Table 2.7  Labor Force Status of the Civilian Population by Sex and Year of Entry: March 2002
           (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                    | 20,336|  100.0|  9,346|  100.0|  5,893|  100.0|  3,342|  100.0|  1,755|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 18,933|   93.1|  8,645|   92.5|  5,458|   92.6|  3,162|   94.6|  1,668|   95.1|
|    Unemployed               |  1,403|    6.9|    702|    7.5|    435|    7.4|    180|    5.4|     86|    4.9|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    |  9,654|  100.0|  4,155|  100.0|  1,901|  100.0|  1,252|  100.0|  2,346|  100.0|
|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 12,120|  100.0|  5,852|  100.0|  3,439|  100.0|  1,899|  100.0|    930|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 11,295|   93.2|  5,444|   93.0|  3,176|   92.3|  1,791|   94.3|    884|   95.0|
|    Unemployed               |    826|    6.8|    408|    7.0|    263|    7.7|    108|    5.7|     47|    5.0|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    |  2,917|  100.0|  1,130|  100.0|    576|  100.0|    375|  100.0|    836|  100.0|
|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    |  8,216|  100.0|  3,494|  100.0|  2,454|  100.0|  1,443|  100.0|    824|  100.0|
|    Employed                 |  7,638|   93.0|  3,200|   91.6|  2,283|   93.0|  1,371|   95.0|    784|   95.2|
|    Unemployed               |    578|    7.0|    294|    8.4|    172|    7.0|     72|    5.0|     40|    4.8|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    |  6,737|  100.0|  3,025|  100.0|  1,325|  100.0|    877|  100.0|  1,510|  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 2002
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

                     (Table last updated --9/26/02)