Table 3.8 Occupation of Foreign-Born Employed Workers by Sex and World Region of Birth: March 2000 (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/) Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |SEX AND DETAILED OCCUPATION GROUP | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------| | | FOREIGN BORN | EUROPE | ASIA |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Managerial and professional specialty | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 4,085| 24.7| 885| 38.1| 1,666| 38.7| 1,031| 12.1| 503| 36.5| | Executive, admin., managerial | 1,760| 100.0| 367| 100.0| 677| 100.0| 498| 100.0| 218| 100.0| | Professional speciality | 2,325| 100.0| 519| 100.0| 989| 100.0| 533| 100.0| 285| 100.0| |Technical, sales and admin. support | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 3,448| 20.9| 555| 23.9| 1,184| 27.5| 1,409| 16.5| 299| 21.7| | Technicians and related support | 495| 100.0| 86| 100.0| 235| 100.0| 125| 100.0| 48| 100.0| | Sales occupations | 1,558| 100.0| 221| 100.0| 537| 100.0| 659| 100.0| 140| 100.0| | Administrative support, clerical | 1,396| 100.0| 248| 100.0| 412| 100.0| 625| 100.0| 110| 100.0| |Service occupations | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 3,174| 19.2| 348| 15.0| 647| 15.0| 1,950| 22.9| 229| 16.6| | Private household | 312| 100.0| 34| 100.0| 36| 100.0| 231| 100.0| 10| 100.0| | Protective service | 131| 100.0| 26| 100.0| 23| 100.0| 58| 100.0| 25| 100.0| | Other service occupations | 2,730| 100.0| 288| 100.0| 588| 100.0| 1,661| 100.0| 193| 100.0| |Precision production, craft and repair | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 1,996| 12.1| 283| 12.2| 256| 5.9| 1,358| 15.9| 99| 7.2| | Mechanics and repairers | 463| 100.0| 81| 100.0| 72| 100.0| 282| 100.0| 29| 100.0| | Construction trades | 925| 100.0| 121| 100.0| 53| 100.0| 714| 100.0| 37| 100.0| | Other production, craft and repair | 608| 100.0| 82| 100.0| 131| 100.0| 362| 100.0| 33| 100.0| |Operators, fabricators, laborers | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 3,088| 18.7| 238| 10.2| 516| 12.0| 2,115| 24.8| 219| 15.9| | Operators, assemblers, inspectors | 1,507| 100.0| 129| 100.0| 290| 100.0| 977| 100.0| 111| 100.0| | Transportation and material movers | 628| 100.0| 42| 100.0| 95| 100.0| 427| 100.0| 64| 100.0| | Other laborers | 953| 100.0| 66| 100.0| 132| 100.0| 711| 100.0| 44| 100.0| |Farming, forestry, fishing | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 742| 4.5| 14| 0.6| 34| 0.8| 663| 7.8| 30| 2.2| | Farm operators and managers | 23| 100.0| 2| 100.0| 4| 100.0| 17| 100.0| 0| 100.0| | Other farming, forestry, and fishing | 718| 100.0| 12| 100.0| 30| 100.0| 647| 100.0| 30| 100.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Male ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |SEX AND DETAILED OCCUPATION GROUP | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------| | | FOREIGN BORN | EUROPE | ASIA |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Managerial and professional specialty | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 2,385| 24.2| 554| 42.4| 950| 40.1| 560| 10.5| 321| 36.7| | Executive, admin., managerial | 1,036| 100.0| 252| 100.0| 359| 100.0| 298| 100.0| 127| 100.0| | Professional speciality | 1,349| 100.0| 302| 100.0| 592| 100.0| 262| 100.0| 194| 100.0| |Technical, sales and admin. support | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 1,563| 15.8| 236| 18.1| 572| 24.2| 599| 11.3| 155| 17.8| | Technicians and related support | 272| 100.0| 43| 100.0| 141| 100.0| 53| 100.0| 35| 100.0| | Sales occupations | 874| 100.0| 142| 100.0| 284| 100.0| 361| 100.0| 87| 100.0| | Administrative support, clerical | 417| 100.0| 51| 100.0| 147| 100.0| 185| 100.0| 33| 100.0| |Service occupations | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 1,341| 13.6| 105| 8.1| 290| 12.2| 825| 15.5| 120| 13.8| | Private household | 7| 100.0| -| -| 3| 100.0| 4| 100.0| -| -| | Protective service | 112| 100.0| 19| 100.0| 23| 100.0| 46| 100.0| 24| 100.0| | Other