3,565| 100.0| 837| 100.0| 530| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 272| 5.5| 106| 3.0| 94| 11.2| 72| 13.6| |Professional speciality | 195| 3.9| 85| 2.4| 55| 6.6| 55| 10.3| |Technical and related support | 61| 1.2| 24| 0.7| 17| 2.0| 20| 3.8| |Sales | 295| 6.0| 154| 4.3| 98| 11.7| 43| 8.1| |Administrative support, including clerical | 161| 3.3| 90| 2.5| 45| 5.4| 26| 4.9| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 1,076| 21.8| 858| 24.1| 128| 15.3| 90| 16.9| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 567| 11.5| 455| 12.8| 75| 9.0| 37| 7.0| |Transportation and material moving | 380| 7.7| 238| 6.7| 106| 12.6| 36| 6.9| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 560| 11.3| 445| 12.5| 68| 8.1| 47| 8.8| |Service workers, private household | 12| 0.2| 10| 0.3| -| -| 2| 0.4| |Service workers, except private household | 853| 17.3| 616| 17.3| 143| 17.0| 94| 17.7| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 502| 10.2| 484| 13.6| 9| 1.1| 9| 1.7| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Female | | REGION OF BIRTH | | | |--------------------------------------------| | | | CENTRAL | | | | |LATIN AMERICA | AMERICA | CARIBBEAN |SOUTH AMERICA | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Total employed 3/ | 2,910| 100.0| 1,739| 100.0| 727| 100.0| 443| 100.0| |Executive, administrators, and managerial | 168| 5.8| 62| 3.6| 71| 9.8| 35| 7.8| |Professional speciality | 233| 8.0| 77| 4.4| 92| 12.6| 65| 14.7| |Technical and related support | 48| 1.7| 18| 1.0| 20| 2.8| 10| 2.3| |Sales | 306| 10.5| 174| 10.0| 79| 10.9| 53| 11.9| |Administrative support, including clerical | 457| 15.7| 211| 12.1| 145| 19.9| 102| 23.0| |Precision production, craft, and repair | 93| 3.2| 74| 4.3| 12| 1.6| 7| 1.6| |Machine operators, assemblers, and | | | | | | | | | |inspectors | 369| 12.7| 289| 16.6| 44| 6.0| 37| 8.4| |Transportation and material moving | 21| 0.7| 12| 0.7| 6| 0.9| 2| 0.5| |Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and | | | | | | | | | |laborers | 88| 3.0| 66| 3.8| 18| 2.4| 5| 1.1| |Service workers, private household | 218| 7.5| 169| 9.7| 24| 3.3| 25| 5.6| |Service workers, except private household | 840| 28.9| 525| 30.2| 213| 29.3| 102| 23.0| |Farming, forestry, and fishing | 68| 2.4| 63| 3.6| 4| 0.5| 1| 0.3| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ The majority of those born in 'Central America' are from Mexico. 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