Table 4.7  Labor Force Status of the Civilian Population by Sex and Region of Birth: March 2002
           (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                    |10,954|  100.0| 1,892|  100.0| 7,734|  100.0| 1,329|  100.0|
|    Employed                 |10,094|   92.1| 1,739|   91.9| 7,091|   91.7| 1,264|   95.1|
|    Unemployed               |   860|    7.9|   153|    8.1|   643|    8.3|    64|    4.9|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 4,522|  100.0| 1,033|  100.0| 2,968|  100.0|   522|  100.0|
|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 6,879|  100.0|   994|  100.0| 5,145|  100.0|   740|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 6,366|   92.5|   911|   91.7| 4,746|   92.3|   709|   95.7|
|    Unemployed               |   513|    7.5|    83|    8.3|   398|    7.7|    32|    4.3|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 1,254|  100.0|   365|  100.0|   742|  100.0|   147|  100.0|
|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 4,075|  100.0|   898|  100.0| 2,589|  100.0|   588|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 3,728|   91.5|   828|   92.2| 2,344|   90.5|   556|   94.4|
|    Unemployed               |   347|    8.5|    70|    7.8|   245|    9.5|    33|    5.6|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|    Total                    | 3,268|  100.0|   668|  100.0| 2,226|  100.0|   374|  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 2002
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division