Table 4.7  Labor Force Status of the Civilian Population by Sex and Region of Birth: March 2000
           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/ 3/)

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|EMPLOYMENT STATUS            |              |              REGION OF BIRTH               |
|                             |              |--------------------------------------------|
|                             |              |              |   CENTRAL    |              |
|                             |LATIN AMERICA |  CARIBBEAN   |   AMERICA    |SOUTH AMERICA |
|                             |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                             |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|-----------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 9,785|  100.0| 1,792|  100.0| 6,708|  100.0| 1,284|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 9,141|   93.4| 1,663|   92.8| 6,239|   93.0| 1,239|   96.5|
|    Unemployed               |   643|    6.6|   129|    7.2|   469|    7.0|    45|    3.5|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 4,115|  100.0|   899|  100.0| 2,729|  100.0|   487|  100.0|
|                             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 6,173|  100.0|   949|  100.0| 4,524|  100.0|   700|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 5,828|   94.4|   886|   93.4| 4,264|   94.2|   678|   96.8|
|    Unemployed               |   346|    5.6|    63|    6.6|   260|    5.8|    23|    3.2|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 1,048|  100.0|   288|  100.0|   619|  100.0|   141|  100.0|
|                             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 3,612|  100.0|   843|  100.0| 2,184|  100.0|   584|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 3,314|   91.8|   777|   92.1| 1,975|   90.4|   562|   96.2|
|    Unemployed               |   298|    8.2|    66|    7.9|   209|    9.6|    22|    3.8|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 3,067|  100.0|   611|  100.0| 2,110|  100.0|   346|  100.0|
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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.
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