Table 3.7  Labor Force Status of the Civilian Population by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2000
           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/)

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|EMPLOYMENT STATUS            |              |                   WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                   |
|                             |              |-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                             | FOREIGN BORN |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |
|                             |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                             |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|-----------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    |18,530|  100.0| 2,382|  100.0| 4,901|  100.0| 9,785|  100.0| 1,461|  100.0|
|    Employed                 |17,616|   95.1| 2,327|   97.7| 4,730|   96.5| 9,141|   93.4| 1,418|   97.0|
|    Unemployed               |   914|    4.9|    55|    2.3|   172|    3.5|   643|    6.6|    43|    3.0|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 9,074|  100.0| 1,810|  100.0| 2,471|  100.0| 4,115|  100.0|   678|  100.0|
|                             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    |11,117|  100.0| 1,337|  100.0| 2,683|  100.0| 6,173|  100.0|   923|  100.0|
|    Employed                 |10,612|   95.5| 1,300|   97.3| 2,585|   96.3| 5,828|   94.4|   899|   97.4|
|    Unemployed               |   505|    4.5|    36|    2.7|    99|    3.7|   346|    5.6|    24|    2.6|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 2,746|  100.0|   667|  100.0|   793|  100.0| 1,048|  100.0|   238|  100.0|
|                             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 7,413|  100.0| 1,045|  100.0| 2,218|  100.0| 3,612|  100.0|   538|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 7,004|   94.5| 1,026|   98.2| 2,145|   96.7| 3,314|   91.8|   519|   96.4|
|    Unemployed               |   409|    5.5|    19|    1.8|    73|    3.3|   298|    8.2|    19|    3.6|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 6,328|  100.0| 1,143|  100.0| 1,678|  100.0| 3,067|  100.0|   440|  100.0|
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1/  The majority of those born in 'Latin America' are from Mexico. Those born in 'Other Areas' are from
    Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.
2/ Age 16 years and over.
3/ Employment status refers to reference week of the survey.
4/ 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