Table 2.7  Labor Force Status of the Foreign-Born Civilian Population by Sex and Year of Entry: March 2000
           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/ 3/)

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|EMPLOYMENT STATUS            |               |                         YEAR OF ENTRY                         |
|                             |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                             |     Total     |   1990-2000   |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |
|                             |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                             |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|                             | 17,385|   66.6|  6,112|   65.9|  5,625|   73.2|  3,436|   74.7|  2,212|   48.7|
|    Employed                 | 16,532|   95.1|  5,737|   93.9|  5,361|   95.3|  3,302|   96.1|  2,133|   96.4|
|    Unemployed               |    852|    4.9|    375|    6.1|    264|    4.7|    134|    3.9|     79|    3.6|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|                             |  8,714|   33.4|  3,165|   34.1|  2,056|   26.8|  1,161|   25.3|  2,332|   51.3|
|                             |  8,714|  100.0|  3,165|  100.0|  2,056|  100.0|  1,161|  100.0|  2,332|  100.0|
|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|                             | 10,334|   79.6|  3,843|   82.4|  3,387|   84.6|  1,907|   85.3|  1,198|   57.7|
|    Employed                 |  9,873|   95.5|  3,633|   94.5|  3,246|   95.9|  1,842|   96.6|  1,152|   96.1|
|    Unemployed               |    461|    4.5|    210|    5.5|    140|    4.1|     65|    3.4|     46|    3.9|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|                             |  2,646|   20.4|    821|   17.6|    618|   15.4|    329|   14.7|    878|   42.3|
|                             |  2,646|  100.0|    821|  100.0|    618|  100.0|    329|  100.0|    878|  100.0|
|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|                             |  7,050|   53.7|  2,269|   49.2|  2,238|   60.9|  1,529|   64.8|  1,014|   41.1|
|    Employed                 |  6,659|   94.5|  2,104|   92.7|  2,115|   94.5|  1,460|   95.4|    981|   96.8|
|    Unemployed               |    391|    5.5|    166|    7.3|    123|    5.5|     70|    4.6|     32|    3.2|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|                             |  6,068|   46.3|  2,343|   50.8|  1,439|   39.1|    832|   35.2|  1,454|   58.9|
|                             |  6,068|  100.0|  2,343|  100.0|  1,439|  100.0|    832|  100.0|  1,454|  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: 1997' P23-195, page 34, footnote 1.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

Internet release date:  January 3, 2001