TABLE 7.2. MARCH 1997 CPS: EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE BY RACE-ETHNICITY AGE 16 AND OVER: BY SEX - VALUES/PERCENTS



Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census

Internet Release date:  August 7, 1998



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|                            |         |  Hispanic Origin  |                                Race-Ethnicity                                 |

|                            |         |-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                            |         |         |   Not   |         | Puerto  |         |Central &|  Other  |White Not|Black Not|Other Not|

|                            |  Total  |Hispanic |Hispanic | Mexican |  Rican  |  Cuban  |South Am.|Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |

|----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|

|Total                       |  135,227|   13,509|  121,718|    8,369|    1,228|      651|    2,251|    1,009|  100,933|   14,925|    5,861|

|Employed:                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|yes                         |  127,680|   12,262|  115,418|    7,573|    1,088|      612|    2,097|      893|   96,633|   13,259|    5,525|

|no                          |    7,547|    1,247|    6,300|      797|      140|       40|      154|      116|    4,299|    1,665|      336|

|Male          Total         |   72,329|    8,129|   64,200|    5,251|      656|      392|    1,286|      545|   54,133|    6,954|    3,113|

|              Employed:     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|              yes           |   68,026|    7,385|   60,641|    4,772|      562|      367|    1,199|      485|   51,632|    6,080|    2,928|

|              no            |    4,302|      744|    3,558|      479|       94|       25|       87|       60|    2,501|      873|      184|

|Female        Total         |   62,899|    5,380|   57,519|    3,119|      572|      260|      965|      464|   46,799|    7,971|    2,748|

|              Employed:     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|              yes           |   59,654|    4,877|   54,777|    2,801|      526|      245|      897|      408|   45,001|    7,179|    2,597|

|              no            |    3,245|      503|    2,742|      318|       46|       15|       68|       56|    1,799|      792|      151|

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|                            |         |  Hispanic Origin  |                                Race-Ethnicity                                 |

|                            |         |-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                            |         |         |   Not   |         | Puerto  |         |Central &|  Other  |White Not|Black Not|Other Not|

|                            |  Total  |Hispanic |Hispanic | Mexican |  Rican  |  Cuban  |South Am.|Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |Hispanic |

|----------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|

|Total                       |    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|

|Employed:                   |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|yes                         |     94.4|     90.8|     94.8|     90.5|     88.6|     93.9|     93.1|     88.5|     95.7|     88.8|     94.3|

|no                          |      5.6|      9.2|      5.2|      9.5|     11.4|      6.1|      6.9|     11.5|      4.3|     11.2|      5.7|

|Male          Total         |    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|

|              Employed:     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|              yes           |     94.1|     90.8|     94.5|     90.9|     85.7|     93.6|     93.3|     89.0|     95.4|     87.4|     94.1|

|              no            |      5.9|      9.2|      5.5|      9.1|     14.3|      6.4|      6.7|     11.0|      4.6|     12.6|      5.9|

|Female        Total         |    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|    100.0|

|              Employed:     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|              yes           |     94.8|     90.7|     95.2|     89.8|     91.9|     94.4|     93.0|     88.0|     96.2|     90.1|     94.5|

|              no            |      5.2|      9.3|      4.8|     10.2|      8.1|      5.6|      7.0|     12.0|      3.8|      9.9|      5.5|

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NOTE:    1990 BASED FINAL MARCH SUPPLEMENT WEIGHT

SOURCE:  CPS MARCH 1997

SOURCE:  ETHNIC & HISPANIC STATISTICS BRANCH