Table 3.7  Labor Force Status of the Foreign-Born Population by Sex and World Region of Birth: 
           March 2000
           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/)

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|EMPLOYMENT STATUS            |              |                   WORLD REGION OF BIRTH                   |
|                             |              |-----------------------------------------------------------|
|                             | FOREIGN BORN |    EUROPE    |     ASIA     |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS  |
|                             |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                             |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|-----------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total                        |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|                             |17,385|   66.6| 2,378|   57.1| 4,462|   66.4| 9,125|   69.5| 1,420|   68.3|
|    Employed                 |16,532|   95.1| 2,323|   97.7| 4,304|   96.5| 8,527|   93.4| 1,378|   97.1|
|    Unemployed               |   852|    4.9|    55|    2.3|   158|    3.5|   598|    6.6|    41|    2.9|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|                             | 8,714|   33.4| 1,785|   42.9| 2,263|   33.6| 4,007|   30.5|   660|   31.7|
|                             | 8,714|  100.0| 1,785|  100.0| 2,263|  100.0| 4,007|  100.0|   660|  100.0|
|Male                         |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|                             |10,334|   79.6| 1,341|   66.7| 2,461|   76.9| 5,635|   84.9|   897|   79.4|
|    Employed                 | 9,873|   95.5| 1,306|   97.4| 2,370|   96.3| 5,323|   94.5|   874|   97.5|
|    Unemployed               |   461|    4.5|    35|    2.6|    91|    3.7|   312|    5.5|    23|    2.5|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|                             | 2,646|   20.4|   669|   33.3|   740|   23.1| 1,005|   15.1|   232|   20.6|
|                             | 2,646|  100.0|   669|  100.0|   740|  100.0| 1,005|  100.0|   232|  100.0|
|Female                       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|                             | 7,050|   53.7| 1,037|   48.2| 2,001|   56.8| 3,490|   53.8|   523|   55.0|
|    Employed                 | 6,659|   94.5| 1,017|   98.1| 1,934|   96.6| 3,204|   91.8|   504|   96.4|
|    Unemployed               |   391|    5.5|    19|    1.9|    67|    3.4|   286|    8.2|    19|    3.6|
|  Not in civilian labor force|      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|                             | 6,068|   46.3| 1,116|   51.8| 1,523|   43.2| 3,002|   46.2|   427|   45.0|
|                             | 6,068|  100.0| 1,116|  100.0| 1,523|  100.0| 3,002|  100.0|   427|  100.0|
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1/ The majority of those born in 'Latin America' are from Mexico. Those
   born in 'Other Areas' are from Africa, Oceania, Bermuda and Canada.
2/ Employment status refers to reference week of the survey.
3/ Civilian population age 16 years and over.
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: 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