Table 2.7  Labor Force Status of the Civilian Population by Sex and Year of Entry: March 2001
           (Numbers in thousands. 1/ 2/ 3/)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|EMPLOYMENT STATUS            |               |                         YEAR OF ENTRY                         |
|                             |               |---------------------------------------------------------------|
|                             |     Total     | 1990 or later |   1980-1989   |   1970-1979   |  Before 1970  |
|                             |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                             |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-----------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 20,014|  100.0|  8,537|  100.0|  6,211|  100.0|  3,344|  100.0|  1,922|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 18,979|   94.8|  7,961|   93.3|  5,952|   95.8|  3,204|   95.8|  1,861|   96.8|
|    Unemployed               |  1,035|    5.2|    575|    6.7|    259|    4.2|    139|    4.2|     61|    3.2|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    |  9,317|  100.0|  3,802|  100.0|  2,015|  100.0|  1,162|  100.0|  2,339|  100.0|
|Male                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    | 11,978|  100.0|  5,504|  100.0|  3,538|  100.0|  1,894|  100.0|  1,043|  100.0|
|    Employed                 | 11,411|   95.3|  5,166|   93.9|  3,418|   96.6|  1,820|   96.1|  1,007|   96.5|
|    Unemployed               |    567|    4.7|    338|    6.1|    119|    3.4|     74|    3.9|     36|    3.5|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    |  2,784|  100.0|  1,004|  100.0|    587|  100.0|    327|  100.0|    866|  100.0|
|Female                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Civilian labor force       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    |  8,036|  100.0|  3,033|  100.0|  2,673|  100.0|  1,450|  100.0|    879|  100.0|
|    Employed                 |  7,568|   94.2|  2,796|   92.2|  2,534|   94.8|  1,384|   95.5|    854|   97.1|
|    Unemployed               |    468|    5.8|    237|    7.8|    140|    5.2|     66|    4.5|     25|    2.9|
|  Not in civilian labor force|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    Total                    |  6,534|  100.0|  2,798|  100.0|  1,428|  100.0|    835|  100.0|  1,472|  100.0|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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: 2000' P23-206, page 38, footnote 1.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

                     (Table last updated --1/2/03)