service occupations | 1,222| 100.0| 86| 100.0| 264| 100.0| 776| 100.0| 96| 100.0| |Precision production, craft and repair | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 1,737| 17.6| 246| 18.8| 192| 8.1| 1,216| 22.8| 83| 9.4| | Mechanics and repairers | 422| 100.0| 74| 100.0| 56| 100.0| 266| 100.0| 26| 100.0| | Construction trades | 917| 100.0| 121| 100.0| 51| 100.0| 708| 100.0| 37| 100.0| | Other production, craft and repair | 397| 100.0| 51| 100.0| 85| 100.0| 242| 100.0| 20| 100.0| |Operators, fabricators, laborers | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 2,211| 22.4| 156| 12.0| 338| 14.2| 1,541| 29.0| 176| 20.2| | Operators, assemblers, inspectors | 845| 100.0| 67| 100.0| 152| 100.0| 544| 100.0| 81| 100.0| | Transportation and material movers | 595| 100.0| 39| 100.0| 88| 100.0| 406| 100.0| 61| 100.0| | Other laborers | 772| 100.0| 49| 100.0| 98| 100.0| 591| 100.0| 34| 100.0| |Farming, forestry, fishing | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 637| 6.5| 9| 0.7| 28| 1.2| 581| 10.9| 19| 2.2| | Farm operators and managers | 20| 100.0| 1| 100.0| 4| 100.0| 14| 100.0| 0| 100.0| | Other farming, forestry, and fishing | 617| 100.0| 8| 100.0| 24| 100.0| 567| 100.0| 19| 100.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Female ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |SEX AND DETAILED OCCUPATION GROUP | | WORLD REGION OF BIRTH | | | |-----------------------------------------------------------| | | FOREIGN BORN | EUROPE | ASIA |LATIN AMERICA | OTHER AREAS | | |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------| | |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent| |-------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------| |Managerial and professional specialty | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 1,700| 25.5| 332| 32.6| 716| 37.0| 471| 14.7| 182| 36.1| | Executive, admin., managerial | 724| 100.0| 115| 100.0| 318| 100.0| 200| 100.0| 91| 100.0| | Professional speciality | 976| 100.0| 217| 100.0| 397| 100.0| 271| 100.0| 91| 100.0| |Technical, sales and admin. support | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 1,885| 28.3| 319| 31.4| 612| 31.6| 810| 25.3| 144| 28.5| | Technicians and related support | 223| 100.0| 43| 100.0| 95| 100.0| 72| 100.0| 13| 100.0| | Sales occupations | 684| 100.0| 80| 100.0| 252| 100.0| 298| 100.0| 53| 100.0| | Administrative support, clerical | 979| 100.0| 197| 100.0| 265| 100.0| 440| 100.0| 77| 100.0| |Service occupations | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 1,833| 27.5| 242| 23.8| 358| 18.5| 1,125| 35.1| 108| 21.5| | Private household | 305| 100.0| 34| 100.0| 34| 100.0| 227| 100.0| 10| 100.0| | Protective service | 20| 100.0| 7| 100.0| -| -| 12| 100.0| 1| 100.0| | Other service occupations | 1,508| 100.0| 201| 100.0| 324| 100.0| 886| 100.0| 97| 100.0| |Precision production, craft and repair | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 260| 3.9| 37| 3.7| 64| 3.3| 142| 4.4| 16| 3.3| | Mechanics and repairers | 41| 100.0| 6| 100.0| 16| 100.0| 16| 100.0| 3| 100.0| | Construction trades | 8| 100.0| -| -| 2| 100.0| 6| 100.0| -| -| | Other production, craft and repair | 211| 100.0| 31| 100.0| 46| 100.0| 120| 100.0| 14| 100.0| |Operators, fabricators, laborers | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 876| 13.2| 81| 8.0| 179| 9.2| 574| 17.9| 43| 8.5| | Operators, assemblers, inspectors | 662| 100.0| 62| 100.0| 137| 100.0| 433| 100.0| 30| 100.0| | Transportation and material movers | 33| 100.0| 3| 100.0| 8| 100.0| 20| 100.0| 3| 100.0| | Other laborers | 181| 100.0| 17| 100.0| 34| 100.0| 120| 100.0| 10| 100.0| |Farming, forestry, fishing | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 105| 1.6| 6| 0.5| 6| 0.3| 82| 2.6| 11| 2.2| | Farm operators and managers | 4| 100.0| 1| 100.0| -| -| 2| 100.0| -| -| | Other farming, forestry, and fishing | 101| 100.0| 4| 100.0| 6| 100.0| 80| 100.0| 11| 100.0| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/ 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