Table 4.7  Labor Force Status of the Civilian Population by Sex and Region of Birth: March 2001
           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/)

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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                    |10,389|  100.0| 1,812|  100.0| 7,259|  100.0| 1,318|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 9,719|   93.6| 1,693|   93.4| 6,750|   93.0| 1,277|   96.9|
|    Unemployed               |   670|    6.4|   119|    6.6|   509|    7.0|    41|    3.1|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 4,221|  100.0|   905|  100.0| 2,815|  100.0|   500|  100.0|
|                             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 6,560|  100.0|   959|  100.0| 4,882|  100.0|   720|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 6,190|   94.4|   887|   92.5| 4,599|   94.2|   704|   97.8|
|    Unemployed               |   370|    5.6|    72|    7.5|   282|    5.8|    15|    2.2|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 1,152|  100.0|   300|  100.0|   680|  100.0|   171|  100.0|
|                             |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 3,829|  100.0|   853|  100.0| 2,377|  100.0|   599|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 3,529|   92.2|   806|   94.5| 2,151|   90.5|   573|   95.7|
|    Unemployed               |   300|    7.8|    47|    5.5|   226|    9.5|    26|    4.3|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 3,069|  100.0|   605|  100.0| 2,135|  100.0|   329|  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 2001
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division