Table 2.7  Labor Force Status of the Civilian Population by Sex and Year of Entry: March 2000
           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/ 3/)

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|EMPLOYMENT STATUS            |               |                         YEAR OF ENTRY                         |
|                             |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                             |     Total     | 1990 or later |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |
|                             |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                             |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 18,530|  100.0|  6,694|  100.0|  6,004|  100.0|  3,585|  100.0|  2,246|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 17,616|   95.1|  6,282|   93.9|  5,724|   95.3|  3,443|   96.0|  2,166|   96.4|
|    Unemployed               |    914|    4.9|    412|    6.1|    279|    4.7|    142|    4.0|     80|    3.6|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    |  9,074|  100.0|  3,382|  100.0|  2,154|  100.0|  1,179|  100.0|  2,359|  100.0|
|                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 11,117|  100.0|  4,271|  100.0|  3,636|  100.0|  1,996|  100.0|  1,214|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 10,612|   95.5|  4,035|   94.5|  3,485|   95.9|  1,924|   96.4|  1,167|   96.1|
|    Unemployed               |    505|    4.5|    236|    5.5|    150|    4.1|     71|    3.6|     47|    3.9|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    |  2,746|  100.0|    888|  100.0|    649|  100.0|    328|  100.0|    881|  100.0|
|                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    |  7,413|  100.0|  2,423|  100.0|  2,368|  100.0|  1,589|  100.0|  1,033|  100.0|
|    Employed                 |  7,004|   94.5|  2,247|   92.7|  2,239|   94.6|  1,518|   95.5|  1,000|   96.8|
|    Unemployed               |    409|    5.5|    176|    7.3|    129|    5.4|     71|    4.5|     33|    3.2|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    |  6,328|  100.0|  2,494|  100.0|  1,505|  100.0|    851|  100.0|  1,478|  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 1/6/03)