Table 3.7  Labor Force Status of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2001
           (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                    |20,014|   68.2| 2,352|   55.9| 5,475|   68.8|10,389|   71.1| 1,798|   70.4|
|    Employed                 |18,979|   94.8| 2,276|   96.8| 5,280|   96.4| 9,719|   93.6| 1,704|   94.8|
|    Unemployed               | 1,035|    5.2|    76|    3.2|   195|    3.6|   670|    6.4|    94|    5.2|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 9,317|   31.8| 1,856|   44.1| 2,484|   31.2| 4,221|   28.9|   756|   29.6|
|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    |11,978|   81.1| 1,310|   68.6| 3,026|   80.2| 6,560|   85.1| 1,081|   79.2|
|    Employed                 |11,411|   95.3| 1,267|   96.7| 2,926|   96.7| 6,190|   94.4| 1,027|   95.0|
|    Unemployed               |   567|    4.7|    43|    3.3|   100|    3.3|   370|    5.6|    54|    5.0|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 2,784|   18.9|   600|   31.4|   748|   19.8| 1,152|   14.9|   284|   20.8|
|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 8,036|   55.2| 1,042|   45.3| 2,448|   58.5| 3,829|   55.5|   717|   60.3|
|    Employed                 | 7,568|   94.2| 1,008|   96.8| 2,354|   96.1| 3,529|   92.2|   677|   94.4|
|    Unemployed               |   468|    5.8|    34|    3.2|    95|    3.9|   300|    7.8|    40|    5.6|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 6,534|  100.0| 1,256|  100.0| 1,736|  100.0| 3,069|  100.0|   472|  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 2001
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division