Table 1.7  Labor Force Status of the Civilian Population by Sex and Citizenship Status: March 2000
           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/ 3/)

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|EMPLOYMENT STATUS            |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |
|                             |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                             |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |
|                             |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |
|                             |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                             |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    |142,013|  100.0|123,483|  100.0|  7,056|  100.0| 11,474|  100.0|
|    Employed                 |135,823|   95.6|118,207|   95.7|  6,821|   96.7| 10,795|   94.1|
|    Unemployed               |  6,190|    4.4|  5,276|    4.3|    235|    3.3|    679|    5.9|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 69,776|  100.0| 60,702|  100.0|  3,679|  100.0|  5,395|  100.0|
|                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 75,433|  100.0| 64,316|  100.0|  3,802|  100.0|  7,314|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 72,097|   95.6| 61,485|   95.6|  3,691|   97.1|  6,921|   94.6|
|    Unemployed               |  3,335|    4.4|  2,831|    4.4|    111|    2.9|    394|    5.4|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 26,115|  100.0| 23,369|  100.0|  1,272|  100.0|  1,474|  100.0|
|                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 66,580|  100.0| 59,167|  100.0|  3,253|  100.0|  4,159|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 63,726|   95.7| 56,722|   95.9|  3,130|   96.2|  3,874|   93.1|
|    Unemployed               |  2,854|    4.3|  2,445|    4.1|    124|    3.8|    285|    6.9|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 43,661|  100.0| 37,333|  100.0|  2,407|  100.0|  3,921|  100.0|
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1/ Age 16 years and over.
2/ Employment status refers to reference week of the survey.
3/ The data in this table differ slightly from data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
   See 'Profile of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2000' P23-206, page 38, footnote 1.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000 (reweighted)
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

                     (Table last updated 1/3/03)